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opinions on best seizure medication!!
Sat, 09/27/2014 - 19:23for the past 5 or 6 years i have only had seizures in my sleep and im on lamictal. i had been seizure free for 2 years up until a few months ago. i had one in my sleep and yesterday i had one awake. my first one ever! and now im scared. i know medicines work different for everyone but i need some opinions on which ones seem to work best. im pretty sure im having the tonic clonic seizures but not sure. my eyes start twitching and my face looks crazy and i lose consciousness for a few minutes and then wake up super confused! any help would be greatly appreciated!
Without knowing your dosages
Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2014-09-27 - 20:46
Without knowing your dosages or the last time it was changed dose not leave me much to offer. As you posted "i know medicines work different for everyone " the medications you are on has been working and if the dosage hasn't been changed in some time and your body has changed your dosage could be lower then the ammount needed/ Which means the seizures you have recently had could be break thru seizures. A question for yo uwould be have you discussed this with your neurologist? Generally when I had different seizures or the one after I went 3 years without one I called my neurologist and discussed the issue with him. A lot can be done with a phone call. Dosages can be changed and meds prescribed and then prescriptions sent to oyur pharmacy. All of that I have done and had done with calls. When I had issues I learned how to deal with my issues since there were no forums. There was no 911 when I had status epilepticus. If I wanted more information I went to the library. You are very lucky to be around now. Do call your neurologist and ask him if he thinks your dosage is to high or too low. Or ask him if he thinks you need your medication changed. Understand that we can give you information about medications we use or have used but those medications may not work for you. I have used almost all of the medication that are being used today and they all work. Will they work for you? I don't know and I don't know which meds you have tried. Generally your neurologist knows the medications that will work for your seizures and those are the one he prescribs. That medications is generally being used by some of his other patients with good success otherwise he would not have prescribed it to you with the success you had had until a few months ago. I do hoipe this helps and you get back to seizure free.