kepra

gratefulmouse----every meds has some kind of side affect for me...but over time some of those side affects go away...the first time I took keppra....I had yellow diahrea so bad it just came out...even when i got off and then went bk on..it did it again....but it wore off....while taking the 500mg keppra brand...it caused so much stomach problems...I decided to research it and it had a coating of yellow iron oxide...and that causes severe gas and gut problems...yes it does cause hair loss but I was already having that...and my nails grew like crazy..great.....then over the years it slowly goes away...Im only taking 500mgs in the morning and the same at nite but...I take now the 250mgs which are blue...I tried the new generic and it caused me problems..so my dr had to fight for me to take the brand keppra blue 250mgs of wh ich I take 2 in the am and 2 in the pm...and yes it does cause emotional turmoil...sometimes I was crying over nothing and other times very aggressive..but not angry just verbally agressive and I had energy which was great....well, all that wears off....or actually I wound up taking paxil because I had a sleep study and they said I was having nocturnal panic attacks and there is no such thing...what was happening was I had severe sleep apnea as my soft pallet in the back of my throat was falling as I went to sleep..IM going on 62 and that is common...so because they thought I was having nocturnal panic attacks of which there is no such thing..I was put on different meds for it and it messed me up till I went into the hospital and it was fixed....so I take paxil...well, since they discovered I really had severe sleep apnea instead ...I decided to keep taking paxil which worked good for me helping to reduce the anxiety I was having...now IM on a cpap machine for breathing at nite thank goodness that this was found....the severe sleep apnea caused me to have barretts metaplasia or esophagus...reflux disease and Im on two diff kinds of acid reducers...and then my allergies have always been bad and im on two diff kinds of allergy meds....life happens for me....I have normally IBS..irritable bowel disease...one of those things.....so with all that and a few more things....Im doing ok....my only problem now is I sleep too much...I take my paxil twice a day am and pm...and my allergy pills at nite ...my sleep was mixed up sleeping days and not at nite...so Im trying melatonin....diff drs wantted to put me on antidepressants for it...and also for my allergies as antidepressants are used for different things....amazing...trazadone and doxipin....I am not on them though...IM useing the melatonin....for the sleep help...and boy did I sleep...I just have to take it earlier so I dont sleep through the day time....Im looking into doing something diff for my barretts esophagus....there is a new commercial on tv now for taking care of it....Im tired of taking the acid reducers..its been almost 2 yrs of me taking them and I know that its not good....

What type of bowel problems did you have? My 9 year old son has been really gassy and has had horrible stomach pains. He has had spells where he gets real red in the face and then thinks he is going to vomit or need to go to the restroom. This last for ten minutes and then he is fine again. He has an appointment with his pediatrician to have some blodd work done. He has been on Keppra for 1 year and the only problems he has had is being moody and irritated with his sisters more than usual. He did have loose bowel movements last week. We are not sure if he has had a touch of the flue or what?? email me at curtis.wybourn@qbeamericas.com