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Keppra Rage
Mon, 09/20/2010 - 20:31I am desperately seeking advice. I am engaged and my fiance has epilepsy. We have been together 5 years, and in the past couple of years since he started taking keppra, he has drastically changed. Most of the time, he is his normal self, the person I love, but he often gets extremely irritated and freaks out, yelling and cursing, not just at me, but at other people as well. He seems to have no ability to cope with the slightest issues that would roll of most people's back without so much as a second thought. Even worse is that every so often (once a month or so) he flies into these uncontrollable rages that absolutely terrify me. We will be having a normal conversation, both in great moods, and suddenly he is kicking walls and throwing things with a blank stare like he isn't even really there. It really scares me and this never happened before the keppra. He isn't honest with his doctor about the side effects because he is too afraid to get off keppra and try something else because he thinks it will trigger seizures during the transition. Does anybody else have experience with this? If so, has anything worked? I got him to try adding B6 vitamins but it made no change. I want to get him help because I know it isn't really "him" when he goes into these fits, but I am at my wits end...Please help!
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Yea, I absolutely hate the
Submitted by Alamirah.al3arabia on Mon, 2019-07-22 - 22:04
Yea, I absolutely hate the way my medication feels. I feel like it makes me feel psychotic. I hate that it’s ruining a relationship with someone that I love. I’m not able to be my full self and it makes me extremely depressed. I can’t even see a neurologist because I don’t have a car or money. And my insurance can’t do anything. I feel terrible, sometimes even suicidal
I hate the aggro spikes, im
Submitted by djinn201 on Mon, 2019-08-12 - 09:35
I hate the aggro spikes, im taking keppra and it's the only medication that stops myoclonic seizures. I do things like i dont watch the news, to cut down on society's incompetence and ineptitude impacting on mood. And it might be good to see a therapists to learn some guided meditation an exorcise in clearing your mind and emotions it's a great decompression tool that works for me. Also make sure he's eating right, electrolytes and glucose also blood sugar level test may be wise. Remember it's all about learning to manange his new life aslo remember his own mind has held him back most of his life now he is free it would be a bad idea to try to put boundrys on him and tell him what he can and can't do that snaps my brain. I get very aggressive if I'm fronted with no to something I can now do.
I am so glad I'm not alone. I
Submitted by snake on Thu, 2019-06-27 - 13:58
I am so glad I'm not alone. I was just starting Keppra, not up to full dosage yet and the rage was unbelievable. I was scared that I would severely hurt someone or myself. Luckily I was with a caring friend who helped me get through this. I woke up and rolled over, when I saw the ceiling fan and immediately wanted to break it into small pieces. I wanted to slam my head into the doorjamb until I passed out. My friend gave me a styrofoam cooler and I totally shredded it down to single little balls. It was horrible. I eventually wound up in a room by myself after I took a flexarill and .75 xanax so I would sleep through the worst of it.