Anyone have any problems with tremors and shaking from lamictal?
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Gina M... New - Lamictal and tremors
Created by Gina M...at12/21/08 - 9:13 am|104 Views|15 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Anyone have any problems with tremors and shaking from lamictal?
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1never... New - I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...
Created by 1never...at7/26/08 - 5:11 pm|1054 Views|96 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Enough said.
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sas46 New - lamictal vs. generic
Created by sas46at9/14/08 - 6:13 pm|117 Views|19 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues My daughter is 23 yrs old and has been on lamictal for 7 years and all has been perfectly fine. Recently the insurance company would not let her prescription be filled unless she had tried the generic brand name. She started taking the generic brand name Lamitrogine...
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riahc3 New - Trileptal and smoking marijuana
Created by riahc3at4/9/09 - 7:18 am|113 Views|13 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hey
I am currently taking Trileptal (1 1/2 in the morning and 1 1/2 at night) and I use to smoke marijuana until I was told I had epilepsy after my second seizure. I believe my epilepsy is called chronic epilepsy. Ive had a total of 3 seizures (1 before...
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amyoon New - HAIR LOSS with Zonegran!! Doctor Says There's No Such Side Effect
Created by amyoonat2/18/09 - 1:46 pm|37 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi. I've been here before freaking about my hair. I was certain it was the Keppra that was making my hair fall out and be able to be swept up everyday. Now I've tapered off of it to the minimum amount and I am now going up on Zonegran. My hair is worse! ...
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alexis00 New - How do you judge weight gain as a side effect? Also, anyone gain ...
Created by alexis00at7/1/09 - 8:45 am|16 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Strange question but how do you know you gained weight BECAUSE of a med?
Do you gain a few lbs quickly and then stop or is it consistent weight gain over time until you change your meds?
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Tabby New - Low medication tolerance
Created by Tabbyat1/24/09 - 2:56 pm|49 Views|1 Comment Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi all!
I just wanted to know if anybody else has issues tolerating any meds. I have simple and complex partial seizures, that are becoming worse day by day. I'm on trileptal 1500mg but its not enough to control my seizures. When the Neuro tried to...
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henry199 New - Lamictal and mood changes???
Created by henry199at7/20/08 - 12:20 pm|162 Views|14 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues |
adamss... New - any good experiences with trileptal?
Created by adamss...at6/29/09 - 5:51 pm|23 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Nothing like fishing for the answer you want, huh? Anyways, I am going on this this week, barring any totally unexpected EEG results....I already KNOW it can totally be horrible for some people, the way my other anticonvulsants were for me...I've already...
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rock956 New - Topamax for JME/Myoclonus
Created by rock956at6/30/09 - 11:21 am|13 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi
Ive been taking Depakote/Epilim for the past 5 years. I am currently switching to Topamax. Is Topamax known to be successful at controlling the myoclonic jerks? Ive heard it is quite good at controlling the seizures but what about myoclonus?
Thankyou
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wldhrt13 New - Topamax Two-fer
Created by wldhrt13at6/23/09 - 8:35 pm|7 Views|1 Comment Posted To: Medication Issues
I started this medication 2 weeks ago and am on 50 mg. will go up to 75 mg this Friday. was wondering at what dose will my seizures stop?
my second question is i havent really had too many side effects yet (knock on wood) when do the side effect...
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avonla... New - Anti-seizure meds & speech problems
Created by avonla...at6/30/09 - 10:52 am|7 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues My son had his first seizure (grand mal) at age 12, his second almost a year later, and 3 more after that before he turned 14, each being closer together. Finally, a pediatric neurologist started him on the anti-seizure med, Depakote, which controlled his...
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daj New - Vimpat
Created by dajat5/12/09 - 6:33 pm|195 Views|16 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Has anyone tried Vimpat yet? If so, will you share your experiences with it (good and bad), decision to take it or not, etc.? My doctor wants me to switch to it. Thanks so much!
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rock956 New - Topamax for JME/Myoclonus
Created by rock956at6/30/09 - 11:08 am|2 Views Posted To: Medication Issues Hi
Ive been on Depakote/Epilim for the last 5 years. Im switching to Topamax. Does anybody know if its known to be successful at controlling the myoclonic jerks associated with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy? I know its meant to be quite good at gettin...
