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Topic: Medication Issues

AED side effects and withdrawal

12/2018 | 3 Comments

Hello, need some help understanding since there is not a lot of publicly published studies on this. My step daughter had a couple, full convulsive...
Switching to generic Depakote

12/2018 | 2 Comments

I have been taking 1,500 mg of Depakote ER for several years now and have been seizure free. However, my employer is having issues with my insurance...
4,000mg Keppra

12/2018 | 3 Comments

I am 23 and have partial complex seizures about 4-5 days a week and am currently controlling them with Zonisamide, Vimpat, Phenobarbital and Keppra...
ONFI aka Clobazam Increasing Seizures

11/2018 | 0 Comments

I live with generalized grand mal seizures and usually go 1-2 years without a single episode. The seizures I have are usually caused by over exerting...
Pre-employment. Need advice please.

11/2018 | 1 Comments

Hello to all members! My name is Ron and I've been having seizures since the age of 2 and was diagnosed with JME (Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy) after...
Worried about my husband...

11/2018 | 1 Comments

I’m really worried about my husband. He had a seizure when he was 15 years old (13 years ago). I wasn’t there but am lead to believe it was a Grand...
Question about lamical

11/2018 | 4 Comments

I have move from keppra on to lamical, this past few months, I have now started to notice few red spot starting to appear on left side of my face, is...
Keppra Side Effects: Angry BF

11/2018 | 5 Comments

So my BF start taking the Generic Keppra in May 2018 after his 2nd episode of seizures. Before then, he's always kind of had anger issues...but...
dilantin

11/2018 | 0 Comments

My insurance has notified me and is going to stop covering Brand Dilantin. Does anybody know how I can get brand Dilantin for a price that will not...
Long time DILANTIN user

11/2018 | 1 Comments

Hi all. I hope someone can help. I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1965 at the age of 18 just after I graduated from high school School in September...
Topiramate withdrawal symptoms?

11/2018 | 1 Comments

Hi all, I was put on topiramate 100mg (50mg AM and 50mg PM) for migraines. Since I was drowsy and slow on it, dr switched to amitriptylene and had me...
Dentist?

11/2018 | 0 Comments

I have had epilepsy for a little over a year now. I still have seizures everyday as we haven't managed to find a medication that gets them under...
Medication Long term effects

10/2018 | 1 Comments

Hello, My daughter has intractable epilepsy. She is currently on Vimpat, Felbamate, Phenobarbital, and Clonazepam. We have noticed after felbamate she...
low platelets

10/2018 | 2 Comments

I just got my bloodwork results and my platelets are 70. Does anyone have low platelets on here? I take Keppra XR and Lamictal.
Siezures and Medication

10/2018 | 4 Comments

Hello everyone. I am new to this website. I honestly am not sure what I should do anymore. I have a 5 year old daughter who has absence seizures. She...
medication concerns

10/2018 | 2 Comments

Hey guys!! So this is my first forum post ever, I have just joined this website because I do not know anyone around my own age that has epilepsy and...
Keppra side effects for JME

10/2018 | 2 Comments

Hi everyone So I’ve been taking Keppra for about 5 years now. I still get the drowsiness thing every now and then but I’ve always had this sort of...

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