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Amitriptyline
Mon, 06/22/2015 - 15:03Hi all
Just wanted to pick your brains on something please.
I've been seizure free for over 5 years and take 2500mg of Keppra per day to control it.
I've recently been suffering from numbness/nerve problems in my right hand, and my Doctor sent me for tests (EMG) at the hospital and I'm still awaiting the results, the probably cause according to the DR and the specialist is Carpal Tunnel syndrome.
Anyway as an initial measure my DR prescribed me 'Amitriptyline' to help with the symptoms. But as soon as I got home and googled this drug, I was so concerned that I decided not to take it. One of the first listed side effects on Wikipedia... SEIZURES!!! I'm literally not going to touch this medication now I've seen that! It's been a month since I saw him and I'm sure he'll be in touch once he's received the EMG results, but I'm not sure how to explain that I haven't taken them! The symptoms are worse now, I can barely feel my ring and little fingers.
Should my GP have prescribed this medication knowing that I'm seizure prone and hold a driving licence?
Anyone got experience with this drug or can reccomend anything?
Thanks!
OK I'll start with something.
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2015-06-22 - 19:36
OK I'll start with something. There are a lot of medications that can cause seizures including medications designed to stop seizures. I have a friend who has a medicatin for his heart that causes him to have a seizure now and then. So should he stop taking that medication??Your neurologist would not prescribe a medication to help you if he thought it might cause you to have a seizure. Your GP knows your medications and he too would not prescribe a medication that would hurt you. Now a simple question is do you check all th side effects for your over the counter medications since they too can cause seizures in some people?? Do you know how those side effects get listed? Have you ever been in a study for new drugs? I ask that because in those studies is where the side effects get written down on our diaries. I have been in them. Also know that the list of side effects is there. However the number of people how do have side effects are 5-8% of the people taking it. SO will you have that medication filled and start taking it because it MIGHT cause a seizure. Or will you let the 5-8% of the people tell you it can cause a seizure. Did the side effect tell you which kind of seizure? Will it be a simple partial or absence or focal or tonic clonic? Relax both of your doctors have prescribes a medication that will help you. Amitriptyline works I know because I had carpol tunnel