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pregnancy and keppra
Tue, 12/27/2005 - 13:01Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Hello everyone
I am 28 years old, female, with JME. My doctor has switched me from Depakote to Lamictal and now Keppra. I take Keppra 1000mg a day. Is there anyone, who is on Keppra, who is pregnant or who has had a baby. There is a ton of information of Lamictal and pregnancy but not much of Keppra and pregnancy. My husband and I want to start planning for a family, but we are VERY nervous. My ob/gyn put me on a prenatal vitamin and extra folic acid. I would appreciate any information from anyone.
-aspepath
Comments
Re: Re: pregnancy and keppra
Submitted by citygirl89 on Tue, 2007-03-13 - 15:24
hello! im only 18 years old but i want my own child so bad.i take depakote er(500mg) topamax(200mg) and Keppra(500mg) twice a day! thats 4400mg aday! right now i think im pregnant i dont know what to do i find out on march 16th.just thought i should share! later.
Re: pregnancy and keppra
Submitted by Amey on Fri, 2006-02-10 - 00:18
Hi--I, too have JME & am almost 10 weeks pregnant on Keppra. Even before I got pregnant, I'd been on keppra & I totally love it. Lamictal didn't work for me too well but keppra has been awesome for me.
So far so good. I did come close to having a seizure but my doc recommended I take lorazapam to avoid the seizure b/c it would be worse to actually have a seizure. He said the lorazapam was such a small dose & I wouldn't use it (hopefully) very often so it should be fine. I also take extra folic acid in addition to my prenatal.
I know how you feel about not being sure what can or might happen being on keppra. I have total faith in my neurologist (neuro) & in God which helps keep my nerves settled. My neuro is a top doc in Seattle @ UW & Harborview.
However, I get crazy ideas & get scared when I see a baby with cleft lip & wonder if that would happen to us but that is more common I hear in phenobarb use & pregnancy.
I have an appt. tomorrow with my neuro. Hang in there!
Amey
Re: Re: Re: pregnancy and keppra
Submitted by mvandett on Thu, 2007-06-14 - 13:36
I am currently on 1000 mg of Keppra 2x daily and 200 mg of topomax. I am 9 weeks pregnant. The Dr. is trying to slowly take me off the topomax. so far so good. My sister is also a speech pathologist. Do you have children? and were you on any medication? you didnt mention it? thanks for the input. Marie