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Trileptal vs Keppra
Fri, 10/10/2014 - 13:01Hi all,
I am new to the group. My son was just diangosed with Epilepsy in Sept. His Epilespy is a direct result of a stroke he survived at birth.
He has been on Trileptal for 4 weeks. The anger that is pouring out of him is awful. We have had 3 complaints from his school and soccer coach. I am talking with his doctors about Keppra. Is Anger a component to all seizure meds?
Thanks,
Ashley
There are many side effects
Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2014-10-15 - 10:10
There are many side effects with all seizure medications. Keppra is becomming the go to medication for epilepsy. When they started using it it had people who got side effects and one of then was mood changes. People posted about their issues with it. That said I have been using it for many years (about 15) keppra not only reduced the number of seizures I was having it also shortened the time in those seizures. I can say it has been the best seizure medication I have been on in the 50+ years I have been living and dealing with epilepsy.I have been in drug studies and do know how those side effects get put on the list. I also know that 5-8% of the people taking it have side effects. If you read posts from people who have had bad experiances with it you can come up with many. You will see little if any posts comming from the other 92-95% of the people who are happy using it