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carbitrol/tegretol and pregnancy
Tue, 07/04/2006 - 16:12Topic: Women With Epilepsy
I have three boys, 4 1/2 twins, and a seven year old. I was on tegretol during both pregnancies, 400 mg/day with the 7 year old, and 400 mg/day with the twins until the last trimester where I was upped to 600 mg/day. My seven year old is having major attention deficit issues and my twins are very hyper and having language and fine motor delays. I'm wondering how other peoples' kids turned out who took this medicine while pregnant? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lori
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Re: Re: carbitrol/tegretol and pregnancy
Submitted by hope on Thu, 2006-10-26 - 06:13
Sorry it took me so long to respond. I was on folic acid. My older son's school year is going much better. My four year old twins still have language delays and behavioral problems. It turns out I was on 800mg/day with my twins for the second and third trimester, and 600/day for the first trimester. Just so you know, some studies are showing that behavior and intelligence are affected in the last half of pregnancy. My older son was only exposed to 400mg/day during the last trimester. I had not remembered the info correctly in my earlier post.
Re: carbitrol/tegretol and pregnancy
Submitted by angel_lts on Wed, 2006-07-26 - 09:42
Lori
I had four children with tegretal many years ago. I did not take folic acid. One has ADHD and a learning disability. ANd the other one also has a learning disability. The other two are fine.
I was on high dose of tegretal and phenobarbital which that is really bad.
take care
lisa
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Re: carbitrol/tegretol and pregnancy
Submitted by hklassen on Sun, 2006-07-23 - 14:25
I am on carbamezapine also and I have a 20 month old boy. He seems fine right now and no visible birth defects. I was wondering if you took folic acid before/while you were pregnant? Please let me know. Heidi