So I'm new here.
I just got a new epileptologist and I really liked him. He started me on Keppra and this is my second day. I'm SO draggy and drowsy and weak.
HOWEVER, I was already feeling very sick because I might have Addison's disease and saw an endocrinologist today, although I was NOT diagnosed with it, but we gotta rule it out with a lot of tests next week. I can't sort out the symptoms....what is caused by the adrenal disease and what is caused by the Keppra?
As long as my blood pressures are stable, then my adrenals are not going into crises, so the nurse practitioner told me to keep doing that until we can get more tests run and start treatment. So, my BP is good right now and that makes me feel a little better emotionally.
And now I took a Keppra about 5 hours ago and am so draggy and feel so out of control. My sister drove up from out of state 400 miles to stay with me this week so at least I'm not alone, but I'm so scared....I hate strange side effects of drugs, and I have TLE so my seizures are weird to begin with.
Been to the epileptologist AND the endocrinologist this week, have had so many labs done I'm bruised all over.
I guess I would like some reassuring that the drowsy, weak side effect of Keppra goes away pretty quickly. (Take Trileptal, too and will be tapering off of it if I can tolerate Keppra.) I don't want to hear about Kepprage. I've read about it, I'm worried about it, and I'll cross that bridge if I come to it. I just need to hear that it is NOT a horrible drug for everybody. I need to hear that the weakness and drowsiness will go away soon, so that I can differentiate between Keppra side effects and Addison's disease symptoms.
I just got a new epileptologist and I really liked him. He started me on Keppra and this is my second day. I'm SO draggy and drowsy and weak.
HOWEVER, I was already feeling very sick because I might have Addison's disease and saw an endocrinologist today, although I was NOT diagnosed with it, but we gotta rule it out with a lot of tests next week. I can't sort out the symptoms....what is caused by the adrenal disease and what is caused by the Keppra?
As long as my blood pressures are stable, then my adrenals are not going into crises, so the nurse practitioner told me to keep doing that until we can get more tests run and start treatment. So, my BP is good right now and that makes me feel a little better emotionally.
And now I took a Keppra about 5 hours ago and am so draggy and feel so out of control. My sister drove up from out of state 400 miles to stay with me this week so at least I'm not alone, but I'm so scared....I hate strange side effects of drugs, and I have TLE so my seizures are weird to begin with.
Been to the epileptologist AND the endocrinologist this week, have had so many labs done I'm bruised all over.
I guess I would like some reassuring that the drowsy, weak side effect of Keppra goes away pretty quickly. (Take Trileptal, too and will be tapering off of it if I can tolerate Keppra.) I don't want to hear about Kepprage. I've read about it, I'm worried about it, and I'll cross that bridge if I come to it. I just need to hear that it is NOT a horrible drug for everybody. I need to hear that the weakness and drowsiness will go away soon, so that I can differentiate between Keppra side effects and Addison's disease symptoms.
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