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Success!

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 13:41
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I decided to post it here in the "medications" section. I have been epileptic since I was 9 and was controlled for a very long time on Tegretol xr. A few years ago I had break through partials but only at night. They tried lamictal, but regardless of dose it was never 100% effective. They tried to add keppra but it made me agitated. The latest drug has been clobazam. Boom! My seizures have gone away with pairing the lamictal. I post this here because I to have come to this message board and would walk away thinking are there any successes? Yes, there are but few post about them. I wanted to post this so people can see and know that there are instances when the right dose and right match are made and you can achieve total control. I wish I was able to read more stories like this on the board. At the time of my most need, reading something like this would have been great help. I hope this does for others what I had hoped to read here at times.

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Great positive post-just what

Submitted by margiefox118@live.com on Thu, 2017-01-12 - 07:36
Great positive post-just what this site needs! People need to know there are is a solution with all types of options for treatment. Epilepsy is a scary condition at first but can be dealt with. 

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