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lamictal medicine

Fri, 07/18/2014 - 20:15

Hi, my son will be starting this medicine called lamictal. Has anyone had it before, it sounds like okay medicine just seeing what i have to watch out for besides the rash. Has anybody had a mood change in thierselves or kids. I'm always worried about medicine theres just to much bad things now in days, but i'm hoping this will help him out.

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Have you ever tried Seizure

Submitted by Amy Jo on Sun, 2014-07-20 - 01:54
Have you ever tried Seizure Tracker? Really wasn't happy with EF's app when I looked it over but that was right when they were rejiggering it. It would be nice to see a comparison of seizure related apps.I have been happy with paper calendars and journals so I certainly would not be complaining about old school :) Only reason to move to a smart phone is because my old phone was dying, it couldn't hold many texts (which matters when one has teenagers), and they pretty much don't have basic phones anymore.  

The diary does all that I

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2014-07-20 - 12:13
The diary does all that I need it to do since I can note things day by day. I know when I have a seizure and the kind I have and I also know the length of time in my seizures and time to focus. The seuzres bring up which typethe note pad is where I type other information such as a trigger or length of time in the seizure. Doc can pull it up and see the different graphs. I have been dealing and living with epilepsy. I do know that newer things are good and I also understand that the people today don't even use a paper and pencil. Ask them to count back money and they get lost. I was buying some equipment and I was asked check or credit card. I told him cash. You would think a person in a store would have been taught how to do a cash action. The clerk actually had to call a supervisor to come and do the transaction.

I know there are differences

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2014-07-20 - 19:44
I know there are differences with generics with some people. I had thought the generic I was taking was causing me to have more seizures. Which is why I found the diary and use it. I researched the makers of generic keppra I had been using for years and had an appointment with doc. We discussed the issue and he looked at the research I had done. He then excuesed himself for a few. When he came back in he informed me he didn't think it was the generic. After researching he found out I was one of the people in the drug study that had been using the medication and not the  placebo. I was released from the study 1 month before I started having the seizure increase. He stated it takes 3-4 weeks for all the medication to get out of yur body. In that time I had gotten a new batch of keppra. So the new medication was doing  what it was supposed to do which is help control partial seizures.  I am well aware of generaics and have used many in the last 50+ years. 

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