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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!

Comments

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by PnkPrincess024 on Tue, 2011-01-04 - 14:13
I just started the Vimpat starter kit today. I am currently taking Lamictal and Keppra and will replace Keppra with Vimpat. I started reading all the negative comments and it scared me, but when i researched Vimpat it is mainly for people who dont have bad enough seziures that they needed surgery. I am diagnosed with partial seizure disorder so im hoping this will work because Lamictal and Keppra worked really well for a while, but stopped.

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by Russell-1 on Sun, 2011-04-10 - 15:28

R Champion

I was on Vimpat for 6 months. I was being told that my personality had changed by those around me, I did not really know what they were talking about but it was apparently quite noticeable, mood swings, always appearing snappy and very quick to get upset at the smallest of things. Stopped the vimpat and and continued the other medications and my demeanor returned to normal.  Good decion to stop it. 

R Champion

I was on Vimpat for 6 months. I was being told that my personality had changed by those around me, I did not really know what they were talking about but it was apparently quite noticeable, mood swings, always appearing snappy and very quick to get upset at the smallest of things. Stopped the vimpat and and continued the other medications and my demeanor returned to normal.  Good decion to stop it. 

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by rebekah1 on Mon, 2012-01-30 - 20:43

Hi.  I was just wondering how the Lamictal and Vimpat combination were working for you.  I am currently on 400 mg. Lamictal XR & 2000 mg of Keppra XR a day.  My seizures have increased since I've been on Keppra and my Doctor at Duke Epilepsy's Unit finally told me today that he doesn't believe Keppra is going to work and he wants to try Vimpat.  He is going to start me at 50 mg. twice a day for a week and then increase it to 100 mg. twice a day.  I will come off of the Keppra XR by reducing the doseage by 500 mg. a week.

We thought I originally had complex partial seizures, but after video EEG monitoring for 4 days we discovered that my seizures were generalized.  I asked him if Vimpat was for generalzied and he said they were using it with some people who had generalized.

So how has the Vimpat worked so far if you don't mind my asking.

 Thanks.

Hi.  I was just wondering how the Lamictal and Vimpat combination were working for you.  I am currently on 400 mg. Lamictal XR & 2000 mg of Keppra XR a day.  My seizures have increased since I've been on Keppra and my Doctor at Duke Epilepsy's Unit finally told me today that he doesn't believe Keppra is going to work and he wants to try Vimpat.  He is going to start me at 50 mg. twice a day for a week and then increase it to 100 mg. twice a day.  I will come off of the Keppra XR by reducing the doseage by 500 mg. a week.

We thought I originally had complex partial seizures, but after video EEG monitoring for 4 days we discovered that my seizures were generalized.  I asked him if Vimpat was for generalzied and he said they were using it with some people who had generalized.

So how has the Vimpat worked so far if you don't mind my asking.

 Thanks.

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