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Medicine-taking choice?Help.thanks.
Tue, 07/26/2005 - 01:42Hello,everyone,I am a new comer here.I am a Chinese girl who needs
some help.
When I was 17,I had my first seizure lasting for one or two
minutes,at summer night,one time in that year of 1998.Then 2000,also
summer night,one seizure,then 2003(four times,summer
nights),2004(once).I did all kinds of tests including EEG and
MRI,there's nothing wrong with me.My family were really
puzzled,recently some doctors think that I have the epilepsy according
to the symptoms.However I have a problem now:two different doctors give
me two kinds of medicines:Topamax and Depakene.I looked for all the
related information I could get,but I could not get a perfect
answer.Which kind of medicine is the best for me?I am a student now,and
I am a girl ,I like babies very much.I want the medicine which has the
least side effect for me.Would some one tell me that which is better
for me or there is better ones? Thanks a lot:) By the way my e-mail: [email protected]