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Tremors
Thu, 06/17/2004 - 17:34Topic: Medication Issues
I am taking 1,000 mg Depakote ER and 400 - 500 mg Dilantin daily. The last seizure was 4/20/04 (which was when they increased my Depakote ER from 500 to 1000). I now have tremors. I had a blood level done yesterday and the Dilantin level is 19.7 (acceptable because "normal" is between 10-20) and the Depakote level is 49.7 (acceptable because "normal" is 50). The tremors are not constant, but often (and I probably notice them more than others). But my neuro says, "Would you rather have tremors or seizures?"Anyone else having tremors? I looked on the Internet and it's a side effect. (But I'd just as soon not have them.)
Re: Re: Tremors
Submitted by Butterflygrl on Tue, 2007-09-18 - 22:54
Wow. I am so glad I googled "Tremors" and found posts on this site. I have had epilepsy all my life, but it didn't manifest itself into seizures until 2.5 years ago. I haven't had a grand-mal since then, but I still get the odd partial. I am on 250mg of Tegretol CR. As for the symptoms, sometimes I could be sitting down, and out of NOWHERE, I'd get SEVERELY dizzy. Then it would stop. Sometimes I would get heart palpitations out of NOWHERE - and then it would stop. Somtimes I am just about to fall asleep and then the room would spin SEVERELY and snap me straight up in my bed. I had feared that these were partial's but I wasn't fully convinced, since the partials I usually had NEVER felt like that. The way I was able to tell that they WERE NOT partials is because - from what I UNDERSTAND, you don't have partials repeatedly in a row. At least thats what I've been told by people who also have epilepsy. Please excuse me if I am wrong. However, this is what I've been told. I am now more at ease, and now I have to learn to accept them. I have to learn to control my reactions to these tremors, and not be scared. YEs, they are very scary sensations, but yes, as stated above, I would rather have tremors than seizures.