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Keppra and Alcohol

Mon, 02/04/2008 - 13:49
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults

I am a healthy 28 year old male who just had his first 2 seizures on consecutive days.  I went to the hospital and had an MRI and an EEG.  The EEG came back abnormal so the DR. put me on Keppra 1000mg a day.  I am a social drinker who drinks regularly.  The Doctor said I shouldn't drink and if I do I can only have one drink.  Is this true?  I am not an alcoholic but the thought of never being able to get drunk again is fairly upsetting to me.  Does anyone have any advice?  What happens if I do drink?

 Thanks

Comments

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Submitted by sarahrose on Tue, 2017-07-18 - 06:42
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You are probably on the wrong

Submitted by Paisley44 on Tue, 2019-02-05 - 22:53
You are probably on the wrong dose of Keppra. When I was first on it I was at 1000 mg daily. But my seizures didn't stop. The doctors had to find what worked best for me. I'm now at 2500 mg daily and have been seizure free for over a year, first time too. (Would've been seizure free longer, but I had too many sleepless nights at once)

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