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Side effects with medication changes
Mon, 04/13/2015 - 16:21
My 8 year old son has a generized seizure disorder. He currently takes 150 mg of lamictal twice daily and 2ml of keppra twice daily ( was originally 3.5ml twice daily). He has been seizure free for 2 years and his neurologist has been trying to wean him off the keppra. Every 2 weeks his neurologist has had us decrease the keppra dose by .5 ml. Every time we decrease my son seems to have an increase in side effects ( impulsivity, aggression, poor concentration ), and is starting to become a problem for him at school He has 2-6 days of increased symptoms and the it improves. Is it common to experience increased symptoms with lowering of medications? Is there anything that can lessen the side effects?