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9 year old weaning off trileptal
Fri, 08/22/2008 - 06:14Topic: Parents & Caregivers
My son had a seizure at age 4 and then again at age 7 and has been taking trileptal for two years, 600mg a day. His neurologist wants to wean him off and I am concerned. We saw a hugh change in his mood when he started the trileptal from being tired and distracted to focused and smiling much more. He has not had any side effects and has had no seizures on the medication. Ayy thoughts? Thanks!
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Re: 9 year old weaning off trileptal
Submitted by lovejsantos on Tue, 2010-08-03 - 12:05
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Re: 9 year old weaning off trileptal
Submitted by kcmatower on Mon, 2012-12-03 - 12:57
Hello,
My son is 14 is just had a clean EEG. We have been weaning him off for 4 weeks now and he has major focus/concetration issues (other than being 14) and is at this point severly depressed (first basketball game yesterday. his team won 46-19, by the time we got home after dropping his friends off he cried for almost two hours straight saying that while he was in the game, he felt great. As soon as the game ended he felt like everything was collapsing in on him) Its very scary. Kept him home from school today but dont know what to do. We fear that calling his Dr will only lead to more meds. Was your experience the same? how did it work out for you and your son?
Hello,
My son is 14 is just had a clean EEG. We have been weaning him off for 4 weeks now and he has major focus/concetration issues (other than being 14) and is at this point severly depressed (first basketball game yesterday. his team won 46-19, by the time we got home after dropping his friends off he cried for almost two hours straight saying that while he was in the game, he felt great. As soon as the game ended he felt like everything was collapsing in on him) Its very scary. Kept him home from school today but dont know what to do. We fear that calling his Dr will only lead to more meds. Was your experience the same? how did it work out for you and your son?