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ronile67 New - has generic Keppra caused more seizures for anyone else?
Created by ronile67at1/5/09 - 10:24 am|515 Views|73 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Keppra's generic version came out sometime in November. I went to refill my subscription and without my O.K. I was given the generic, (some word I can't pronounce). I noticed it and assumed it was exactly the same. I had a Tonic-Clonic on the 1st of Dec. then...
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craigory8 New - Now on Keppra
Created by craigory8at3/23/08 - 10:16 pm|77 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello everyone,
I'm now going to be on my third medication (Keppra.)
I was originally on Depakote ER. However, I couldn't keep my weight down. I counted my calories and was eating less than 2000 calories a day and always starving. I...
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miss_c... New - Carbamazepine/tegretol retard - any views on this med/advice pls??!
Created by miss_c...at6/17/09 - 5:28 am|35 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues |
katfaerie New - starting gabapentin as an add-on med
Created by katfaerieat6/2/09 - 8:47 am|38 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
i am 31 years old and first got my diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy when i was twenty. i was angry for a long time and didn't want to face the facts. i took my medication sporadically, if at all. i suffered from frequent simple partial seizures...
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jyhprice New - Question about EEG's
Created by jyhpriceat6/26/09 - 11:16 am|23 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues |
pdl1 New - Possible cure for absence seizures
Created by pdl1at6/16/05 - 5:53 pm|15622 Views|105 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am an MD. My daughter suffered from temporal lobe partial absence seizures from age two. Many medicines helped but none were fully effective.Based on an article on congenital defects in lipid metabolism, I had the flash insight that...
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ativan4me New - banzel
Created by ativan4meat6/28/09 - 10:32 am|4 Views Posted To: Medication Issues It's been offered, but little is seen from those taking it about the good & bad effects. I no what the company claims, but I prefer to hear it from those taking it. On set sz's for an adult is the issue. Soon to see the Dr. & would appreciate from...
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Believe New - Tegretol XR Warning
Created by Believeat6/26/09 - 11:01 am|34 Views|4 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi everyone. I have been on Tegretol XR for quite a while now but always wondered about a warning that it has. It says to avoid illness on this medication. Okay, so none of ever plan on getting sick so I don't know how we are supposed to avoid it! ...
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jholley New - Tell me about Neurontin?
Created by jholleyat1/1/09 - 9:49 am|38 Views|6 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi,
I just transitioned off of Tegretol and am now taking Keppra by itself. Taking 1500mg of Keppra per day gave me too many side effects. I was drowsed out all day and couldn't sleep at night. My EOS count and liver enzymes were both extremely high....
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justme222 New - Sleepy
Created by justme222at4/3/08 - 8:54 pm|49 Views|4 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi
My family says that the reason why I am feeling so tired is that I am not doing enough exercise and that I am not stimulated, and it is not as a result of the drugs. In fact they are saying that it is all a pschyological thing and not the AED.
Interested...
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vigga6... New - A question about epilepsy
Created by vigga6...at6/25/09 - 10:23 am|40 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
I want to ask if anger and stress can make your epilepsy much worse ? I feel, it is bad to have a medicine, which makes your temperament worse than before ? I also think it is very good for me to laugh. If the medicine makes me...
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RGbrai... New - Lamictal - switch to generic lamotrigine?
Created by RGbrai...at8/8/08 - 3:27 pm|565 Views|80 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi, everybody. I just joined this site yesterday. I saw a forum where a few people were discussing transitioning to generic lamotrigine (just released) from Lamictol. But now I can't seem to find the forum. I'm considering the generic switch and am wondering...
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bonny New - Lamictal and Hair Loss
Created by bonnyat2/1/05 - 8:33 am|2391 Views|44 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has experienced some hair lossor knows of a connection between hair loss and Lamictal? As i recently increased my dosage of Lamictal to 500mg a day, and i'm finding that i'm losing...
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amyoon New - losing my hair!
