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Topic: Medication Issues

Getting off phenobarbital

01/2006 | 4 Comments

I'm constantly jabbering about this, I know, but I haven't been getting many answers. Sorry!! I'm just curious: who else had had trouble getting off...
ECT and Seizures

01/2006 | 1 Comments

How does having ECT effect you when you've already got epilepsy? Or does it have any effect at all? I apologize if this is the wrong place for this...
Trying to get off Dilantin

01/2006 | 22 Comments

I'm trying to replace Dilantin with some other med that will have less side effects. The doctor tried Lamictal and it didn't work. Then I found out it...
Lamictal and aspirin

01/2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, I'm new to the site but have gained a wealth of information in the few weeks that I have been reading the forums and I thank you all for that. I...
Carbamazepine

01/2006 | 2 Comments

My brother is paraplegic since when he was 6 months old, time when he passed high fewer. Now he is 25 years old. Since 10 years ago he started having...
Lamictal side effects

01/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi. Am a new user and it is good to be in touch with people who know about this! I have been on lamictal for about a year and have had epielpsyt out...
Meds worsen seizures?

01/2006 | 8 Comments

They thought my son had absence seizures so put him on depakote-2 weeks later he had a grand mal, does anyone else know about the ae meds causing...
Dilantin side affects

01/2006 | 4 Comments

I`ve been taking Dilantin for approxamatly 30 years. 6 100mg a day. One of the side affect is "loss of sex Drive",does anyone know the odds on how...
weaning off eppilim chrono

01/2006 | 2 Comments

hi every one my neuro has decided to wean me off eppillim ,i use to be on a 1000mga day and this week i am down to 100mg and feel really strange and...
Control by self adjustment

01/2006 | 0 Comments

At the age of 7(over 40 years ago) I was diagnosed with epilepsy. At that time epilepsy was in the same category as Leprosy, "unknown". For reasons...
Depakote ER or Topamax

01/2006 | 8 Comments

Hi All, I am new here, I was impressed with this site because it looks like there are so many responses! My other site zip for responses. Anyway I...
clobazam

01/2006 | 10 Comments

can anyone tell me about the drug clobazam and if ther are any long term side effects? my neuro has changed me from epillimchrono to this new drug...
my meds mite be making me feel worse

01/2006 | 3 Comments

ok im on least 2 meds now but i seriously think one causes Anxeity and well if i knew from others if they felt Tegretol XR causes anxeity then i mite...
Lamictal and Topamax

01/2006 | 0 Comments

Hi I was just wondering if anyone was on Lamictal as well as topamax. If so what dose are you on (I hope you do not mind me asking). It is just that...
keppra-side effects

01/2006 | 11 Comments

I have a question about keppra but let me introduce myself. I was diagnosed with epilepsy about four years ago and I had been on many meds. I was on...
Carbatrol & Weight Gain

01/2006 | 0 Comments

I am currently taking 600MG Carbatrol daily and have gained 10 pounds and counting... I've tried lowering my calorie intake and exercising, but...
Ospolot???

01/2006 | 0 Comments

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone has any info or can share their experiences bout being on ospolot? i'm on a combination of epilim, topomax and...

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