looking for advice

[DRichard1987]

Im hoping I can get some advice from someone I dont know about other people with head injuries and epilepsy but for me there are times when i crash into a deep depression ive also had issues with anxiety i guess it kinda comes with the territory i know it could be much worse but anyway ive tried prozac and i believe the other was celexa but they both put me into really bad seizures and i just feel like if i could get a grip onthe depression i could in turn calm the anxiety down thus hopefully calm my seizure activity down if anyone knows about a medication that would help and is not likely to put me into seizures please let me know im 21 years old and i want more for myself i refuse to let my disorders/diseases define me if anyone has any advice for me just reply or send me a message i hope nobody thinks im crazy unfortuanetly this is my only contact with other people with similar issues ive never even met another epileptic so i dont know what other people are going through i meen i have one of the best neuorologist in the country but hes about an hour away and there are really no seminars or anything close buy and even if there were its really tough when i have to pay people to get around somebody please reply it would really put my mind at ease

[matchu]

I had this problem, and did some research on webmd and prozac and Keppra XR. I discovered that the two drugs used together cause more seizures.

[DRichard1987]

Yeah one of my medications is actually keppra and i did try prozac i dont know what the difference is between keppra and keppra xr i think the patent ran out and its just an exuse for the drug companies to make more money kinda like neurontin and lyrica which are virtually ther same but have a big price difference. When you said you had this problem what did you do that helped?

[nana1]

hello

Neurontin is the brand medicine, the genric for that is Gabapentin

Lyrica is the brand medicine, and the Genric is Pregabalin

BOTH MEDICINE CAN BE FOR PAIN, PLUS BOTH ARE SEIZURE PILLS. THERE

IS ALOT OF SEIZE PILLS OUT THERE. If you do not believe this, you may want

to google the medicine name and look what it is used for.

Their is alot of information here and online. Just google names of meds you

want to get information on, you can find out interactions on meds also.

Ask people here also. We all may have some answer. I have gone

threw seizure for over 50 years and others may have had it longer. So

they may know alot more.

[RobinN]

Celexa and other similar medications caused depression for my son. It took his spirit and created a very even mood, however the depression was not acceptable. He does not have a seizure disorder.

There is a lot of research about how depression is helped by making nutritional changes.