Hi Honey
I so know where you are coming from with this!! I am also on Keppra, have you had any depression and suicidal tendancies? I know they are classic side effects of Keppra, I'm on 1,500mg am and 1,500mg pm, they don't work!! None of them have ever worked!!
Regarding our memories, I have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, and the short term memory is dealt with in the right temporal lobe, so you can tell me something one week, and I'll have no memory of it the following week, or month! I know how difficult it is to concentrate, to absorb information, to remember events. It is so very frustrating isn't it? I write everything down, I keep a diary every day of my life, in which I even write what I had for dinner. Our long term memory is dealt with in the Pre Frontal Cortex, but it's that short term implicit memory (i.e how to drive, how to operate a computer, basically recalling how to do things) and explicit memory (remembering events and facts) I bet like me, you have an amazing ability to memorise registration plates on cars, telephone numbers, or any sequence of numbers? You don't say what type of epilepsy you have, or how it started or why, I would genuinely love to know, having recently completed two 4 year university courses in Epilepsy Care & Management, it is a subject that totally fascinates me! The human brain is an incredible bit of kit!
I hope you write back to me soon, and I hope this message finds you well and happy?
All The Best
Elaine x