Vimpat

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by mkfarnam SB Cal on Thu, 2009-09-17 - 12:07

Most all medication used to control seizures will have some effect on the memory. Some worse than others depending on the dosage and/or combination of other meds taken together.

It may not be the Vimpat alone but the combination of meds together. The doctor probably never mentioned to you that while taking a combination of meds as your son is,  and this goes for any one taking several different medications at once. This may seem to control the seizures, but at the same time this turns the blood toxic, resulting in symptoms such as.....                                                                                = loss of balance, loss of memory, impaired vision, slurred speech, loss of appitite, hair loss, decline in sexual activities, and more.... .

Anyone here with these symptoms from high doses or a combined dosage of medications will end up blood toxication which causes liver and kidney damage.

"NOTE"....... These days Doctors are nothing but sales persons. They get paid for the medication they prescribe. So they don't know whether or not a medication will work for you. But they get paid for it so that's what counts to them. 

Re: Vimpat

Submitted by jhugheshill on Fri, 2010-01-08 - 23:32

I have been on Vimpat for 2 months now. I suffer from Complex Partial Seizures. Since Nov 16, 2009 I've had 17 seizures. I take Keppra XR 1000mg a day and 100mg of Vimpat per day. I have the worst case of memory loss. I struggle to find the words, I can't type on the computer, I misspell words alot (I was runner up in 4 spelling b's), I forget my kids names; it's terrible. My Neurologist increased my dose to 200mg a day after taking it for 2 days I stopped because I got these terrible pains in my head that felt like bolts of electricity shooting through my head...they were so painful the would knock me down. When I decreased the Vimpat back to 100mg they slowed down for 2 days after then they stopped. I haven't seen a decline in the seizures, but it has shortened the lenght of the seizures and the side effect time. I used to sleep for 2 hrs after having a seizure, now I sleep 15-30 minutes. I'm stil confused, but not as much now.