Prior to January 24, 2013 I had never had a seizure. There was some history of a few cousins and a great grandma having a few and being medicated, however I never imagined it would happen to me. I was nineteen years old, never been sick with anything, and invincible.
On that lovely Thursday evening, I had three Grand Mal seizures within an hour or two that lasted more the 5 minutes. The next day after spending a night in the ICU, I was diagnosed with epilepsy due to my "impressively abnormal" EEG results. After being ten months seizure free, I was in denial that I had epilepsy. I was eager to redo my EEG in a year following my initial seizures to see if it was circumstantial. (I had a root canal and major doses of anesthetic the day before the initial onset of seizures) Due to my denial and feeling invincible, I had become less vigilant on taking my medication. I would forget one night but take it in the morning, and everything was fine. However, on November 5, 2013 I had two breakthrough seizures after forgetting to take my dosage the night before and that morning.
I could no longer deny it and since my neurologist has upped my does to 750mg Keppra twice a day, I feel awful and could use some support.
My hair is falling out at an alarming rate, I am tired all the time, my mood can change in a second, and I no longer want to be around people (which is odd because I love people). Plus I'm having crazy dreams. When I was initially place on Keppra, I had some of these side effects, but this time around they are worse. I don't know if it's because I'm more aware, or if the higher dose really does make that big of a difference.
Would it be strange for me to ask my neurologist to lower my dosage again if I promise to never forget again?
Any advice or help would be amazing!
On that lovely Thursday evening, I had three Grand Mal seizures within an hour or two that lasted more the 5 minutes. The next day after spending a night in the ICU, I was diagnosed with epilepsy due to my "impressively abnormal" EEG results. After being ten months seizure free, I was in denial that I had epilepsy. I was eager to redo my EEG in a year following my initial seizures to see if it was circumstantial. (I had a root canal and major doses of anesthetic the day before the initial onset of seizures) Due to my denial and feeling invincible, I had become less vigilant on taking my medication. I would forget one night but take it in the morning, and everything was fine. However, on November 5, 2013 I had two breakthrough seizures after forgetting to take my dosage the night before and that morning.
I could no longer deny it and since my neurologist has upped my does to 750mg Keppra twice a day, I feel awful and could use some support.
My hair is falling out at an alarming rate, I am tired all the time, my mood can change in a second, and I no longer want to be around people (which is odd because I love people). Plus I'm having crazy dreams. When I was initially place on Keppra, I had some of these side effects, but this time around they are worse. I don't know if it's because I'm more aware, or if the higher dose really does make that big of a difference.
Would it be strange for me to ask my neurologist to lower my dosage again if I promise to never forget again?
Any advice or help would be amazing!
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