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TLE Anyone?
Sun, 02/26/2006 - 18:22Hello to all!
I've been recently diagnosed with left TLE and am not currently on meds. I don't know if I want to try them again as I had a violent reaction to Tegretol. I'm going for a second opinion tomarrow with a Neuro in Pittsburgh. Any advice? I don't lose consciousness and can still drive.
Any words of wisdom from anyone?
Cyndie
Re: TLE Anyone?
Submitted by suebear on Thu, 2007-11-01 - 15:51
Hi Cyndie, Trust me when I say there are plenty of other medications on the market other than Tegretol. I don't know your age however I had taken Tegretol for 14 years until finally my body said no more and became immune to it. Hopefully that will give you an idea of how long it has been on the proverbial "medication market". Needless to say, I changed meds to something better for the time period. I hope that things have improved with your situation. The date on this post has '06 so if you could give us an update on how you're doing that would be awesome!