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8 yr old daughter with focal seizures and 2nd meds

Fri, 01/20/2017 - 02:27
Hi. I was shocked last spring when the school called me to say my daughter was having a seizure. She started at trileptal all the way just slightly beyond her max dose (her blood levels were medium low of trileptal). Still didn't work 100%. Now we re on 4mL keppra while weaning trileptal and her seizures seem more frequent. Normally it was every 4-6 weeks. Twice it was 2 weeks apart. Just today 6 days past the last one. We are weaning trileptal over the course of a month. Why are they more frequent? Does she need more than one meds? She's been in 4mL keppra generic for 1 week. Will she outgrow this even the way the seizures are behaving now?? I'm heartbroken.

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