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Vimpat

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 21:33

Has anyone tried Vimpat yet?  If so, will you share your experiences with it (good and bad), decision to take it or not, etc.?  My doctor wants me to switch to it.  Thanks so much!

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Re: Vimpat

Submitted by dav1dh on Fri, 2010-01-08 - 19:20

I have been on Vimpat for about 4 months now. I am on Lamictal also. After my Vimpat got to 200mg I got so dizzy I could not walk or see straight. So I figured out that I had to have a routine in order for this to work. If it is not done in this order for me, I am out/done/kick me to the curb for the rest of the day. I immediately fall to sleep. Alrighty here goes. In order of what I did

1. Take vimpat after I ate breakfast, two hours after==OMG IM GONNA FALL AND SMACK MY FACE ON THE FLOOR.

2. Take vimpat a few mintues before I eat breakfast ==OMG WTF I CANT SEE STRAIGHT, OOPS WATCH OUT FOR THAT...Ouch that hurt!

3. Take vimpat the same time I take that first bite. ==WTF I'M STILL DIZZY!??

4. Take vimpat atleast 5 minutes after i eat. Wtf? I'm fine, I can walk!?! I don't see triples of you!?!!?

 

So yeah don't ask me why but if I don't do it exactly as # 4 states I cannot make it through the day. I know it's funny that there is only a few minutes difference between the steps but its the only thing that works. My body is crazy.....

  Hope this helps anyone.... Vimpat works great if it works well with your body. It is my "miracle" drug. 

Other than that Vimpat has stopped my complex partials (if taken correctly).

Please post some more on this subject...I would like to get some more insight on what peoples experiences are.

I have been on Vimpat for about 4 months now. I am on Lamictal also. After my Vimpat got to 200mg I got so dizzy I could not walk or see straight. So I figured out that I had to have a routine in order for this to work. If it is not done in this order for me, I am out/done/kick me to the curb for the rest of the day. I immediately fall to sleep. Alrighty here goes. In order of what I did

1. Take vimpat after I ate breakfast, two hours after==OMG IM GONNA FALL AND SMACK MY FACE ON THE FLOOR.

2. Take vimpat a few mintues before I eat breakfast ==OMG WTF I CANT SEE STRAIGHT, OOPS WATCH OUT FOR THAT...Ouch that hurt!

3. Take vimpat the same time I take that first bite. ==WTF I'M STILL DIZZY!??

4. Take vimpat atleast 5 minutes after i eat. Wtf? I'm fine, I can walk!?! I don't see triples of you!?!!?

 

So yeah don't ask me why but if I don't do it exactly as # 4 states I cannot make it through the day. I know it's funny that there is only a few minutes difference between the steps but its the only thing that works. My body is crazy.....

  Hope this helps anyone.... Vimpat works great if it works well with your body. It is my "miracle" drug. 

Other than that Vimpat has stopped my complex partials (if taken correctly).

Please post some more on this subject...I would like to get some more insight on what peoples experiences are.

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by tempaura on Sat, 2010-07-24 - 22:24

Dear everybody,

I talked to the Lead neurologist who carried out the Vimpat trials as per that dr. Carbamazepine (as well as Trileptal) and Lamictal when combined with Vimpat causes severe dizziness. So try talking to your doctor and see whether you can avoid this combination

Dear everybody,

I talked to the Lead neurologist who carried out the Vimpat trials as per that dr. Carbamazepine (as well as Trileptal) and Lamictal when combined with Vimpat causes severe dizziness. So try talking to your doctor and see whether you can avoid this combination

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by don2010 on Thu, 2010-08-26 - 02:01

                   been on vimpat two months probly.in the beginning i had that double vision.it bugged me.

                     everybody has a tolorence level toward drugs.so give it a chance like im trying to do.as our mind gets use to the drug,alot of side effects slow down and go away sometimes.within the next two to four months im hoping that thats what will happen as i just let it controle my seizures as those effects may slow down as time goes on.if i dont see that happen n the next couple months-of course ill ask to be taken off it.just gotta give it a chance for now.ide be able to explain more about how our system tolorates these drugs as time goes,but its a bit late and i gotta hit the sack.

                        my BIGGEST problem so far besides the effects with vimpat-ive weaned off phenobarb of which ive been on twenty years.my tolorence level was too much so my mind got too use to the stuff.seizures came back and i needed a new drug.--but phenobarbital put me tosleep at night fast for twenty years!now that im off the stuff i cant sleep as well as i useto!like now,its 2am-feels like 2pm.ill end up going to bed,closing my eyes and just twisting for hours cause i havent nothing to put me tosleep like im use to!its just driving me crazy since being off it.its byby pheno and hello vimpat and byby to how fast ide get tosleep at night.I NEED A WAY TO GET TOSLEEP WITHOUT ANY DRUGS.

                        I wouldnt mind hearing opinions from some whos had these side effects and been on it a few months.has the side effects slowed?is there a reason your giving it a chance?how well have you been tolorating it?

                   been on vimpat two months probly.in the beginning i had that double vision.it bugged me.

                     everybody has a tolorence level toward drugs.so give it a chance like im trying to do.as our mind gets use to the drug,alot of side effects slow down and go away sometimes.within the next two to four months im hoping that thats what will happen as i just let it controle my seizures as those effects may slow down as time goes on.if i dont see that happen n the next couple months-of course ill ask to be taken off it.just gotta give it a chance for now.ide be able to explain more about how our system tolorates these drugs as time goes,but its a bit late and i gotta hit the sack.

                        my BIGGEST problem so far besides the effects with vimpat-ive weaned off phenobarb of which ive been on twenty years.my tolorence level was too much so my mind got too use to the stuff.seizures came back and i needed a new drug.--but phenobarbital put me tosleep at night fast for twenty years!now that im off the stuff i cant sleep as well as i useto!like now,its 2am-feels like 2pm.ill end up going to bed,closing my eyes and just twisting for hours cause i havent nothing to put me tosleep like im use to!its just driving me crazy since being off it.its byby pheno and hello vimpat and byby to how fast ide get tosleep at night.I NEED A WAY TO GET TOSLEEP WITHOUT ANY DRUGS.

                        I wouldnt mind hearing opinions from some whos had these side effects and been on it a few months.has the side effects slowed?is there a reason your giving it a chance?how well have you been tolorating it?

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