One of my clients is on Depakote for epilepsy(diagnosed after the birth of
her fourth child). Her neurologist wants to put her on trileptal, but
insists she'll need to wean her 8 month-old and won't give her permission
to drive her car until she changes her med. She nursed her other 3 children
for one-two years each and would like to keep breastfeeding. At the same
time, she wants to resume driving because she is missing a lot of her other
children's activities.
I have not been able to find out anything about this med in any of my
breastfeeding references. Has anyone had any experience with it? This same
doc did not want her to breastfeed on the depakote, but we swayed him.
Interestingly, her child's pediatrician is married to her neurologist, yet
we haven't been able to come up with a solution re. the trileptal because
the only reference we can find is the PDR, which tends not to be
breastfeeding friendly.
I was able to find info on internet that trileptal can be given to children
with partial seizures, but I don't know how to apply this info to a
breastfed 8-month old. Any help will be VERY appreciated. You may e.mail me
privately or to lactnet.

Cheryl Bean-Moody, BS,IBCLC
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