I was taken off of Keppra when told I was having psuedo seizures, no weening off just stopped! I was taking 3000mg keppra xr! I still have seizures but since nothing showed up when while being monitored in the hospital, the doctor took me off and I have not even heard from my neurologist. Not one peep from him.
Well, matchu, it appears you and I have something in common. I showed up in the ER demanding to be taken off of the drug Keppra XR due to crippling depression and suicidal thoughts--neither of which I'd ever had before Keppra came into my life. Unlike my neurologist, the ER doctor agreed that Keppra could cause these things, and admitted me. They put me on a neuro floor, and did video eeg monitoring while taking me off keppra. It appears the diagnosis I got back in 1993 of complex partial seizures may have been mistaken because they are telling me they are 95% sure I've got "non-epileptic seizures" aka "pseudo seizures," with the qualification that there is a teeny tiny possibility I might ALSO have epileptic seizures. So, they want me back in for more video eeg monitoring and to see a shrink. I have been having horrible withdrawal symptoms from the Keppra, specifically anxiety and panic attacks, and sensitivity to light. The neuro who treated me in the hospital says it will take 6 to 8 weeks for all of the keppra to get out of me, and for me to return to my pre-keppra "normal."
So, I ended up in another ER after being discharged to be treated for a severe anxiety attack, and finally got some sleep.
I don't mind the tentative diagnosis of pseudo seizures, so long as I can get "cured" of it, and it does not involve the taking of any kinds of pills.
After being on this Keppra nightmare, which destroyed my mental health and with it my life for the past year, I will never, ever, ever again take another prescribed drug!
Seizures and/or pseudo seizures are bad, but prescribed drugs for seizures are worse.