Feel like drunk ice skater

[sjconner]

On Monday, I didn't take meds (lamictal and klonopin) with food (have a pattern for food and meds) like I mostly do. At least I hope that is the cause. I have been on this combo for a little more than a month. I was like a drunk ice skater whose legs kept buckilng underneath me. I fell down so many times and have so many bruises. I couldn't even crawl. When I would fall I wouldn't even put my arms up to catch myself. No one was home most of the day. That night my legs just gave out, I fell done right on my face (no hands up to catch myself). My 17 and 14 year old boys carried me to bed.

Right now I am "teaching" my graphics arts class. My brain seems to be functioning just fine. I ate like I was supposed to. Right now I am starting the drunk ice skating thing. I don't think the kids have noticed. I am planted in my chair. The other staff know and are watching out for me.

I have a neuro appt tomorrow morning. I have never had this happen to me. The first time I took lamictal I was a little woozy but nothing like this. I have never had my legs just give out from under me.

 

[MAB]

I just increased my Lamictal this week or last, can't remember andjust recently started taking 2 mg of klonopin at night for sleep. My legs feel terrible, kind of like someone has hit me behind my knees and it feels like my legs want to buckle. They have not though.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Nakamova]

Muscle weakness and lack of coordination can be Klonopin side effects -- maybe something is off with your metabolism of the med. Knees buckling can also be a kind of seizure activity -- I hope that's not the case and your neuro can figure out what's going on.

 

[N Sperlo]

I can imagine that a combination of the "weakness and lac of coordination" that Nakamova mentions along with drowsiness will cause that.

 

[valeriedl]

I'm on lamictal and several other meds but not klonopin. I usually don't take my meds with food.

It could be that your body is used to taking food with them that is reacting to the fact that there is no food in your body? Just a guess though.

 

[sjconner]

Saw the neuro today. I told him about Monday. Seems to be at a loss. He talked about adding depakote to my lamictal and klonopin. I have switched meds sooo many times in the last 2 months. He said if we add depakote we would have to keep a really close eye on my levels. According to the drug interaction sites, lamictal and depakote have "major" drug interactions.

I don't think i will add depakote. Again, he mentioned going out of state for a video EEG. For some bizarre reason I am really apprehensive about doing that. I don't know what to do. I don't know which way to go ... I guess I want someone to tell me what to do. I am tired of making decisions and I don't want to do this anymore. Monday was a nightmare. Wednesday and later today I had some of the same double vision wobbly crap I had at the beginning of all the nightmare I experienced on Monday. I am so tired ... knitting doesn't help anymore.

 

[Nakamova]

If you can stand it, I think you should wait a bit to see if things get back on track before making any decisions about meds or the vEEG. It can be hard to think straight when you're exhausted. I hope the wobbly stuff/double vision goes away and that you get some good rest this weekend.

Did your neuro think the klonopin might be at all to blame for your recent symptoms, or did he just think it was seizure activity?

 

[sjconner]

I have an MRI on the 23rd. I am really struggling with deadlines for work ... everything is due by graduation on the 21st. I talked with the program director this morning. Hopefully I can get things changed for next class in January. I am not changing anything or making any decisions until after January 1st. Just really tired and stressed. I can feel my arm start to tighten up ... it doesn't tighten up just feels that way. Sometimes I have a motor seizure afterwords.