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Topic: Medication Issues

I'm mad and I need to vent!!!!!!!

08/2005 | 9 Comments

I am sooooooo frustrated. In the past 7 months, I've changed meds. Now on keppra and lamictal. Neuro tried to take me off of lamictal in april, cuz he...
Confused about Meds

08/2005 | 8 Comments

Hi, I have an 8 year old daughter who has just been newly diagosed with Right TLE. She had been being treated for Bipolar with psychotic features...
Depakote--How long does it take?

07/2005 | 25 Comments

I will be starting my 8-year-old daughter on Depakote tomorrow (she was diagnosed with absence ep. Wednesday). I was just wondering if anyone can tell...
Keppra

07/2005 | 15 Comments

I am interested in finding out what anyone knows about Keppra. I have just been switched to Keppra and have been on it about a month. It seems to be...
lamictal help

07/2005 | 2 Comments

hi gang, I've been asked by a few folks about how to find help paying for the high cost of lamictal on several posts, and I can't find them. so, here...
seizures/stroke/Trileptal

07/2005 | 0 Comments

If your parenting gut makes you think your child has had a stroke, PLEASE go your neurologist or family doctor. Since my child had his stroke while he...
Vigabatrin, Clobazam, Sulthiame

07/2005 | 0 Comments

Hi,My son is 3 years and 5 months. He started to have multiple seizure last year November 2004. He was hospitalized 4 times, and was in the ICU for 2...
I need help!!!

07/2005 | 10 Comments

Hi. I have been diagnosed with epilepsy, and my doctor says that I have complex partial seizures. I have been on Lamictal for quite some time and the...
Age Of First Seizure

07/2005 | 12 Comments

Hi, I recently had my first and only two seizures (GM's) on the same day and they have since been controlled with 300mgs of Dilantin. I am a 36 y/o...
My Drugs Cost TOOOO Much!!!

07/2005 | 14 Comments

Can anyone help me with this? Does anyone know of a prescription drug discount site or anything that I can find help to pay for my meds? I don't have...
movements

07/2005 | 7 Comments

Hi, does anyone have any movements or nervous movements after they take there medications.I am on 2 mg of atvian and 500 mg of Epival.it seems that...
Is Dilantin making me worse?

07/2005 | 18 Comments

Hi all,I am on 300 mg on odd days and 400 mg on even of Dilantin. I know that it is a "baby-dosage", but I swear, ever since I started Dilantin, my...
Trileptal vs. Tegretol

07/2005 | 4 Comments

Hello all...Had some questions regarding Trileptal vs. Tegretol: 1. Which is stronger? 2. How do the doses compare? What dose of Trileptal equals a...
2 YEAR OLD SON I NEED HELP

07/2005 | 7 Comments

HELLO I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD SON THATS HAS DX (INFANTILE SPASMS ) MONOCLOYIC SEIZURES AND I NEED SOME INFORMATION ON MEDS AND VNS. MY SON BJ HAS HAD...
Depakote ER--seizure-specific drug

07/2005 | 1 Comments

Hi guys~~since I was switched from Depakote (Rapid Release or Sustained Release), I have done alot of research concerning the drug and its uses.The...
ADD and Depakote

07/2005 | 3 Comments

Has anyone heard of Depakote causing or making ADD or any learning disorders worse in a 6 year old child? What about the after effects of Tegretol?
Can Drop Seizures suddenly appear?

07/2005 | 20 Comments

Am 35 , have been dealing with seizures since teen years. Recently switched from Tegrotol to Trileptal a couple weeks ago. Had an episode while...
Trileptal...Modd Stabilizer...Dangers?

07/2005 | 2 Comments

I switched from Tegrotol to Trileptal 2 weeks ago. I had taken my nightly dose of Trileptal an hour before I started working out in my basement. After...

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