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Happy new year to all of you out there!
I'm just very frustrated, and confused on what I can do presently so I can just get some sleep because my injured dominant left hand is throbbing and because of it I'm 100% sure it is because of this pain in my hand that I cannot get any sleep because first of all either the pain and the epilepsy together are waking me up at night and since the pain will not decrease not even the slightest bit it's like a vicious cycle of insomnia I'm dealing with here which makes my epileptic activity worse.
I just recently had a talk with my neurologist about this big problem I'm having and he already made some adjustments to my medication he even prescribed me a new one.
I also take lot's of epileptic medication at bedtime because my neurologist is trying to help me get the epilepsy under control so I can get some sleep because if my body only has to deal with only the pain in my hand I can still get a decent sleep . And if there is just a small amount of epileptic activity going on in my brain I'm sure that all this epileptic medication can keep the seizures under control.
This is all the medication presently that I'm taking as directed by my neurologist and plastic surgeon.
Epilepsy medication:
Morning:
Take 200 mg. of Lamotrigine
Bedtime:
Take 300 mg of Lamotrigine
Take 300 mg of Dilantin
Take 1 mg of clonazepam
20 mg of clobazam
Pain Killing medication:
Take 3 capsules of 100 mg of gabapentin 3 times daily
Take 1 to 2 30 mg of tylenol 3 4-6 hours when needed
Sleeping Medication:
Take 5 mg of zopiclone at bed time
As you can see above I take the majority of my epileptic medication at bed time so I just cannot figure out why all this medication combined cannot even at the least bit control some of the epileptic activity in my brain so I can atleast have a decent amount of sleep not to mention I'm also on a sleeping pill as you can see above that does'nt even seem to help or work either.
Note:
I have had a sleeping disorder taking an immediate effect specifically when my seizure activity is not under control my entire life since I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 13.
Also I'm having thoughts of that my neurologist is overdosing me with medication possibly accidently because when I gave my prescription of my newest epilepsy medication ( Dilantin) to my phamacist she had to call my neurologist back to see if he was sure he was'nt giving me this medication accidentally because it seemed to her that I was being overdosed.
So my main question is why on earth is my epileptic medication that I take before I go to bed time not controlling my epileptic activity in my brain at all ?
I'm just very frustrated, and confused on what I can do presently so I can just get some sleep because my injured dominant left hand is throbbing and because of it I'm 100% sure it is because of this pain in my hand that I cannot get any sleep because first of all either the pain and the epilepsy together are waking me up at night and since the pain will not decrease not even the slightest bit it's like a vicious cycle of insomnia I'm dealing with here which makes my epileptic activity worse.
I just recently had a talk with my neurologist about this big problem I'm having and he already made some adjustments to my medication he even prescribed me a new one.
I also take lot's of epileptic medication at bedtime because my neurologist is trying to help me get the epilepsy under control so I can get some sleep because if my body only has to deal with only the pain in my hand I can still get a decent sleep . And if there is just a small amount of epileptic activity going on in my brain I'm sure that all this epileptic medication can keep the seizures under control.
This is all the medication presently that I'm taking as directed by my neurologist and plastic surgeon.
Epilepsy medication:
Morning:
Take 200 mg. of Lamotrigine
Bedtime:
Take 300 mg of Lamotrigine
Take 300 mg of Dilantin
Take 1 mg of clonazepam
20 mg of clobazam
Pain Killing medication:
Take 3 capsules of 100 mg of gabapentin 3 times daily
Take 1 to 2 30 mg of tylenol 3 4-6 hours when needed
Sleeping Medication:
Take 5 mg of zopiclone at bed time
As you can see above I take the majority of my epileptic medication at bed time so I just cannot figure out why all this medication combined cannot even at the least bit control some of the epileptic activity in my brain so I can atleast have a decent amount of sleep not to mention I'm also on a sleeping pill as you can see above that does'nt even seem to help or work either.
Note:
I have had a sleeping disorder taking an immediate effect specifically when my seizure activity is not under control my entire life since I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 13.
Also I'm having thoughts of that my neurologist is overdosing me with medication possibly accidently because when I gave my prescription of my newest epilepsy medication ( Dilantin) to my phamacist she had to call my neurologist back to see if he was sure he was'nt giving me this medication accidentally because it seemed to her that I was being overdosed.
So my main question is why on earth is my epileptic medication that I take before I go to bed time not controlling my epileptic activity in my brain at all ?