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Hello,
I have been having occasional "seizure periods" where every couple of months or so, I have a couple of days of intensive seizure acitivity, then "shift back to normal" until whenever the next one is. This has been going on some 25 years or so. I am now 55.
For a long time, I have been convinced that anti-seizure medications I take actually exacerbate (cause) my seizure problem, making it worse. Then the MDs tell me I need to take even more!
So far, I've tried Dilantin, Depakote, and Tegretol. Somehow, I fell into using tegretol most of the time, but sensed it was only making the problem worse.
Recently, after winding up in the hospital after a nasty bike accident, I made a decision with my MD to try something else. Although Dilantin is not perfect, I wanted to go back on that, while gettin off Tegretol.
I'm finally completing the withdrawal (2 weeks) from Tegretol, but can feel it "fighting back". The Dilantin, however, is making me rebound better (though it makes me a bit sleepy and slow). Nevertheless I'm really determined to make it through this.
What are other people's experiences from withdrawing either completely or switching to another drug? I'd especially like to know if anyone tried to get off Tegretol.
Thanks,
John
I have been having occasional "seizure periods" where every couple of months or so, I have a couple of days of intensive seizure acitivity, then "shift back to normal" until whenever the next one is. This has been going on some 25 years or so. I am now 55.
For a long time, I have been convinced that anti-seizure medications I take actually exacerbate (cause) my seizure problem, making it worse. Then the MDs tell me I need to take even more!
So far, I've tried Dilantin, Depakote, and Tegretol. Somehow, I fell into using tegretol most of the time, but sensed it was only making the problem worse.
Recently, after winding up in the hospital after a nasty bike accident, I made a decision with my MD to try something else. Although Dilantin is not perfect, I wanted to go back on that, while gettin off Tegretol.
I'm finally completing the withdrawal (2 weeks) from Tegretol, but can feel it "fighting back". The Dilantin, however, is making me rebound better (though it makes me a bit sleepy and slow). Nevertheless I'm really determined to make it through this.
What are other people's experiences from withdrawing either completely or switching to another drug? I'd especially like to know if anyone tried to get off Tegretol.
Thanks,
John