Hey, I was googling some new meds that my wife was taking and I found this message board.
She was on Vimpat for a few months and it was absolutely horrendous. She must have been part of the extreme minority with the side effects. The first thing were huge mood swings followed by major depression within a month or two (it's been a couple of years now and I don't remember the exact timing). She became very suicidal and would lay in bed all day. She was hearing and seeing things that weren't there. Later she had a few episodes of what I could only describe as "multiple personality" where her speech pattern changed and she was acting like a completely different person. Later she told me that she didn't remember those episodes at all (but I sure did). This happened at her neurologists office and he basically said that she should go off it cold turkey. She had some withdrawal and towards the end of the withdrawal she described having "loud static and screaming" in her head. A day or two after that she was back to normal.
I realize that's probably one of the more extreme examples of the side effects but I'd recommend monitoring yourself (or loved one) closely the first few months on this medication.
She was on Vimpat for a few months and it was absolutely horrendous. She must have been part of the extreme minority with the side effects. The first thing were huge mood swings followed by major depression within a month or two (it's been a couple of years now and I don't remember the exact timing). She became very suicidal and would lay in bed all day. She was hearing and seeing things that weren't there. Later she had a few episodes of what I could only describe as "multiple personality" where her speech pattern changed and she was acting like a completely different person. Later she told me that she didn't remember those episodes at all (but I sure did). This happened at her neurologists office and he basically said that she should go off it cold turkey. She had some withdrawal and towards the end of the withdrawal she described having "loud static and screaming" in her head. A day or two after that she was back to normal.
I realize that's probably one of the more extreme examples of the side effects but I'd recommend monitoring yourself (or loved one) closely the first few months on this medication.
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