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Please help with advice

Thu, 09/03/2015 - 03:43

Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults

Hi, I'm new to this forum.

I'v lived with epilepsy for 17 years now and get grand mal seizures. My doc has me on Keppra and lamitrigine. I have aggressive mood swings, can anyone help with this? Doctor has recommended anti depressents and now i struggle to have any energy and its effected my life so much.

My wife understands my condition but the side effects are effecting our marriage.

Comments

I agree with Amy. If meds

Submitted by pfincher@gmail.com on Thu, 2015-09-03 - 11:02

I agree with Amy. If meds can't control them then a epileptologist my have other solutions (VNS, RNS, Surgery). Paul

True for some but not all. I

Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2015-09-05 - 15:39

True for some but not all. I have used one medication and it didn't work unless it was coupled with another. I was on 3 different meds and did fine. It also depends on the dosages one is on. Some peoples bodies can and do take a higher dosage then others. All of my medications have been set with the highest dosages the company wants used.

Keppra caused me horrible

Submitted by jtomlinson on Wed, 2015-09-09 - 14:04

Keppra caused me horrible depression and mood swings. It's worse with lack of sleep, missing a dose, dehydration, stress, etc. A friend who was on it was suicidal. I finally got off Keppra last year and am on lamotrigine now. (Switching from Keppra to lamotrigine took two years, but that's another story - if you're interested, just ask.)I feel great on lamotrigine, but I have to get my prescription from the same manufacturer every month. If I get it from any other manufacturer - even the primary one (GSK) - I have problems with seizures and moods. It can be hard to find a pharmacy that'll get it from the same manufacturer for you every month. CVS always gets the right one for me. The manufacturer they get mine from for me is Cadista.

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