Created by amyoonat7/16/08 - 2:35 pm|147 Views|19 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello,
Is anyone else experiencing drastic hair loss from either keppra or lamictal? This is stressing me out incredibly which is probably making it worse. Does anyone have suggestions? Help!
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papeto New - Clobazam
Created by papetoat6/25/09 - 11:43 pm|2 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
I have a 9 years old son who has been taking valproic acid for a couple years. Lately he suffered a new seizure attack, and the doctor recomend us to start trying urbadan (clobazam).
My son has had several learning problemd due to the medication that...
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lsims1973 New - Ambien and depakote
Created by lsims1973at6/27/05 - 8:47 pm|468 Views|6 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi everyone, I have had seizures since I was 15, i am now 31. I was seizure free for 8.5 years until recently had 2 in 2 months. The first one was from insomnia and stress. My nerulogist...
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davnic13 New - Combination of lamictal and tegretol
Created by davnic13at6/23/09 - 5:51 pm|13 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello everyone,
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tsciambra New - Keppra & Depakote 10yr. old
Created by tsciambraat6/23/09 - 9:55 am|11 Views|1 Comment Posted To: Medication Issues My son was on Keppra and it was not controlling his seizures. The doctor just added Depakote Sprinkles to his meds. He know takes 2tsp of Keppra twice a day and 3 Depakote Sprinkles twice a day. I was wondering if anyone else is taking this combination of...
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cmonkman New - Keppra
Created by cmonkmanat4/11/08 - 8:31 pm|378 Views|33 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
I am a 19 year old girl. I have only been diagnosed with epilepsy for about 7 months. I have taken various medications because my body did not react well to most. I am taking Keppra and Lamictal at the moment. I have been getting quite anxious, tense, and...
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adamss... New - Some random keppra advice that helped me
Created by adamss...at5/19/09 - 10:41 am|53 Views|7 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi! I just wanted to share a few pieces of advice that made taking Keppra (generic) much easier for me, in case it can spare anyone the hell I had to deal with until learning these things. My story briefly, is that I was doing great on 250 mg 2X but it...
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chloech New - switching from depakote to lacmital + rashes
Created by chloechat3/1/08 - 8:10 pm|73 Views|14 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi,
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Jammin... New - Too many side effecs with Keppra. What should I switch to??
Created by Jammin...at6/22/09 - 5:30 pm|25 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
My name is Jamie and I am a 23 year old female with Epilepsy since I was 10 years old. I have been seizure free for almost 3 years now, the last two years I have been taking Keppra(1250 mg/day). Prior to Keppra I was taking Tegretol but decided to switch...
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carbotrol New - How can we encourage others on the benefits of good health both p...
Created by carbotrolat12/15/07 - 6:50 am|137 Views|10 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Coming from a healthy, brave background I want to encouage epileptics to look into exercising and participating in marathons to cure their condition. We all should know that stress is the primary cause of seizures and good health treats stress. Do you agree?
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ndbob New - Overcoming Fatigue
Created by ndbobat4/11/08 - 3:54 pm|58 Views|5 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello,
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cdcg19 New - Topamax and suicide thoughts
Created by cdcg19at10/12/08 - 6:36 pm|75 Views|8 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi. I was on topamax a few months ago, i started having some sucide thoughts, and i felt that wasn't my thoguhts, but now they have switch me to lamictal and i'm gaining weight like crazy. I'm going to tell my doctor to switch me back to topamax, but have...
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amyoon New - My Hair is Falling Out
Created by amyoonat8/4/08 - 12:57 pm|155 Views|13 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi,
I am taking 1500 mg a day of Keppra and 200 mg of Lamictal. Is anyone losing their hair? It's horrible. It's so vain but still it's hard to see my thick black hair fall out in the sink and I have maybe a fifth of what I used to have. Are...
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jubatum New - confusing side effects from AEDs with common illness. I can't be ...
Created by jubatumat3/15/09 - 7:27 pm|91 Views|12 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
I went and got a routine blood test for my dilantin levels. I just started this dose 400mg a week ago and have been feeling sick since I started the med change from lamictal to dilantin... so a month, I was on dilantin previous to the lamictal...
