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Zonegran

Thu, 05/18/2006 - 09:26

Topic: Medication Issues

Anyone on it? I'm on 300mg. Been on it a just over a month after a rapid switch from Keppra, had very bad psychological side effects. Trying to give this one a chance, had 1, may be 2 good weeks now i'm starting to feel like I did on the Keppra: very aggitated, anxious, mood swings, sudden depression, feel like my body is trembling/ humming/ full of electricity, feel like I want to pull skin off/ hit myself to relieve the irritation...going CRAZY...anyone relate?

Comments

Re: Re: Re: Zonegran

Submitted by IRule on Mon, 2006-06-05 - 19:52

I am currently on 500mg of Zonegran and doing Great! no SZ in a couple months. As an added bonus I have lost 50 pounds since starting on it last year.

Re: Zonegran

Submitted by balletkat on Thu, 2006-06-08 - 16:11

If it has only been a few weeks, I would give it a little longer. Make sure you go slowly...Zonegran has a weird half life, but your dr should be working on that. I have been on Zonegrand for 3 years and havn't had any problems. Lost weight, but I can't complain too much.

Re: Zonegran

Submitted by LunaBelle on Fri, 2006-11-03 - 15:06

Luna Hello fellow zonegran users, I've been on it since August 06, and it's been pretty good to be, memory is great, I switched from keppra, after having a seizure; but I have not lost a single pound! I've read alot about people loosing weight on it and REALLY NEED to loose some, the keppra put the weight on, plus I always gain weight just before I have a seizure, (that's how I know one is going; don't know when, but I know it's coming); then I ususally put on another 20lbs for good measure; so I was really excited when the doctor decided to put me on zonegran. At first was my stomach was a bit achy but that went away, not, my appetite has gone away somewhat, but nothing like when I was on tompomax, I lost all the weight the other meds put on me, it was wonderful. When does the weight lost begin?

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