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Combination of Zarontin, Lamictal, and keto for a 12 year old with Absence Epilepsy
Tue, 04/17/2018 - 19:16Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
My daughter has Absence Epilepsy. She has failed 3 drugs and it has just been recommended that she combine Lamictal and Zarontin along with starting the keto diet. We are 2 1/2 years into treatment with no success yet. She varies from 3-10 seizures a day. Does anyone have experience with this this combination? Positive and or negative results? Feeling very overwhelmed but determined to do what ever is necessary to help her.
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I have treated people with no
Submitted by numrude on Sun, 2018-04-22 - 18:10
I have treated people with no use of drugs just few natural remedies
There is no single cure, and
Submitted by Amy Jo on Mon, 2018-04-23 - 00:45
There is no single cure, and there are no easy cures for different epilepsies and anyone selling such is a con man or very clueless.
keto could reduce the amount
Submitted by Amy Jo on Thu, 2018-04-19 - 09:23
keto could reduce the amount of meds required to get control, so that’s a viable approach in many uncontrolled cases. are both drugs ones she failed separately or is the lamotrigine new? lamotrigine is used for absence but isn’t a first choice for mono-therapy. my child has atypical absence with other seizure types so never tried zarontin.