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I want to chop of my hand!!!!!!!!!!
Thu, 08/09/2007 - 02:46Topic: Teen Zone
I hate my left hand!!!! I want to kill it!!! Ever since I was 15 or 16 my left hand has had this stupid, annoying tremor. It just trembles for no apparent reason and I hate it! I found out later that the tremor is caused from a side effect of the epilepsy medicine felbatol, which I have been on since forever. And this tremor of mine makes me want to go insane. I can't paint my nails without messing them up, I can't hold things in my left hand without my hand shaking like a posessed maniac, and I can't live my life like this anymore!!! Can anyone help me???????????????? Thanks
Re: I want to chop of my hand!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by djj58 on Fri, 2007-09-28 - 22:51
I agree, a med change isn't a bad thing. Since you've been on it so long, there are others to try with little side effects. Keppra, Carbitrol, Zonigran, ect. Why suffer with side-effects if it isn't necessary? You go girl!