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Lamictal & Depakote
Thu, 07/27/2006 - 10:00Topic: Medication Issues
My doctor just upped my dosage levels of both Lamictal & Depakote. He told me I'd probably be really tired the first few days of taking it. I cannot hardly stay awake and I was just wondering if any of you have had this problem. And if you have, how long did it take for you to get used to the higher dosage.
Thanks,
Amity
Comments
Re: Lamictal & Depakote
Submitted by fortune on Thu, 2006-08-03 - 04:00
FWK
Hi amity, my son's 3 and he takes epilim/depakote and he always wants to sleep.He also has an appetite.I think sleep helps alot coz his seizures have reduced a great deal.
hope it helps
Re: Re: Lamictal & Depakote
Submitted by AmityF on Mon, 2006-08-07 - 09:39
Thank you for the response--it's just nice to know other people go through the same thing.
I also take Lamictal and
Submitted by KARDSHARQUE on Thu, 2006-08-03 - 00:08
I also take Lamictal and Keppra along with Dilantin and Lyrica. I've been on 3-4 meds for quite some time now. I was usually on 4 meds. For quite some time I've had trouble with falling asleep easily being confused not being able to remember things and terrible confused. I went through mood swings anger and crying with no answer only to make things worse. Eventually after taking 3 meds instead of four and finding my.epilepsy.com I've been able to get better control of myself. I still have trouble with getting tired easily.