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Keppra Side Effects

Sun, 01/22/2017 - 14:44
Hey everyone, I've been on this website a lot over the last week. I was diagnosed as epileptic in 2012 and have been on a daily dose of 3000 mg of Keppra ever since. I've only had a total of 5 seizures since being diagnosed. The 5th one being last week causing me to be off work while I recover. I contacted my neurologist the same day of the seizure and he instructed me to begin taking 3500 mg of Keppra a day from now on. Since starting the extra 500 mg I have had a lot of side effects I've never had before. I've become very moody, tired, and dizzy. It's like there's a constant fog in my head that's making me feel unlike myself. Has anyone else experienced these? How long did they last?

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