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I've been on Keppra for almost 3 months now, and the last 6 weeks having been a high dose of 1000mg twice a day.
At my lower doses, I never noticed any real change in irritability, mood swings or depression. At the higher level, it's really bothering me. I can start crying out of nowhere, I get really annoyed quickly, and just lose the will to do anything or even get out of bed.
I've never had any depression before, so this is a new and scary experience for me. On top of this, I'm also experiencing memory loss and word recollection side effects of the Keppra, which adds to my mood issues and feelings of anxiety in that moment.
I have a neurologist appointment on Tuesday to get the results of an LP, and to just chat with him about how this new level of dosage is working (it's controlling the seizures, there's no question of that, but I am not happy with how it's affecting me in other ways). Is there anything I could suggest trying in terms of an antidepressant to control my issues, or would a better approach be to lower the Keppra dosage and maybe supplement it with something else? I really don't know much about Keppra and any type of SSRIs. I've read about Klonapin for anxiety working with Keppra since both are broad range AEDs, but I don't think that's what I need for the most part (it might help in the moment when I start to panic, but it's not going to help with my mood - I don't think).
What are your thoughts or experiences? I'd be very interested in reading them and taking any information to my appointment I can.
At my lower doses, I never noticed any real change in irritability, mood swings or depression. At the higher level, it's really bothering me. I can start crying out of nowhere, I get really annoyed quickly, and just lose the will to do anything or even get out of bed.
I've never had any depression before, so this is a new and scary experience for me. On top of this, I'm also experiencing memory loss and word recollection side effects of the Keppra, which adds to my mood issues and feelings of anxiety in that moment.
I have a neurologist appointment on Tuesday to get the results of an LP, and to just chat with him about how this new level of dosage is working (it's controlling the seizures, there's no question of that, but I am not happy with how it's affecting me in other ways). Is there anything I could suggest trying in terms of an antidepressant to control my issues, or would a better approach be to lower the Keppra dosage and maybe supplement it with something else? I really don't know much about Keppra and any type of SSRIs. I've read about Klonapin for anxiety working with Keppra since both are broad range AEDs, but I don't think that's what I need for the most part (it might help in the moment when I start to panic, but it's not going to help with my mood - I don't think).
What are your thoughts or experiences? I'd be very interested in reading them and taking any information to my appointment I can.