keppra

I had a grand mal seizure about a month ago. It was some combination of alcohol withdrawal, stress, dehydration and sleep deprivation. Alcohol is my most serious trigger. I had several drinks last thursday and I ended up having an autonomic simple partial seizure the next day. I might be having...

Hi all. After 2 decades of basically the same AED, I have just not thought to join a forum and do a little research of my own. My seizures have been controlled successfully (first Tegretol tablet, then I learned hat Carbatrol worked a little perfectly due to being an xr capsule - no breakthru...

I feel like the side effects of the meds are worst than having the simple partial seizures. So far I've been on Lamictal, Keppra and now Trileptal. All of them caused memory issues, speech problems, made me feel tired. Lamictal also gave me horrible acne. Keppra made me very irritable and the...

I've been on Tegretol for a long while now, and I'm doing a slow switch over to Keppra (over two months), and although I heard great things about Keppra, at least compared to Tegretol, and I don't know if anyone has any recommendations?

Hello there, Ive been taking 300mg of Carbatrol/Carbamazepine the last few months while lowering my dosage of keppra. I started to notice in January my scalp had been getting itchier and itchier, also my lymph nodes have been swelling around the back of my neck and sometimes the area feels just...

:rock: Hi all :) I am new to the forum but in no way new to seizures or E. My seizures started when I was 21, about 21 yrs ago ;) They were few and nocturnal. Then in my 20's and 30's I had a horrid neurologist who though he had witnissed me having complex partials, complex clusters, and...

So I been at neurologist he wants me to change from keppra to vimpat, I heard what a nightmare vimpat is with the dizzy ness and I already have vertigo and dizzy on tegretol which I hate the meds but for some reason I can't get off tegretol Anyway I don't want to go on vimpat I'm seeing my...

Hello Friends... I don't how to keep doing this. I'm currently studying in Istanbul, Turkey and my Epilepsy has gotten way out of hand. So I'll be starting a new medication. The problem is the side-effects terrify me and I'll be dealing with anything that comes from the new medication, as well...

hey guys I m new to a traumatic brain injury I just got out of the hospital again they added keppra to all my other medications. now I'm taking 2000 of keppra 400 dilantin and 200 lamictal. is this a lot for seizure medication? I feel really sleepy and lonely I'm scared can someone please help me?

Hi everyone, I've seen a lot about B6 helping with Keppra side effects in toddlers. I asked my doc about it and she wasn't aware. We see her again on Monday, and I'll bring it up again. I have a 32 month old with myoclonic epilepsy and on 3.5 ml Keppra (generic) 2x a day. We just started...

hello again, ABout a week ago the neuro, took me off all meds and i was against this since my seizures were getting better again, I've been going through periods of doing ok and then having a few in a row at night and just a few SPS, during the day. Well now that im off the meds ive been having...

Hello, I am new to the forum, and would like some insight. I have only had 3 seizures, although all 3 were pretty severe they were spread with 12 or more month intervals, with the most recent only a week ago. The first two were pretty much swept to the side, with no diagnosis or treatment after...

Hey all ltns :) I made sure to get the new neuros notes from my last 2 visits and everything i read shocked and appalled me. He thinks im faking or malingering (for some other gain) or its somatization, he sent me to a neuropysch doc who deal with PNES cases and im still waiting on getting his...

I am currently taking 1000mg Keppra a day and have been told it is safe for me to get pregnant and then breastfeed when the baby is born. I am excited about the prospect of having a baby but terrified of the effect the keppra might have on my baby (both birth defects and developmental delay...

Hey all, Its been awhile since ive posted here. My neuro wants me to see a PNES doc on the 31st, even tho my seizure are about 80% controlled with my keppra, since my veeg was clear he thinks they are PNES, not any other form of seizures. But the part that is different for me is this afternoon...

Hey my friends, Starting seeing a new neuro in june and he has been running alot of tests, (all still coming back normal) and even though the last neuro I saw said "seizures and PNES" my new one said since my 12 hour VEEG, came back clear i more than likely have only PNES, and he stated that...

I just got done with my doc app. He just uped my dose so I will be taking 2000mg of Keppra. I asked him about a mood stabilizer and he said if it gets really bad to call him and he'll get me something. He also said twice that if I need anything to call him. So far this doc has helped me and is...

I m nervous about going to my neuro appointment. Last time I went he uped my dose, he told me he was going to up my dose after he said "you shouldn't be having seizures if your on AED". I honestly didn't know how to reply to that. I don't know if he knows I was in the hospital twice since I...

HI Im stacey i am a 27 year old woman who was diagnosed with tuberose sclerosis complex at the age of 6 months old and i have been put on a few meds during my life but i was lucky enough to find that TEGRETOL CR tablets kept my seizures at bay. I am lucky in the instance that i have been off...

Hi. Has anybody out there managed to 'talk themself out' of a seizure i.e. really concentrated and stopped it happening? I think I did that last night. I have simple and complex partials. I'm on Keppra and Epilim, but weaning off the Epilim and onto Vimpat. I started the Vimpat (50 am and pm)...