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What AED's Do You Take & Their Side Effects??
Wed, 09/06/2006 - 22:47Wondering- what AED's do you take and what side effects do they have??
Especially looking for meds for simple and complex partial seizures as well as migraines...
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Re: Re: What AED's Do You Take & Their Side Effects??
Submitted by slhmurphy on Thu, 2006-09-07 - 09:51
Dear Stef,
This link should answer all your questions.
http://www.epilepsy.com/medications/b_carbamazepine_intro.html
Use the pull-down menu to look at the next med.
Good Luck,
Sam
Re: Re: What AED's Do You Take & Their Side Effects??
Submitted by Butterflygrl on Thu, 2006-09-07 - 16:43
At first when I was diagnosed last year, and my neuro was adjusting my meds, (which were toooo high)..... I started off on the regular carbamazepine (the white pills)...all I did was sleep. He took me off of those, and then put me on a high dose of Dilantin. WELL! If THAT wasn't a whole new ball game....my hair was falling out, I was having auditory hallucinations, crying all the time, then my lymph nodes became swollen, only to find out that my blood was at a toxic level!
I am now on 200mgs of Tegretol CR per day and have been seizure free for 1 year. At first I became slightly drowsy, and my appetite would decrease, and I would have ringing in my ears. Sometimes I would even have a slight neuralgia in my face. But I've outgrown the side effects. :)
Mild side effects are the least of my worries. I'd rather have no seizures!!!!
Re: What AED's Do You Take & Their Side Effects??
Submitted by Essie on Thu, 2006-09-07 - 03:49
Hi Stefie My son is on lamictal. He's only started a month ago, so he'll still settle into it. So far he's been very emotional, tired, diarree, a 3-day rash and headaches in the evenings. My husband took Triptanol for his migraines. First for 3 months (only side effect was sleepiness at the end of the day), and it stopped it for a year! Then, when it came back, he took the meds for 6 months. It's been three years since his last migraine! He still gets extremely bad headaches, but no migraines anymore!!! Good luck, and take care Essie (mom to Nian(5) with epilepsy)