I have been diagnosed with frontal nuptial epilepsy. I have been having seizures at night where i would hit the bed (or the people in bed with me, yes it's very troubling for the girlfriend as you can imagine), and grunting, and talking very angrily while it happens, although i'm still asleep and i don't realise i'm doing it.
I also was having mini episodes during the day, where my head would kinda freeze and i would stare at a fixed point midway between my eyes and the floor. My face is very rigid and i have a grave expression. If someone asks me whats wrong are you okay, i answer something in a very mean way, once again i do not control what i'm saying at that moment. It will last about 30 seconds.
I've been on carbamazepine (tegretol) 300 x2, for 5 years. It's been controlling my epilepsy pretty well, but also giving me a lot of side effects. Diziness, sleepiness, double vision, big stomach cramping, difficulty breathing. I've lowered the meds to try and get rid of those side effects, as they are now aggravatingly tampering with my social life. The side effects diminished somewhat, and i'm less in space but have been having minor episodes from time to time. When i get them during the day they are very rare but last significantly longer. Maybe one minute.
I'm considering changing medication to lamictal. I've heard it brings less side effects. But from what I'm reading they might not be quite as good to control epilepsy. A lot of people are having seizures while they're on lamictal.
What I'd like to know is have anyone ever done that switch? I might not be as lucky as to find people who actually did, so maybe if you take one of those two meds you could share a bit of your history with them?
Thanks..
I also was having mini episodes during the day, where my head would kinda freeze and i would stare at a fixed point midway between my eyes and the floor. My face is very rigid and i have a grave expression. If someone asks me whats wrong are you okay, i answer something in a very mean way, once again i do not control what i'm saying at that moment. It will last about 30 seconds.
I've been on carbamazepine (tegretol) 300 x2, for 5 years. It's been controlling my epilepsy pretty well, but also giving me a lot of side effects. Diziness, sleepiness, double vision, big stomach cramping, difficulty breathing. I've lowered the meds to try and get rid of those side effects, as they are now aggravatingly tampering with my social life. The side effects diminished somewhat, and i'm less in space but have been having minor episodes from time to time. When i get them during the day they are very rare but last significantly longer. Maybe one minute.
I'm considering changing medication to lamictal. I've heard it brings less side effects. But from what I'm reading they might not be quite as good to control epilepsy. A lot of people are having seizures while they're on lamictal.
What I'd like to know is have anyone ever done that switch? I might not be as lucky as to find people who actually did, so maybe if you take one of those two meds you could share a bit of your history with them?
Thanks..