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Keppra

Sat, 11/13/2004 - 20:29

Topic: Medication Issues

Anyone having problems in weight gain?

Comments

RE: RE: RE: Keppra

Submitted by westcoast on Fri, 2005-07-22 - 10:20

dear sbsw11sorry to hear about the szs. they're hard on everyone (the person having the szs, significant others, family and friends). i am about to start keppra as a supplement to my lamictal. everything i've read about keppra says it's used as a supplement to another anti sz medication. it's not usually the only med you take. cheering for you. good luck w/ the szs and hope you never have any more

Re: RE: Keppra

Submitted by kim mulligan on Mon, 2007-02-12 - 13:11

omg this is crazy i am totally in your boat. I started on Keppra last May at 500mg in the morning and 500 mg at night. All was fine and dandy till i decided to go on birth control. Which totally messed with my dosage. Now i find that i am best on 750mg in the morning and 750 mg at night. Other then that Keppra has been great but finding the right dosage was like trial and error. It makes me forget to eat too. I just lose the cravings to eat. I have noticed that it has made me a lil more paranoid then usual but i'm hoping this will pass the more i get used to my new dosage. My eyes just get really heavy for the most part. Good to hear your story tho... it's a lot like mine. Take care, Kim

RE: Keppra

Submitted by pj83157 on Wed, 2005-07-13 - 15:23

my daughter has been on keppra for one month now. when she was taking 250 3x a day it seemed a good dose but now they upped it to 500 2x a day and really a difference. is this possible? she was great on 250 3xday fun, happy, outgoing. but now with 500 2xday she's crying, thinking too much, worried, very withdrawn looking. suppose to call dr. on monday to let her know if she's changed for the better if not, we will probably go back to 250 3x day. we are weining off of topamax to keppra along with lamictal.... so i think thats why she bumped her higher, as the topamax goes lower.

any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks

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