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I was diagnosed with epilepsy age 3. I have tried a variety of narrow and broad spectrum antiepileptics for primary generalised epilepsy with focal elements. With the exception of phenobarbital, which worked well in my childhood, everything else has had some sort of side effect which varies from irritating to life changing. Levetiracetam was the worst. It basically ended my business of 10 years due to the behavioral side effects that can happen. I almost lost the house and my marriage very nearly ended too. The neuro who put me on the drug had beggared off to New Zealand after increasing the individual dosage by 100% from 500mg to 1000mg. Life was happy at 500mg with Topamax. From the first couple of days of the increase, it all started to do down hill with the side effects.
Managed to eventually get off it. Ended up going back to Uni too as my CV from the year dot was basically coaching/teaching Aquatic sports for councils or running my own business doing the same. And the business started after I was discriminated against about my E by one council. Gits gave me a better version of my old job back when I was self-employed. On contract, just teaching kids, double pay, no cleaning toilets.
Currently studying Pharmacology. My Mum thinks I'll be working in a Pharmacy after, I have tried to explain.
Currently going through Lamotrigine/Valproate titration again after the last neuro said it was far too complex to do and 2008 neuro ballsed it up 3 times and left me puking and dizzy in A&E.
Recently enrolled in a pre-clinical revision course, supposed to be for doctors but it had all my Physiology for this year and some case studies that were handy for disease and cancer next year. Pharmacology content? Well, body systems lectures recorded at around 25KB, Pharmacology 6KB and no way did I miss anything. Really hoping that that is only because it is PRE-clinical
Managed to eventually get off it. Ended up going back to Uni too as my CV from the year dot was basically coaching/teaching Aquatic sports for councils or running my own business doing the same. And the business started after I was discriminated against about my E by one council. Gits gave me a better version of my old job back when I was self-employed. On contract, just teaching kids, double pay, no cleaning toilets.
Currently studying Pharmacology. My Mum thinks I'll be working in a Pharmacy after, I have tried to explain.
Currently going through Lamotrigine/Valproate titration again after the last neuro said it was far too complex to do and 2008 neuro ballsed it up 3 times and left me puking and dizzy in A&E.
Recently enrolled in a pre-clinical revision course, supposed to be for doctors but it had all my Physiology for this year and some case studies that were handy for disease and cancer next year. Pharmacology content? Well, body systems lectures recorded at around 25KB, Pharmacology 6KB and no way did I miss anything. Really hoping that that is only because it is PRE-clinical
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