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Keppra is bad

Mon, 08/03/2009 - 00:19

I've been prescribed 1000mg Keppra to be taken twice daily.

Here are my side effects:

crippling morbid depression, uncontrollable anger and irritability - i have never in my life felt so depressed that i've wanted to kill myself until taking this medication. i've always been pretty upbeat, if a little irritable due to some minor everyday life stress like paying the bills. Now, i need to focus all of my daily attention just to suppress the suicidal thoughts and anger, like i'm a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. My neurologist says it should level off after 4 or5 weeks and then i'll feel "normal". Yeah, as if feeling like i want to die constantly is "normal".

loss of appetite and nausea - i have to force myself to eat because i don't get the urge anymore. if i don't eat, i get headaches from low blood sugar. Before taking the medication, i was a serious foodie, to the point of seriously considering being a chinese restaurant critic. Now, i can't even look at a pb&j sandwich without feeling sick to my stomach. My neurologist says i'm 75 pounds overweight anyway so its good for me to lose some weight. Feh. I'd rather have seizures than lose my love of food.

extreme sleepiness - i'm napping 5-6 hours in the afternoon, as well as sleeping my normal 7-8 hours at night. Tell me how 14 hours of sleep a day can possibly be good for you? My neurologist says not to talk to him about it until i have a sleep study done for sleep apnea. Bogus. I've never needed more than 6-7 hours sleep a night ever in my life until taking this blasted medication.

Those are the 3 major ones. I found that taking a multivitamin with b-supplements helped for about 2 days, then kind of just stopped working.

Anyone else wanna post their Keppra side effects? Maybe after a while, someone will listen.

 

Comments

Im glad someone else likes

Submitted by saz84 on Thu, 2017-04-27 - 09:25
Im glad someone else likes Keppra i love it too 

well, for me, I'm taking

Submitted by LazyGuy on Wed, 2017-07-05 - 10:42
well, for me, I'm taking 2000mg keppra and 100mg Lamictal perday. Tbh, i have those mood swings and depression and some of those rage outburst.  i sleep like 15 - 20mins after 2 hours of taking my meds.  Those mood swings and anxiety are out of control sometimes, so its best if i don't open my mouth at all if i'm with my friends and families. 

I have been on keppra since I

Submitted by HelenB_59d7a139aac8f on Fri, 2017-10-06 - 11:28
I have been on keppra since I started having seizures and only now (one year after starting it) am I becoming irritable. Otherwise no side effects (1500mg twice a day)

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