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kepra
Mon, 01/23/2006 - 08:45Comments
Re: kepra
Submitted by fiesta on Thu, 2008-12-25 - 07:11
Hi
I am on Keppra and I have had no bowel movement problems. I take 1 in the morning and 3 at night. It helps my seizures. My fingernails do grow fast, but I just clip them more often. No big deal. When my neurologist first put me on Keppra, he told me that I would have to take a vitiman B complex pill once a day. It has helped my seizures.
Hi
I am on Keppra and I have had no bowel movement problems. I take 1 in the morning and 3 at night. It helps my seizures. My fingernails do grow fast, but I just clip them more often. No big deal. When my neurologist first put me on Keppra, he told me that I would have to take a vitiman B complex pill once a day. It has helped my seizures.
Re: kepra
Submitted by JessiPray on Sun, 2009-03-01 - 23:36
I was weary when my neuro suggessted Keppra--in fact I had turned it down once before with my neuro in Phx. I decided to give this rx a chance--I was told that the chance of mood swing was minimal, and wouldn't last. I should have listened to my instincts.
I expected the typical AED side affects: sleepiness, disorientation, appetite change/nausea--we all have been through these. I have never been such an emotional mess in my life. I am a terrible person--I have never been so mean and I honestly can't live with myself any more. When I am not being a terror, I am sobbing uncontrollably. This has affected both my personal and professional life. I turned down a promotion at work because "I didn't feel like dealing with it." I kicked my roommated out because he made too much noise. Most days I fight with myself to get out of bed--I have never been like this. Keppra drug is not the best choice on the market for me, and what is sounds like, many others. Please choose wisely before taking.
I would glady take the brain-dead symptoms of topamax over these symptoms.
I was weary when my neuro suggessted Keppra--in fact I had turned it down once before with my neuro in Phx. I decided to give this rx a chance--I was told that the chance of mood swing was minimal, and wouldn't last. I should have listened to my instincts.
I expected the typical AED side affects: sleepiness, disorientation, appetite change/nausea--we all have been through these. I have never been such an emotional mess in my life. I am a terrible person--I have never been so mean and I honestly can't live with myself any more. When I am not being a terror, I am sobbing uncontrollably. This has affected both my personal and professional life. I turned down a promotion at work because "I didn't feel like dealing with it." I kicked my roommated out because he made too much noise. Most days I fight with myself to get out of bed--I have never been like this. Keppra drug is not the best choice on the market for me, and what is sounds like, many others. Please choose wisely before taking.
I would glady take the brain-dead symptoms of topamax over these symptoms.
Re: kepra
Submitted by tbaldwin on Tue, 2011-04-26 - 10:56
I'm taking 2 of the 500mg Keppra XR twice daily, along with 3 100 mg Vimpat twice daily. This is the best if been since on 27 medications or mixture of them since'74 and an unsuccessful surgery in '96. Seizure frequency is now 1 per 4 months, for 30 yrs. it was 1 every 3-4 wks. Sure I feel that I'm not normal, just because I'm sick in the head with epilepsy. But I've never suffered anything that's unusual Timothy Baldwin