Hey Everyone

[Potter Freak]

Hey My Name is Potter Freak

I'm New here :hello:

I'm a Personal Support Worker soon to be an RPN student

I've had Epilepsy since I was 14 I have Grand-Mal seizures When I turned 18 the Doctor at the time said I could come off all my meds but when I was 25 I had a seizure do to stress and I was in the hospital for 5 days
so now I am back on meds I take 800mg of carbamazepine and it makes me very sleepy

Does anyone else have the sleepyness on the epilepsy meds ?

Potter Freak

 

[epileric]

Welcome Potter Freak

I know what you mean when you talk about fatigue & carbamazapine. It makes me feel tired & on bad days it makes me feel like I'm thinking through mud.

I've been on it for a long time so I guess I'm lucky that I"m used to a lot of the side-effects.

 

[Nakamova]

Hi Potter Freak, welcome to CWE!

I think fatigue is one of the most common side effect of AEDs, since they are meant to sedate the brain in a way. You might want to ask your doctor if you can back off your dose slightly to see if it helps.

 

[valeriedl]

I have to take a nap every afternoon. I basicaly pass out as soon as I lay down.

I usually get up at a decent hour and go to bed at a fairly early, but I just have to have that nap.

I know too that the day after I have a sez, I am completly out of it all day. All I do is sleep.

 

[Potter Freak]

I'm the same way valeried I have a nap almost everyday and then I'm in bed by 8pm or 8:30pm. because I feel soo tired

 

[Potter Freak]

Thanks for all your welcomes I think I may like it here

 

[Zoofemme]

Hi Potter Freak, Welcome to CWE I have to say that sleepiness is something I've experienced with every ead I've ever taken :| I tend to nod off a lot during the day...kind of drives the people around me nuts cause I'll do it while they are tlaking to me, lol.

 

[Becci90]

Does anyone else have the sleepyness on the epilepsy meds ?

Hey Potter freak,

I've had sleepiness with all my meds unfortunately.

What is an RPN? Mental health nurse?

I LOVE Harry Potter too. Books & films are amazing. Reading them all again at the moment. :banana:

Rebecca

 

[Potter Freak]

Hey Rebecca

What is an RPN? Mental health nurse?
An RPN is a Registered Practical Nurse


I LOVE Harry Potter too. Books & films are amazing. Reading them all again at the moment. :banana:
I love the books and the films too chamber of secerts is my fav film I haven't read the books in a long while though


Potter Freak

 

[Becci90]

I'm going to guess that's the same as RGN's here?! I studied as a student nurse myself...Didn't manage to finish my course though due to epilepsy & lack of money, but it was good fun, I loved it! I'm an HCA now so I still work in a hospital.
I hadn't read HP for ages either...I'm on the goblet of fire now. I'm not really sure which is my fav, I love them all! They're ace :bigsmile:

 

[JRuner]

Potter Freak, Welcome and good luck with your schooling. I used to be an Emergency Medical Technician and Pharmacy Technician I have also worked as a nurses aide. My only experience with bad drug sleepiness with phenobarbital and dilantin and the phenobarbital was horrible as a child I was just a zombie who woke during school once and while literally drooling on my desk (way over medicated). I Just starred Klonopin so I don't know. I personally think learning to spell drug names is like having a seizure! LOL!

Again welcome and good luck with school.

 

[Miss Choccy]

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Hi Peter Freak,

Like you I have the side-effect of tiredness and sleepiness. I, too take carpamazaphine - 800mgs/day. And like many people have stated tiredness and sleepiness are very common side-effects of not only carbazaphine but many other epilepsy meds too.

Hoping that you do well in your studies - wishing you the very best of luck on that and that you do very well. Also hoping that you are enjoying your studying a lot too. Are you?

Like you and a few others on here I love the Harry Potter books - very are so excellent - really enjoy reading them!!! Think I have all of them now!!!

Susan

Miss Choccy

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[valeriedl]

I remember too that shortly after I was diagnosed with epilepsy one med combo I was on all I did was sleep. I didn't eat or anything, just sleep. I lost a ton of weight and then the neuro changed my meds that I was on and have been pretty much ok since then.

But as I said above, I still have to take that nap or I'm out of it!