"i took trileptal from feb 2015 to dec 2015 - now weaning off it to lithium. i loved the way trileptal handled my bipolar depression. i felt alert, alive, just really great. unfortunately, a fall in august alerted my doctor to my bones being weakened. also, i have optic neuritis in my left eye starting in july. between those two side effects, we&#039;ve decided to taper off the trileptal and return to lithium. i&#039;m sad to stop it but the soft bones and eye issues are too great a problem to continue it."