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... I never heard of the eye surgery you had Stacey, what do the initials stand for?
Just from my personal experience, so don't take this 100% seriously, you need to reduce the dosage and / or get off the dilantin. When I took dilantin, I was still taking Lamictal and Keppra and the trio of them made life nearly impossible. My vision, while not all that great to start with, was the least of my worries with the dilantin.I had a major accident two years ago and incurred a traumatic brain injury. Part of my frontal lobe was removed as a result. On May 30, this year, I had my first seizure. I since have been on Dilantin. I have been waiting to see a neurologist to adjust my dosage to the proper level and am hoping that some of these side effects will diminish. First of all, I am constantly tired now. I take the medication at night but I am still tired the entire next day! My biggest problem is that I loose vision. I can read for a while but it will eventually become so blurry that I can not see the writing anymore! This is making work next to impossible. Does this go away or is my dosage too high? Got any suggestions?