Post by Ricochet on May 6, 2004 22:20:18 GMT -5
Well, I saw my neurologist Tuesday and told him I still have not had any popping/clicking since starting the Trileptal. He was very pleased. He still relates this to trigeminal neuralgia in the class of a facial tic or spasm.
I am almost off the clonazepam now. I asked him if he thought I might build up a tolerance to the Trileptal and possibly need more and he did not feel that was the case. He said if the spasms were to start again he would increase the dosage and see if we could get them to stop and then back down again to my current dose of 300mg twice a day. He said this is considered a low dose.
I also asked him if he planned to take me off the Trileptal eventually. He said maybe after a year or so he might try and cut back the dose. If the spasms were to start again we would just go back up to current dose.
So, time will tell...meanwhile also had my cholesterol test and my LDL (bad) cholesterol is high! So I am supposed to watch my diet (YUK!) and see how it is in 3 months.
That's my story,
Karen
I am almost off the clonazepam now. I asked him if he thought I might build up a tolerance to the Trileptal and possibly need more and he did not feel that was the case. He said if the spasms were to start again he would increase the dosage and see if we could get them to stop and then back down again to my current dose of 300mg twice a day. He said this is considered a low dose.
I also asked him if he planned to take me off the Trileptal eventually. He said maybe after a year or so he might try and cut back the dose. If the spasms were to start again we would just go back up to current dose.
So, time will tell...meanwhile also had my cholesterol test and my LDL (bad) cholesterol is high! So I am supposed to watch my diet (YUK!) and see how it is in 3 months.
That's my story,
Karen