Hello,
I'm new to the forum - I was diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was 16 (I am now 30) and had 2 seizures in my sleep that year- since then I have been on Epilim and everything seems to have been going pretty well.
Now I am looking to start a family and have been hearing some terrible stories about the effects Epilim has on the baby. I am told by my specialist though that as I am on such a low dose (600mg day) the risks are less severe - she has however, given me the option of changing to Keppra. I know it makes sense to change to a safer medication (if in fact it is) but I am simply terrified of something happening to me if I do. On the flip side I dont think i could cope if i was lucky enough to have a baby and something was wrong with it and I could've prevented it.
To cut a long story short, I have read hundreds of forums about this and all I keep reading are the horror stories. I would just like to know if there are many success stories out there that could help me to make a balanced decision?
I dont know if the horror stories I read are related to high doseages or if that's irrelevant.
Thanks for reading!!
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I'm new to the forum - I was diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was 16 (I am now 30) and had 2 seizures in my sleep that year- since then I have been on Epilim and everything seems to have been going pretty well.
Now I am looking to start a family and have been hearing some terrible stories about the effects Epilim has on the baby. I am told by my specialist though that as I am on such a low dose (600mg day) the risks are less severe - she has however, given me the option of changing to Keppra. I know it makes sense to change to a safer medication (if in fact it is) but I am simply terrified of something happening to me if I do. On the flip side I dont think i could cope if i was lucky enough to have a baby and something was wrong with it and I could've prevented it.
To cut a long story short, I have read hundreds of forums about this and all I keep reading are the horror stories. I would just like to know if there are many success stories out there that could help me to make a balanced decision?
I dont know if the horror stories I read are related to high doseages or if that's irrelevant.
Thanks for reading!!
x