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Topic: Medication Issues

Topamax and Weight Loss

04/2005 | 47 Comments

I began taking Topamax for partial seizures in January, 2005. I have since lost 25 pounds (I am 5' 2" and am down to 102 lbs.). I just really have no...
diazepam and lamictal

03/2005 | 1 Comments

so my dentist gave me a scrip for valium because i have to get a cavity out tomorrow and i have panic attacks when people touch my face (dentist, eye...
Trileptal

03/2005 | 10 Comments

I am a 39 year old female who out of the blue had a seizure in November. After diagnosing the problem I was put on Topamax. I absolutely could not...
TEGRETOL / CARBAMAZEPHINE

03/2005 | 6 Comments

My son just started pms-carbamazepine 200 mg morning and 200 mg at night , and i was wondering what are the routine blood tests to monitor this drug...
Generic drugs

03/2005 | 4 Comments

Can't tell you how glad I am to find this web site. There's so much I don't know about seizures. What I do know, I learned the hard way.I knew my...
Epilim (Depakote) and rash

03/2005 | 5 Comments

Hi, My 15 year daughter has been on Epilim (aka Depakote) for about a month. She broke out in a rash today- she has also had rashes with Tegretol and...
Weaning off phenobarbital

03/2005 | 8 Comments

Hello, My daughter is 3 years old & she has been on phenobarb since she was 11 months old. She has had break through seizure clusters during that time...
Klonopin Withdrawl

03/2005 | 4 Comments

I was wondering if anyone can tell me what their experiences have been with Klonopin withdrawl. My husband was prescribed this last August for his JME...
No more Depakote! Party time!!

03/2005 | 9 Comments

I've not posted a lot here on the site, but I wanted to let you all know what we're doing on Friday night. My 8 yr. old daughter was diagnosed with...
i've never heard of....

03/2005 | 3 Comments

I've never heard of the drug epilem (I think that's what it is). If I have the name right could someone post info on it. I'm interested in this drug...
Topamax, please help!!

03/2005 | 15 Comments

I have just started my daughter on Topomax for newly diagnosed "Generalized Epilepsy". Some of you may remember me---she had one seizure at home and...
Should I take medication?

03/2005 | 7 Comments

Hello, 7 months ago, I went to see a psychiatrist with the complaints of relationship problems that I always had with my boyfriends in the past. I had...
change

02/2005 | 2 Comments

Lately I've been thinking about changing my prescription but i don't know how to talk to my parents about it. I talked to my sister and ended up...
any adults use diastat ?

02/2005 | 5 Comments

hi..I havent posted before so I thought I would give this a try. I have complex partials that sometimes generalize. A couple months ago my neuro...

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