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Why is my daugther so tired?

Sun, 10/22/2006 - 22:38
I am wondering if anyone else's child with epilepsy seems tired a lot. My 5 year old (soon to be six in November) takes 15 mg of Topomax at night. She seems tired so often. The minute she gets off the kingergarten bus the thumb goes in the mouth. I am not sure if it is from E, her meds or totally unrelated. Any thoughts?

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Re: Why is my daugther so tired?

Submitted by solis on Tue, 2007-10-09 - 15:53
As one who'd been on AEDs since I was three, the one thing I discovered when I went off all ,after surgery, is that I now have more energy than ever before. "fatigue or drowsiness" is a common side effect of Topomax. http://professionals.epilepsy.com/medications/p_topamax_commonside.html

Re: Why is my daugther so tired?

Submitted by dksimo on Thu, 2007-10-11 - 02:41
My son never needed much sleep until he started taking meds for his seizures. Now he can sleep his life away. He is almost 15 failing classes because he is to tired to finish his work. He does not even really bother with friends anymore because he is to tired. If you figure anything out please let me know. Kim

Re: Why is my daugther so tired?

Submitted by dksimo on Thu, 2007-10-11 - 02:41
My son never needed much sleep until he started taking meds for his seizures. Now he can sleep his life away. He is almost 15 failing classes because he is to tired to finish his work. He does not even really bother with friends anymore because he is to tired. If you figure anything out please let me know. Kim

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