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I'll be seeing my doctor sometime soon (don't remember when but its in november) and I'm almost at the point where I'm considering asking about medicines besides keppra.
I love that I'm having less seizures and more energy, and I didn't twitch when I saw three firetrucks yesterday, but I suspect the keppra is causing a bit of my seizures.
Also two days ago I suspected that I might have forgotten to take my medicine - I didn't remember taking it, but then i didn't remember eating the meal that was in front of my either and I had drank all the water I had set aside for the pill (i know I really have to start using that pillbox). I had no seizures between the "forgotten" dose and the next one, which hasn't happened since I started keppra. I know the keppra increased the seizures I had when I was awake, but I honestly don't remember how frequently they came before I started it - in most cases I was too tired to pay any attention.
Another thing I've noticed is that I seem to have no noise tolerance. I swear people are shouting in my ear everytime I go out. I'm wondering if thats because the keppra is making me more sensitive to noise, or if its because having stayed in the house so much any outside noise seems really loud
If I skip one meal, I get very upset. The more upset I am, the less likely I am to want to eat or drink. Within about an hour and a half of eating an MA meal, maybe slightly longer, I'm fine emotionally again. Whenever i'm thirsty or cold, I get very upset. I'm thinking that the thirst and cold might indicate that a slight drop in comfort brings out the kepprage.
There is also the problem in that keppra's sideeffects are very similar to how I am when I'm post-ictal and so there is always the question of "was it the keppra or a seizure?" I'm thinking the keppra because lately I've been able to say "don't think bad thoughts. This is the medicine doing it to you." I don't always succeed in not thinking them, but it seems to me if it were post-ictal rage I couldn't think "separately" from the bad thoughts.
My sleeping has also been highly irregular - I've no idea if I'm going to be up all night, sleep all day and night, up for two days straight, sleep for 2 days, etc. Laying down with the lights out almost seems to make me more awake during the times I've been awake for awhile.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I love that I'm having less seizures and more energy, and I didn't twitch when I saw three firetrucks yesterday, but I suspect the keppra is causing a bit of my seizures.
Also two days ago I suspected that I might have forgotten to take my medicine - I didn't remember taking it, but then i didn't remember eating the meal that was in front of my either and I had drank all the water I had set aside for the pill (i know I really have to start using that pillbox). I had no seizures between the "forgotten" dose and the next one, which hasn't happened since I started keppra. I know the keppra increased the seizures I had when I was awake, but I honestly don't remember how frequently they came before I started it - in most cases I was too tired to pay any attention.
Another thing I've noticed is that I seem to have no noise tolerance. I swear people are shouting in my ear everytime I go out. I'm wondering if thats because the keppra is making me more sensitive to noise, or if its because having stayed in the house so much any outside noise seems really loud
If I skip one meal, I get very upset. The more upset I am, the less likely I am to want to eat or drink. Within about an hour and a half of eating an MA meal, maybe slightly longer, I'm fine emotionally again. Whenever i'm thirsty or cold, I get very upset. I'm thinking that the thirst and cold might indicate that a slight drop in comfort brings out the kepprage.
There is also the problem in that keppra's sideeffects are very similar to how I am when I'm post-ictal and so there is always the question of "was it the keppra or a seizure?" I'm thinking the keppra because lately I've been able to say "don't think bad thoughts. This is the medicine doing it to you." I don't always succeed in not thinking them, but it seems to me if it were post-ictal rage I couldn't think "separately" from the bad thoughts.
My sleeping has also been highly irregular - I've no idea if I'm going to be up all night, sleep all day and night, up for two days straight, sleep for 2 days, etc. Laying down with the lights out almost seems to make me more awake during the times I've been awake for awhile.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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