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Med question on Zarontin...

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 20:31

I started to take an epilepsy medication called Zarontin at 250 mg for my absence seizures on July 21st 2014. I took the medication for 29 days and it caused me to hear voices, have more seizures and suicidal thoughts. However, I am now having cluster seizures thanks to it and had them while ON the medication. I saw that seizures can continue off the medication but I stopped taking the medication almost 3 weeks ago, is it possible it can stay in the body that long? Will it go away? I was on 2 pills then one day automatically went down to 1

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