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Topic: Medication Issues

Briviact

03/2019 | 7 Comments

I have am on a massive does of lamictal (it keeps getting upped - I'm now on 600 mgs/day) but I still have break-through partial seizures occasionally...
Getting off meds

03/2019 | 0 Comments

I've been on 2,500mg of keppra 2x a day and 20mg of onfi once a day. I've now been seizure free for 4 years and am looking to be weened off the meds...
Cyclic Drug Reactions on epilum Tegratol

03/2019 | 1 Comments

Hi there about 3 half years ago I started having seizures from an operation I had. I was put on epilum. Epilum or sodium valporate chrono 400 twice a...
Need Answers

02/2019 | 3 Comments

I want opinions, advice, if you have a similar story, I want to hear it!
frustrated with meds

02/2019 | 4 Comments

Hi there- I had seizures from ages 2-5 (grand mal and complex partial) and was on depakote. Due to some drastic mood changes, I was taken off of it...
Generic Lamotrigine Issues- Insomnia?

02/2019 | 4 Comments

Hi Everyone! First post here. I was wondering if anyone has had issues with lamotrigine and switching between manufacturers? I have been on...
Tegretol - Depression

02/2019 | 1 Comments

Hey Everyone! I need some advice on dealing with my brother in law, he’s 16 years old and has recently been diagnosed with tonic clonic epilepsy, his...
ASEA REDOX Cell Signaling Supplement

02/2019 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone! Does anyone know if ASEA products are helpful in treating epileptic seizures? Has anyone tried? Has the treatment been prescribed by a...
My Epilepsy Journey with Medication

02/2019 | 0 Comments

So I've been Epileptic for some time now, roughly 2 years, but I didn't understand my seizures and I wasn't properly diagnosed with Epilepsy untill...
Keppra and Fycompa

02/2019 | 1 Comments

So I have been on Tegretol XR for 30 years for partial seizures and Keppra was the winner for the 2nd medication. It appears my body is starting to...
Jumpiness and Lamictal

02/2019 | 0 Comments

Hello community! Has anyone experienced a sudden fear or jumpiness with lamictal? Whenever something drops around the house or in the office, or...
Depakote generic

01/2019 | 2 Comments

My 17 year old son has had epilepsy since age 3 and is on the autism spectrum. He's been seizure free for about 18 months. Unfortunately, I found that...
Medication - "Epilim"

01/2019 | 3 Comments

So, my younger brother experienced two seizures/fits/epilepsies, one recently in 2019, and another in 2016, so my parents took him to a specialist...

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