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Drug Induced Tremors
Tue, 05/24/2016 - 00:41Topic: Medication Issues
Hi everyone!
So, I'm currently taking lamotrigine (50 mg 2x a day), Depakote (750 mg a day), and Keppra (1500 mg a day) for JME. I've been experiencing what I think is drug-induced tremors? Anyways, these tremors are supposedly brought on by the Depakote, which is why I'm now on Keppra as well. Over the last year ish, they've gotten progressively worse. It's like my body is just going "f this" over and over again and I swear to god if my brain were a babysitter, my muscles wouldnbe the damn nightmare kids that don't cooperate. 'Oh, you said stay steady? Cool! Let's not!'. I really, really want to be in my school's marching band next year, but I can't do it if I'm afraid that my legs might just start shaking in the middle of a show or something. Does anyone know any sort of therapies/ special exercises/type of medicine etc that could help? These tremors have made it hard to write, draw, run, etc. I just so badly want to be able to have that thrill that marching band used to give me up until I couldn't do it anymore. I'm sick of 'not being able'. Please help.
Have you discussed this with
Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2016-05-24 - 12:21
Have you discussed this with your neurologist? Is your neurologist a specialist in epilepsy? Understand that too much medication is just as bad as too little. If this were happening to me after the first month I would have been calling DOC to find out what was happening. Adjustments to dosages and even medication changes can be made in a call. A visit is generally set so the changes can be evaluated to see if they are working like they should.