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Meds Are Driving Me Crazy!
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 22:28Comments
Re: Meds Are Driving Me Crazy!
Submitted by army101wife on Thu, 2010-12-16 - 00:51
Re: Meds Are Driving Me Crazy!
Submitted by mscoulte on Thu, 2010-12-16 - 17:23
Amy, my husband it experiencing similary side effects...
My husband started having tonic-clonics in May 2010. He has had 4
seizures and has been seizure free on 2000mg Keppra XR fom 14
weeks...the longest time yet! He has horrible side effects however.
Moodiness, hostility, memory impairment and depression. Sometimes he
thinks something is running through his head and can't figure out what
it is or he will have flashes of images and not really remembered what
happened. He also had a full on panic attack one evening. He recently
started a new job with GE and it now costs us over $450/month. It was a
$25 beforehand...there goes his raise! He's an aero engineer and feels
that this memory impairment may affect his work. I don't think he
realizes these are MOMENTARY and no one notices except for him.
We are going to start tapering and trying Lamictal. Very
very
nervous as this is our first med change.I'm so scared that he will
start having tonic-clonics again. I feel like the side effects and
price of Keppra XR will be worth it if it prevents him from having
these very serious seizures. Should I basically be prepared for a
seizure when we start this switch??We are going to start the generic of
Lamictal due to the extremely high cost of the medicine. Any advice??
Amy, my husband it experiencing similary side effects...
My husband started having tonic-clonics in May 2010. He has had 4
seizures and has been seizure free on 2000mg Keppra XR fom 14
weeks...the longest time yet! He has horrible side effects however.
Moodiness, hostility, memory impairment and depression. Sometimes he
thinks something is running through his head and can't figure out what
it is or he will have flashes of images and not really remembered what
happened. He also had a full on panic attack one evening. He recently
started a new job with GE and it now costs us over $450/month. It was a
$25 beforehand...there goes his raise! He's an aero engineer and feels
that this memory impairment may affect his work. I don't think he
realizes these are MOMENTARY and no one notices except for him.
We are going to start tapering and trying Lamictal. Very
very
nervous as this is our first med change.I'm so scared that he will
start having tonic-clonics again. I feel like the side effects and
price of Keppra XR will be worth it if it prevents him from having
these very serious seizures. Should I basically be prepared for a
seizure when we start this switch??We are going to start the generic of
Lamictal due to the extremely high cost of the medicine. Any advice??
Re: Meds Are Driving Me Crazy!
Submitted by starvingmusician on Thu, 2010-12-16 - 00:37
Army10 Sometimes the marriage between mind and medication is not a perfect union. Call your neurologist and let him know that you are having medication issues and need to see him ASAP. Have you sat down with your family and had a heart-to-heart as well? My husband knew I was having trouble adjusting to the Keppra. He just had no idea that after 3 months on it I really didn't care whether I lived or died... I was very fortunate when I decided to discontinue Keppra, and I really didn't have a hard time convincing my neurologist that we should either. I still had plenty of Depakote on hand to go back to. Good luck to you.