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Changing Med's for my 3 year old son
Sat, 03/06/2010 - 08:57Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had any advice? My 3 year old son was taking Keppra for about 10 months, and he was doign great, however, the past 3 weeks have been very hard. He's had 3 seizures every week, for a total of 9. Our nuerologists, told us to add Topamax, which we did for the first time last night around 8PM. He then had a seizure at 2:30 am. This morning we gave him his 25mg dose of Topamax, along with Keppra, as prescribed by his doctor, about half hour later he had another seizure.
We seem to think that the meds are causing the seizures? I guess we just feel helpless, and continue to look for answers. I was hoping that by my son taking topamax as well a keppra, that his seizures would stop. However, they have not. granted it has only been about a day since we started the little guy on topamax.
If anyone has any suggestions on comments, particularly in regards to how long does topamax take to start working?
Thank you all and God bless.
Comments
Re: Changing Med's for my 3 year old son
Submitted by Blue sky on Tue, 2010-03-16 - 21:14
Re: Changing Med's for my 3 year old son
Submitted by trey2007 on Tue, 2010-03-16 - 23:46
My son was on Topamax, and I am not a big fan of it... He was like a zombie, he was just here. He didn't play much, made no sounds, pretty much just existed. We have weaned him off the Topamax and you could not ask for a difference in a child.. He is playing with his baby brother, walking, making sounds, and interacting with different things now... Just becareful with Topamax
Hope this helped a little,
Trey's mom Pamela
My son was on Topamax, and I am not a big fan of it... He was like a zombie, he was just here. He didn't play much, made no sounds, pretty much just existed. We have weaned him off the Topamax and you could not ask for a difference in a child.. He is playing with his baby brother, walking, making sounds, and interacting with different things now... Just becareful with Topamax
Hope this helped a little,
Trey's mom Pamela
Re: Changing Med's for my 3 year old son
Submitted by BSax on Tue, 2010-03-16 - 17:43
I think that it can take up to a week to see results when starting a med or changing a dose.