sah313
New
- Messages
- 20
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 0
Hi everyone,
I am in need of a bit of advice. The neurology dept at my local hospital has been closed down and referral to the nearest one will take 3months so i need the expert advise of you good and knowledgeable people.
I have been on max dose of keppra for over 9 months now and its working amazingly well! I am more focused, happy, no more mood swings, no more migraines; it really has been a dream.
Now, for the past 3 months I have started slurring and stuttering a day or two before my period starts and it only last an hour if that (which i accepted as just new feature of my keppra side effects). Then all of a sudden last Friday (over a week before period was due) I was walking back from the shop with my partner and I started to get really anxious and panicky then I couldn't talk, I was stuttering and slurring really bad when I did try. I sounded as if I had a stroke . I knew what I wanted to say but it was like my brain had forgotten how to speak so i had to mime and say just one basic word to help people understand me.
I thought it was just another one of these "new" side effects, just a bit worse than before, and it would go away the next day. It didn't go away, I had spells (lasting and hour or two) where I could talk normally but the aphasia has lasted all week. It seams to be getting a little better, I'm only stuttering a little today but I am not holding my breath as to whether it will completely go or not.
Has anyone else had anything or heard of anything like this happening before with epilepsy? Im a bit worried that my epilepsy has spread to my frontal lobe, which is causing the aphasia but I wont know until i can get an appointment with a neurologist. I was going to go through my GP and wait the 3months it takes to see one but, if this is something that is really serious then maybe i should consider going to A&E on the next attack to push me in quicker?!
Thank you for taking the time to read all this and ANY advise would be gratefully appreciated.
Sah
I am in need of a bit of advice. The neurology dept at my local hospital has been closed down and referral to the nearest one will take 3months so i need the expert advise of you good and knowledgeable people.
I have been on max dose of keppra for over 9 months now and its working amazingly well! I am more focused, happy, no more mood swings, no more migraines; it really has been a dream.
Now, for the past 3 months I have started slurring and stuttering a day or two before my period starts and it only last an hour if that (which i accepted as just new feature of my keppra side effects). Then all of a sudden last Friday (over a week before period was due) I was walking back from the shop with my partner and I started to get really anxious and panicky then I couldn't talk, I was stuttering and slurring really bad when I did try. I sounded as if I had a stroke . I knew what I wanted to say but it was like my brain had forgotten how to speak so i had to mime and say just one basic word to help people understand me.
I thought it was just another one of these "new" side effects, just a bit worse than before, and it would go away the next day. It didn't go away, I had spells (lasting and hour or two) where I could talk normally but the aphasia has lasted all week. It seams to be getting a little better, I'm only stuttering a little today but I am not holding my breath as to whether it will completely go or not.
Has anyone else had anything or heard of anything like this happening before with epilepsy? Im a bit worried that my epilepsy has spread to my frontal lobe, which is causing the aphasia but I wont know until i can get an appointment with a neurologist. I was going to go through my GP and wait the 3months it takes to see one but, if this is something that is really serious then maybe i should consider going to A&E on the next attack to push me in quicker?!
Thank you for taking the time to read all this and ANY advise would be gratefully appreciated.
Sah