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Keppra is bad

Mon, 08/03/2009 - 00:19

I've been prescribed 1000mg Keppra to be taken twice daily.

Here are my side effects:

crippling morbid depression, uncontrollable anger and irritability - i have never in my life felt so depressed that i've wanted to kill myself until taking this medication. i've always been pretty upbeat, if a little irritable due to some minor everyday life stress like paying the bills. Now, i need to focus all of my daily attention just to suppress the suicidal thoughts and anger, like i'm a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. My neurologist says it should level off after 4 or5 weeks and then i'll feel "normal". Yeah, as if feeling like i want to die constantly is "normal".

loss of appetite and nausea - i have to force myself to eat because i don't get the urge anymore. if i don't eat, i get headaches from low blood sugar. Before taking the medication, i was a serious foodie, to the point of seriously considering being a chinese restaurant critic. Now, i can't even look at a pb&j sandwich without feeling sick to my stomach. My neurologist says i'm 75 pounds overweight anyway so its good for me to lose some weight. Feh. I'd rather have seizures than lose my love of food.

extreme sleepiness - i'm napping 5-6 hours in the afternoon, as well as sleeping my normal 7-8 hours at night. Tell me how 14 hours of sleep a day can possibly be good for you? My neurologist says not to talk to him about it until i have a sleep study done for sleep apnea. Bogus. I've never needed more than 6-7 hours sleep a night ever in my life until taking this blasted medication.

Those are the 3 major ones. I found that taking a multivitamin with b-supplements helped for about 2 days, then kind of just stopped working.

Anyone else wanna post their Keppra side effects? Maybe after a while, someone will listen.

 

Comments

Re: Keppra is bad

Submitted by momma26 on Wed, 2009-10-14 - 10:48
My mood swings were so bad about 1 year into taking it that I got into a physical altercation with my stepson whom is a teenager. After talking to my primary care physician and my neuro both decided that a anti depressant was the first thing to try. They put me on one, and although I still have some minor mood swings nothing compares to what I was experiencing a year and a half ago. My moods are not in near the swing that they use to be, but my Keppra levels are still the same, so I am of the belief that the anti depressants were a god send for me. Good luck to you in trying to find what works best all around!

Re: Keppra is bad

Submitted by steve14 on Wed, 2009-10-14 - 12:56
paralysis. basically I thought I had chronic fatigue syndrome and thought I was dying a slow death. I could not do anything. now on Lamictal and topomax - instead of lamictal and keppra and everything is sorted.

Re: Keppra is bad

Submitted by irongrip22000 on Sun, 2009-11-15 - 18:00
i take 3000mg of keppra xr a day and my sleeping and eating patterns are really getting weird. i have a lot anger flashes for now reasons and nearly attacked my mom for a reason i cant remember. my hands have been twichting now and again and that has only started when i have taken keppra. i think in 4 months when i see my nureo i am going to ask to stop taking the keppra and try something new.

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