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What seizure meds are also anti-anxiety?
Mon, 11/08/2010 - 20:33I don't know if I can take the extra anxiety from the lamictal for too much longer. I have to do so much and go to therapy to contain it. Otherwise my sense of awareness is so strong that I get adrenaline rushes from loud sounds or get nervous in a car ride. I have this constant neck tightness also from being nervous. I will talk to my Dr. soon to see if it's worth taking anymore because I also can't sleep without trazodone.
So what are my options for ant-anxiety anti-convulsants? I have JME or generalized ep.
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Re: What seizure meds are also anti-anxiety?
Submitted by tcameron on Thu, 2010-11-11 - 16:22
Angela,
I'm startled anyone would be so insensitive. Don't let it affect your communicating with the rest of us. My sister-in-law has bipolar and takes Lamictal. I've heard that Tegretol works for that! (someone told me she took Tegretol, but was afraid people would think she's crazy. I told her that I took it for over 10 years for seizures! She had no idea it was also used for that.)
A lot of AEDs are used for both anxiety and seizures. Medical science is learning that it's a neuroligical condition. I'm sure the web can provide more info. Your neurologist is the best informant, since he knows what drugs you're already taking, have already tried, don't interat well, etc.
Angela,
I'm startled anyone would be so insensitive. Don't let it affect your communicating with the rest of us. My sister-in-law has bipolar and takes Lamictal. I've heard that Tegretol works for that! (someone told me she took Tegretol, but was afraid people would think she's crazy. I told her that I took it for over 10 years for seizures! She had no idea it was also used for that.)
A lot of AEDs are used for both anxiety and seizures. Medical science is learning that it's a neuroligical condition. I'm sure the web can provide more info. Your neurologist is the best informant, since he knows what drugs you're already taking, have already tried, don't interat well, etc.
Re: What seizure meds are also anti-anxiety?
Submitted by tcameron on Thu, 2010-11-11 - 16:22
Angela,
I'm startled anyone would be so insensitive. Don't let it affect your communicating with the rest of us. My sister-in-law has bipolar and takes Lamictal. I've heard that Tegretol works for that! (someone told me she took Tegretol, but was afraid people would think she's crazy. I told her that I took it for over 10 years for seizures! She had no idea it was also used for that.)
A lot of AEDs are used for both anxiety and seizures. Medical science is learning that it's a neuroligical condition. I'm sure the web can provide more info. Your neurologist is the best informant, since he knows what drugs you're already taking, have already tried, don't interat well, etc.
Angela,
I'm startled anyone would be so insensitive. Don't let it affect your communicating with the rest of us. My sister-in-law has bipolar and takes Lamictal. I've heard that Tegretol works for that! (someone told me she took Tegretol, but was afraid people would think she's crazy. I told her that I took it for over 10 years for seizures! She had no idea it was also used for that.)
A lot of AEDs are used for both anxiety and seizures. Medical science is learning that it's a neuroligical condition. I'm sure the web can provide more info. Your neurologist is the best informant, since he knows what drugs you're already taking, have already tried, don't interat well, etc.
Re: What seizure meds are also anti-anxiety?
Submitted by angelacarwile on Thu, 2010-11-11 - 14:00
First I want to say thank you for posting about this topic. I've been struggling for quite some time with anxiety and other issues since my diagnosis of E in 2007.
In regard to someone"hi-jacking" your thread: I truly hope you weren't referring to me. My questions were not off topic and were definitely relevant to what I gathered from the discussion. If my post offended you, then I'm sorry.
The wonderful people and the knowledge I have gained from Epilepsy.com is what helped me get thru my first year of an unexpected adult diagnosis of Epilepsy. I, along with most others sufferring/living with E, come here for guidance and sometimes just to vent to others that may be experiencing some of the same things. You being someone with Epilepsy should understand that all too well.
I'm very thick-skinned, but other's may not be; especially those newly diagnosed looking for kindness and understanding who may not have a support system at home. Your above comment was un-called for and very rude, even if it wasn't directed toward me. I have read each and every comment on this thread and see no place where anyone has "hi-jacked" your discussion. I could understand if it were something completely irrelevant, having nothing to do with Epilepsy, but nothing I see falls in that category.
If I have misinterpreted the meaning behind your comment, then I apologize. I would like to think we can all be here to support one another and share experiences in order to help other's cope.
Angela Sanders (A wife and new Mommy living with Epilepsy)
First I want to say thank you for posting about this topic. I've been struggling for quite some time with anxiety and other issues since my diagnosis of E in 2007.
In regard to someone"hi-jacking" your thread: I truly hope you weren't referring to me. My questions were not off topic and were definitely relevant to what I gathered from the discussion. If my post offended you, then I'm sorry.
The wonderful people and the knowledge I have gained from Epilepsy.com is what helped me get thru my first year of an unexpected adult diagnosis of Epilepsy. I, along with most others sufferring/living with E, come here for guidance and sometimes just to vent to others that may be experiencing some of the same things. You being someone with Epilepsy should understand that all too well.
I'm very thick-skinned, but other's may not be; especially those newly diagnosed looking for kindness and understanding who may not have a support system at home. Your above comment was un-called for and very rude, even if it wasn't directed toward me. I have read each and every comment on this thread and see no place where anyone has "hi-jacked" your discussion. I could understand if it were something completely irrelevant, having nothing to do with Epilepsy, but nothing I see falls in that category.
If I have misinterpreted the meaning behind your comment, then I apologize. I would like to think we can all be here to support one another and share experiences in order to help other's cope.
Angela Sanders (A wife and new Mommy living with Epilepsy)