Keppra with anger and anxiety

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Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy in January of this year. I was having partial seizures which were definitely affecting my day to day life. I have been put on Keppra and take 1000mg a day. My day to day life has quickly gotten worse, with rage, aggression and major anxiety/depression. I don't want to go back to the doctors right away to ask them to change my meds but I also don't want to be living with this without a positive outcome. Has anyone else had this situation but then after time their body has adjusted and they go back to normal? Or does it just get worse? I have had no seizures whatsoever since taking the Keppra so this is another reason I don't want to change however it now seems to be taking over my life :( I think about it for a large proportion of my day and i know that this will partly be coming to terms with just being diagnosed, being told i can't drive for a year, having to now declare a medical condition etc but it's so difficult to try any forget about it and i worry every day about what mood I'm going to be in. Any advice would be appreciated x

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What you have posted could be

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2015-04-19 - 15:20

What you have posted could be side effects to keppra. I know it is a good medication. You need to discuss this issue with your neurologist since your seizures are better controlled. It may be a lower dosage could control them without you have the side effects. The only way you will know is by talking to your neurologist.Keppra has been the best medication in controlling my seizures. It not only reduced the number of seizures but it shortened the time in them as well.I hope this helpsJoe

My wife has been on Keppra

Submitted by Jon York on Sat, 2018-03-03 - 20:48

My wife has been on Keppra for almost 3 years now. And she has symptoms exactly like the OP described. They kicked in shortly after she started taking in - like within 2-3 weeks. And they really haven't changed ever since.However, we didn't even realize it. We just thought things were going bad in our marriage! But the other day she missed her doses for two days in a row and the difference was so startling that I actually noticed! On the second day I told her I couldn't believe she had woken up two days in a row - happy! That NEVER happens. Maybe one day here and there... but never two days in a row.She wakes up in the foulest moods almost every day. But before Keppra, she never woke up in a foul mood. Always bouncy and happy! Then I realized she had been really happy for the last two days. And she was happy all day long... for two days straight. That never happens either for her on Keppra.She'll be happy for minutes at a time off and on throughout the day. Sometimes maybe for a few hours. Then the Keppra rage - or sadness or tiredness or depression sets in. When I finally realized what was going on the other day it made me so angry. To realize how much time we've wasted with each other over the last 3 years. And, I don't mean wasted in the sense that I regret that we were together, but in the sense of just thinking how all the bad times that could have been good times. And it made me extrremely sad. I realized my wife had in a way been stolen from me. And from herself too.Anyway, we're going to the doctor next week to see what can be done. She did have a seizure once while she was on a lower dose (500 mg / day). Then he raised it to 1000 mg / day. She hasn't had a seizre in about a year and a half now at that dose. But we suspect the only reason she had a seizure was because she was pregnant. She was pregnant both times she had a seizure. And she's never had one outside of pregnancy.So, we're hoping he can take her off of it altogether. And then we can think about going back on it if she ever gets pregnant again.

My wife has been on Keppra for almost 3 years now.  And she has symptoms exactly like the OP described.  They kicked in shortly after she started taking in - like within 2-3 weeks.  And they really haven't changed ever since.However, we didn't even realize it.  We just thought things were going bad in our marriage!  But the other day she missed her doses for two days in a row and the difference was so startling that I actually noticed!  On the second day I told her I couldn't believe she had woken up two days in a row - happy!  That NEVER happens.  Maybe one day here and there... but never two days in a row.She wakes up in the foulest moods almost every day.  But before Keppra, she never woke up in a foul mood.  Always bouncy and happy!  Then I realized she had been really happy for the last two days.  And she was happy all day long... for two days straight.  That never happens either for her on Keppra.She'll be happy for minutes at a time off and on throughout the day.  Sometimes maybe for a few hours.  Then the Keppra rage - or sadness or tiredness or depression sets in.  When I finally realized what was going on the other day it made me so angry.  To realize how much time we've wasted with each other over the last 3 years.  And, I don't mean wasted in the sense that I regret that we were together, but in the sense of just thinking how all the bad times that could have been good times.  And it made me extrremely sad.  I realized my wife had in a way been stolen from me.  And from herself too.Anyway, we're going to the doctor next week to see what can be done.  She did have a seizure once while she was on a lower dose (500 mg / day).  Then he raised it to 1000 mg / day.  She hasn't had a seizre in about a year and a half now at that dose.  But we suspect the only reason she had a seizure was because she was pregnant.  She was pregnant both times she had a seizure.  And she's never had one outside of pregnancy.So, we're hoping he can take her off of it altogether.  And then we can think about going back on it if she ever gets pregnant again.

My wife has been on Keppra for almost 3 years now. And she has symptoms exactly like the OP described. They kicked in shortly after she started taking in - like within 2-3 weeks. And they really haven't changed ever since.However, we didn't even realize it. We just thought things were going bad in our marriage! But the other day she missed her doses for two days in a row and the difference was so startling that I actually noticed! On the second day I told her I couldn't believe she had woken up two days in a row - happy! That NEVER happens. Maybe one day here and there... but never two days in a row.She wakes up in the foulest moods almost every day. But before Keppra, she never woke up in a foul mood. Always bouncy and happy! Then I realized she had been really happy for the last two days. And she was happy all day long... for two days straight. That never happens either for her on Keppra.She'll be happy for minutes at a time off and on throughout the day. Sometimes maybe for a few hours. Then the Keppra rage - or sadness or tiredness or depression sets in. When I finally realized what was going on the other day it made me so angry. To realize how much time we've wasted with each other over the last 3 years. And, I don't mean wasted in the sense that I regret that we were together, but in the sense of just thinking how all the bad times that could have been good times. And it made me extrremely sad. I realized my wife had in a way been stolen from me. And from herself too.Anyway, we're going to the doctor next week to see what can be done. She did have a seizure once while she was on a lower dose (500 mg / day). Then he raised it to 1000 mg / day. She hasn't had a seizre in about a year and a half now at that dose. But we suspect the only reason she had a seizure was because she was pregnant. She was pregnant both times she had a seizure. And she's never had one outside of pregnancy.So, we're hoping he can take her off of it altogether. And then we can think about going back on it if she ever gets pregnant again.