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Lamictal vs. Keppra
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 09:11I am 25 I have simple-partial, complex-partial, and tonic-clonic seizures. I was put on Depakote, but that didn't work. So I was switched to Keppra XR, but it gave me suicidal thoughts and severe depression. Now I'm titrating Lamictal XR into my system while I'm weaning off the Keppra, and at this point, I don't know which one is causing the current side effects.
The tremors, extreme weakness and fatigue, shortness of breath, insomnia, and loss of apetite are some of the expected side effects. What worries me is the fact that I keep forgetting things, as if they were completely erased from my memory! And then there are times when I feel that I'm just going to collapse and pass out..but I hear that's normal too.
I guess I have two questions; Is the memeory loss normal, and is there a point where one says 'enough with the medications!' ?
My son is 15 and started
Submitted by Rtemple on Sun, 2017-08-20 - 21:10
My son is 15 and started having seizures last year they put him on keppra 1.5 pills 2 times a day . He started having anger outbursts and suisidal thoughts . They then changed him to Lamictal and weened him off the keppra to the new med he now has had the most seizures he has ever had we spent hours in the hospital this last time he had 3 in 24 hrs he's had a lot of problems remembering things that happened with in 1 rh to a day he just don't remember he's having trouble sleeping so we are trying melitonin to see if it helps he is also experiencing paranoia withing the past week so it's been rough but he goes back to a new neoroligest for a second opinion. If any one has a better thought please.post it .to all parents .