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Topic: Medication Issues

Trileptal making me sick

06/2005 | 2 Comments

I am new to this...perfectly healthy for 46 years when I began to have serial grand mal seizures in the middle of the night. I was taken by ambulance...
What to do now

06/2005 | 2 Comments

Can anyone help i've been on quite a few mixtures of different tablets unfortnatly they havent worked i have complex partial seizures , but this lot...
Topamax hallucinations

06/2005 | 37 Comments

My son was just changed from Depakote to Topamax and we are still stirating up to his max dosage; we are in week 4. I researched the med when...
My med options???

06/2005 | 2 Comments

Hi I have posted here before. Am in need of support right now.I have had epilepsy for 36 years and up until last year had been on dilantin 36yrs., a...
Seizure free w/ JME?

05/2005 | 1 Comments

My husband has JME and is trying to get the right combination of medicines to control his seizures. I would like to know of those of you who have JME...
I need answer

05/2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I started have epilepsy when I was 11 years old...now I am 24 all this time I was taking diferent medication..but i used more valpakine when I was...
New to board

05/2005 | 13 Comments

Hi. I am new to this board. Over the 40 yrs of my life, I have been on Phenobarbital and mysolin when I was a child, Dilantin and mysolin when I was a...
Question RE Dosage of Carbatrol

05/2005 | 1 Comments

Decided to stop taking my medication a couple weeks ago. I HAD been taking one 300mg Carbitrol a day in the AM over the last couple years without a...
more side effects of antiepileptics

05/2005 | 4 Comments

My 8 y.o. daughter was just diagnosed with an advanced case of osteoporosis and for the longest time I asked her neurologists to check her calcium...
Wanted: Diagnosis

05/2005 | 7 Comments

Been taking between 300 and 600mg of Carbatrol a day. Have been siezure free for the last 3-4 years. Being the stubborn Greek that I am, I decided to...
what to do next? need thoughts

05/2005 | 6 Comments

It is raining and not my favorite kind of weather.so I am feeling even more down. I saw my Dr. on Monday. We went over how I was doing on the three...
Does anyone have info about lamictal

05/2005 | 39 Comments

Hi everyone, Its been a long time since I've posted. My son had been doing really well on 200 mg TOPAMAX 2x daily 1200 mg NEURONTIN 3x daily and 600...
LOVE KEPPRA HERE

05/2005 | 8 Comments

Oh My--Well, I love Keppra. My 8 year old son was diagnosed in January (2 days before his birthday--nice huh?). The doctor said to try Keppra first as...
Just Prescribed Keppra

05/2005 | 5 Comments

This morning I had an appointment with my neuro. Yet again he has changed my prescriptions, and this time put me on Keppra...Should I be scared? I'll...
Sex drive and seizure medications

05/2005 | 88 Comments

Hello everyone, I was wondering if ANYONE has advice on what to do about the loss of sex drive from these dammed seizure meds. I am 44, have had a...
sex drive and seizure medications

05/2005 | 0 Comments

I need to know if ANYONE has some advice. I am on Carbitrol and I have had a hysterectomy. I have NO sex drive what so ever. Is there anyone out there...
considering treatment options

05/2005 | 1 Comments

I'm 22 and just graduated from a small college in Northeast Missouri. In January or February I experienced what may be diagnosed as a tonic-clonic...
none are at theraputic level

05/2005 | 4 Comments

I was at two meds trileptal and keppra. Began an increase of simple partials. Was given lamictal to add to list. Have been on all three now for awhile...
Should I take medication?

05/2005 | 14 Comments

Hi, I am a 22 year old girl living in Queensland Australia, I have been having seizures since I was about 16 years old, all of them Grand Mal with...

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