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Dilantin Overdose?
Fri, 01/06/2006 - 07:52Topic: Medication Issues
Howdy all, i'm a newbie. I recently had a seizure on an airplane (vacation) and a second in the ER. My Doctor advised me to bump up my meds to 300mg in the morning and another 300mg before bedtime - I complied. While on vacation taking the increased dosage I noticed no changes other than quality of sleep, i'm sleeping better than I have in probably 10 years. Upon returning home/work i'm felling kind of, funky, for lack of a better word. I'm lethargic, my vision is kind of shakey, my hands are twitchy, and i'm slightly unsteady when I initially get out of my chair. I've only noticed this "feeling" the past 3 days. I take my meds around 7:00-7:30AM and by 8:45 or so i'm flying. Is this normal? Is my body adjusting to the new dosage? Will this go away? I plan to call and inform the nurse today anyway but I just wondered if anyone else out there has had a similar experience.
Comments
Re: Re: Dilantin Overdose?
Submitted by dura1198 on Fri, 2006-01-06 - 19:57
Thanks mc. Looks like you were right. Somehow there was a mix up when the nurse gave me my dosage and they are knocking it down a bit. Hopefully i'll get back to feeling more like myself.
Re: Dilantin Overdose?
Submitted by bette100 on Sat, 2006-03-04 - 21:46
Wow, this is something I am experiencig right now. I had 3 seizures back in November and my doc bumped me up to alernating between 300 and 330mg every day. Since then, I have been feeling for lack of a better word "loopy" and a bit nausiated. My vision is a little funny too like cannot read for very long and I seem to be sensitive to bright light. My head just doesn't feel right. I told my doc that I think this bump up in meds is too high for my system but he is pleased with my levels so he isn't doing anything. I am not sure what to do.
Re: Dilantin Overdose?
Submitted by mike c on Fri, 2006-01-06 - 15:46
mg campbell It sounds like you might be on to much but check with doc i was seeing a doc with to many logs on the fire so i changhed to a new one at a diff hosp because of same prob. turns out i was over med. to the point i had to be put in hosp i all most died i would hold spoon and i would shake so bad the food would drop off before getting to my mouth i wanted to sleep all the time the worst thing i was still having seizures.