Hi!
I'm new around here.
I'm 18 yo, epileptic since I was 11. My first seizure was a grand mal at the beach that gave my parents and older brother a big scare.
The focus is on my left parietal lob, where I had surgery 3 times ( at 3 , 5 and 8 yo) for arteriovenose malformation.
I've taken 3 diferent medications : Depakine/Depakote, Topamax and Keppra(I'm taking this one now.)
Depakine and Topamax made me have a big appetite and did not control my seizures ( I had around 5 each day petit or grand mals , most of the time at school - embarassing)
Now I'm taking Keppra 375mg/day ( 250mg/morning + 125/night), and the only problems are the side effects...
I have really bad mood swings (my mom says that some of it its from my personality =P.)
I also found that my hair falls off a lot... I'm afraid to switch medicines 'cause I've been seizure free for 5 years and don't want to risk having a seizure , for the obvious reasons + I want to get a drivers license.
I take Centrum Vitamins but it feels like it doesn't help much - I'm still easly irritable and feel like spending all day sleeping even after my at least 10 hours of good sleep, and my memory isn't good either.
Last school year I had a good schedule, had time for everything and had good padrons of sleep, and did NOT have any of those things , especially all the tiredness. And on top of that my grades got better (my memory losswas gone!).
Now I feel like I'm going back again. I'm only doing a couple of subjects at school to improve my average for college so my schedule is ... well not really a schedule yk?
Does it help having a schedule or having a right time to do things? I know the sleeping patterns are important.
I've read taking a Vitamin B complent helps... can someone tell me which on is the best? ( I'm from Portugal, I'm not sure we have all Vit.Compl. as on US)
I would like to hear your thoughts please.
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Another questions:
How did your friends react when you told them you had Epilepsy?
Did this med gave you problems in school (ex: less momory/easy to forget
important things, lower grades...)?
If you're a women and have kids, did you had to change medications (from
levetiracetam to another one - I heard this med is not good for the baby . it
passes through the milk) ?
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Thank you for your answers in advance.[/LEFT][/LEFT]
I'm new around here.
I'm 18 yo, epileptic since I was 11. My first seizure was a grand mal at the beach that gave my parents and older brother a big scare.
The focus is on my left parietal lob, where I had surgery 3 times ( at 3 , 5 and 8 yo) for arteriovenose malformation.
I've taken 3 diferent medications : Depakine/Depakote, Topamax and Keppra(I'm taking this one now.)
Depakine and Topamax made me have a big appetite and did not control my seizures ( I had around 5 each day petit or grand mals , most of the time at school - embarassing)
Now I'm taking Keppra 375mg/day ( 250mg/morning + 125/night), and the only problems are the side effects...
I have really bad mood swings (my mom says that some of it its from my personality =P.)
I also found that my hair falls off a lot... I'm afraid to switch medicines 'cause I've been seizure free for 5 years and don't want to risk having a seizure , for the obvious reasons + I want to get a drivers license.
I take Centrum Vitamins but it feels like it doesn't help much - I'm still easly irritable and feel like spending all day sleeping even after my at least 10 hours of good sleep, and my memory isn't good either.
Last school year I had a good schedule, had time for everything and had good padrons of sleep, and did NOT have any of those things , especially all the tiredness. And on top of that my grades got better (my memory losswas gone!).
Now I feel like I'm going back again. I'm only doing a couple of subjects at school to improve my average for college so my schedule is ... well not really a schedule yk?
Does it help having a schedule or having a right time to do things? I know the sleeping patterns are important.
I've read taking a Vitamin B complent helps... can someone tell me which on is the best? ( I'm from Portugal, I'm not sure we have all Vit.Compl. as on US)
I would like to hear your thoughts please.
---
Another questions:
How did your friends react when you told them you had Epilepsy?
Did this med gave you problems in school (ex: less momory/easy to forget
important things, lower grades...)?
If you're a women and have kids, did you had to change medications (from
levetiracetam to another one - I heard this med is not good for the baby . it
passes through the milk) ?
--
Thank you for your answers in advance.[/LEFT][/LEFT]