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apetitehey its me again.. i know i havent been around lots going on anyways i recently had my medicine dosage increased of tegretol i don't know what it is but i ALWAYS have bad reactions to changes in medicine etc etc. after adding to it i have lost my apetite almost completly im at the stage where eating makes me want to throw up. ive lost weight and its just bad news. i know this happened the first time i went on tegretol but no where NEAR as bad as this and i got over it in the first couple days. this time not so much?? anyone experienced anyhting liek this? any suggestions... i asked my doctor about changing the medicine to stop this he said it will likely stop just like it stopped last time. but now losing weight im getting worried. and i still can't eat. anyways nice to be back -james. |
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| Hi James, Stacy never had any problems with appetite due to meds as long as I've known her. You might try drinking 100% natural apple juice (made from crushed/pressed apples). Apples have enzymes in them that stimulate the appetite. Fresh carrot juice can be effective like that too.
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| Hi James - Tegretol did not did not affect me that way. None of the anti-epileptic drugs did except Topamax and - wow - it really did so I know what you're talking about it. I crashed to 94 lb because I just forgot that food existed. So I tapered quickly off of it and then slowly, slowly started back onto it and slowly increased and did just fine. (problem is that I quit smoking 15 months ago and now I weigh a ton :x !!) I think it's usual that you "get used" to anti-epileptic drugs very quickly and overcome the side effects. There aren't many I haven't tried and I dealt with all of them --- I sure hope you can too. Best wishes. |