My bipolar 2 partner started trileptal about 3 months ago and I’ve noticed a definite change in their behavior. For example, if we’re watching a movie and I try to comment on something they get upset and sound frustrated that I’m interrupting. They seem to have lost a ton of patience out of nowhere and it’s only gotten worse since they doubled the dose. Honestly it’s really been straining our relationship.

I reacted similarly when I was on trileptal (also bipolar 2). If anyone tried to talk to me while I was thinking about something or doing my own thing I’d get super angry out of nowhere and, again, felt like I had lost a ton of patience. Has anyone else had something similar happen? I’m on lamictal now and it’s been really great and I’m trying to get my partner to ditch trileptal as well.