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So I thought I would post here in case others were looking to start Vimpat and wonder what they were getting themselves into. =)
Well I gotta say it's working out pretty well. A little cloudy headed. Still feel a bit on the edge of having a seizure. Kind of like, "I feel like I'm going to have one...." feeling. Also feel a little posti-ictal-ly. All of that coupled with some moving around (bike ride, jogging, yoga) and LOTS of water, it seems to be pretty tolerable. I cannot stress how much the water consumption really helps with this side effect.
Once you get to day 10, it gets a lot better. However, I've been doing a really slow titration of 50mg for two weeks. Then going up to 100mg to see how I do that. The normal titration is 100mg the first week and be at 200mg by week two. I felt my neuro was just putting me in the general catagory and not listening to me. When I talked with another neuro he said, "Go at your own speed. You know you better and the goal is to get you on meds you can stand."
According to the drug manufacturer, effective therapeutic levels are 100-200mg.
One huge note as a side effect: Nightmares. Be ready for some messed up dreams. I'm still getting a couple of them and they are intense.
I did notice a little slow down in cognitive focus. I am a network engineer and build VoIP networks. So I need to focus. The past two weeks I've noticed it's a lot harder to focus and my memory recall is a bit slower. Sometimes it becomes really bad if I'm not eating or drinking anything for a long time.
So with that, I would say, if you want to go on Vimpat: Hang in there. It gets better. =)
Well I gotta say it's working out pretty well. A little cloudy headed. Still feel a bit on the edge of having a seizure. Kind of like, "I feel like I'm going to have one...." feeling. Also feel a little posti-ictal-ly. All of that coupled with some moving around (bike ride, jogging, yoga) and LOTS of water, it seems to be pretty tolerable. I cannot stress how much the water consumption really helps with this side effect.
Once you get to day 10, it gets a lot better. However, I've been doing a really slow titration of 50mg for two weeks. Then going up to 100mg to see how I do that. The normal titration is 100mg the first week and be at 200mg by week two. I felt my neuro was just putting me in the general catagory and not listening to me. When I talked with another neuro he said, "Go at your own speed. You know you better and the goal is to get you on meds you can stand."
According to the drug manufacturer, effective therapeutic levels are 100-200mg.
One huge note as a side effect: Nightmares. Be ready for some messed up dreams. I'm still getting a couple of them and they are intense.
I did notice a little slow down in cognitive focus. I am a network engineer and build VoIP networks. So I need to focus. The past two weeks I've noticed it's a lot harder to focus and my memory recall is a bit slower. Sometimes it becomes really bad if I'm not eating or drinking anything for a long time.
So with that, I would say, if you want to go on Vimpat: Hang in there. It gets better. =)