First off, I get pissed when some doc who is looking for depression suggests I take another pill. I realize some people have this as a legitimate issue, but I always ask them which came first the chicken or the egg? With all my side effect problems, I should be a little depressed!! If the doc was going thru all this they would be depressed!! That is a normal reaction.
I refuse to add another pill and instead tell them we need to focus on finding a drug that doesnt ruin me with such bad side effects.
As far as the Keppra goes, it took me 6 mos not to feel like a zombie. Even now 2.5 years later, I still feel fatigue and weakness, and not as mentally sharp, so I am looking at going off of it altogether. That said, I am nowhere near as tired or mentally deficient as I was when I started it, so that should improve. Will it improve enough for you to be satisfied continuing to take it? You'll probably have to wait and see for that answer. Of course, taking it with another drug complicates things, but I am looking at going back to Dilantin and leaving Keppra behind. I've given it enough time.
By the way, I think this poll would be more relevant if there was also some way to determine what percentage of people had tried which drugs, so that the numbers might not be skewed so much by certain drugs being prescribed more than others..