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Tony1975 New - OFF-LABEL PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Created by Tony1975at6/21/09 - 6:36 pm|4 Views Posted To: Medication Issues Does Anynody know about off-label prescriptions drugs (i.e. drugs other than Tegretol, Topomax etc) for temporal-lobe epilepsy?
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Tina D... New - Can too much medication make seizures worse?
Created by Tina D...at5/20/09 - 4:46 pm|56 Views|6 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi I have been on Depakote for the past 5.5yrs and over the past 9mths have been suffering from horrible side effects that have never occurred before. They occur about 1-2hrs after taking my AM dose, eg: dizziness, nausea, dirrorea, increased ringing in...
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Hotwir... New - Lamictal with other Medication (Hydrocortisone)
Created by Hotwir...at6/21/09 - 11:48 am|3 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello. I have a question about the mixing of different drugs. I have had a brain tumor removed in 97 and since then have been on some hormones such as hydrocortisone (generic of cortef) and synthroid. About 8 years after the surgery, around '04 , I started...
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gypsyh... New - Hand Tremors with Epilepsy Drugs
Created by gypsyh...at6/20/09 - 7:01 pm|16 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues So I finally found a drug that works for me, but the problem is the hand tremors so my question is: is there something I can do about the hand tremors with certain
epilepsy drugs, especially since I am a vet tech, and constantly have to draw blood,
among...
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EHamma... New - Side effects of Lamictal
Created by EHamma...at8/11/05 - 5:15 pm|5028 Views|42 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I was wondering if anyone has heard of anyone on Lamictal getting Hypoglycemia or having the effects of Hypoglycemia?A couple of times since I been on this medication, I felt dizzy and was wondering if this is a side effect of the...
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Bundy New - How does Trileptal affect you?
Created by Bundyat5/27/09 - 8:27 pm|48 Views|4 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi there,
I was hoping someone could give me some feedback on what it is like to be on Trileptal. ie Does it make you a bit groggy, tired, unbalanced, have trouble concentrating etc?
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jmat06 New - Keppra XR, Trileptal, and Crazy Costs!
Created by jmat06at6/10/09 - 10:38 am|11 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hey folks. New to the forums!
I currently have partial seizures combined with generalized tonic clonic seizures; they don't occure often, but when they do, they hit HARD. (By often, I have episodes maybe once to twice a year or so.) I was on 5x300mg...
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jamie ... New - INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKING US TAKE GENERICS JUST BECAUSE THERE IS...
Created by jamie ...at6/18/09 - 8:14 pm|23 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues DOES ANYBODY KNOW A WAY TO GET AROUND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE MAKING US TAKE THE GENERIC LAMICTAL
OR ANY GENERIC MEDICINE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A GENERIC AVAILABLE. THEY SAY IT IS JUST AS GOOD BUT HOW CAN IT BE JUST
AS GOOD IF THEY ONLY REQUIRE...
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pdl1 New - Possible cure for absence seizures
Created by pdl1at6/16/05 - 5:53 pm|15622 Views|105 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am an MD. My daughter suffered from temporal lobe partial absence seizures from age two. Many medicines helped but none were fully effective.Based on an article on congenital defects in lipid metabolism, I had the flash insight that...
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stevo side effects of tegratol
Created by stevoat12/3/05 - 2:38 pm|8823 Views|13 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues second time on the site ,and newly diag with ep.Does or has any one had side effects while on tegratol any maybe while dinking? stevo...
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Kaya579 Why am I always cold?
Created by Kaya579at12/20/05 - 5:28 pm|7661 Views|29 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am on Trileptal and Topomax. And i'm always freezing. Even when i'm warm to the touch, i'm shivering inside. I know the meds thin out the blood, but this is crazy. Is the hormonal seizures and the screwed up hormones every single...
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jeanmo... Topamax and Weight Loss
Created by jeanmo...at4/1/05 - 6:46 pm|7228 Views|32 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I began taking Topamax for partial seizures in January, 2005. I have since lost 25 pounds (I am 5' 2" and am down to 102 lbs.). I just really have no appetite most of the time. I am wondering if others have lost weight like this...
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matta25 Difference between Tegratol and Carbamazepine
Created by matta25at2/7/06 - 2:23 pm|6224 Views|9 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hello All,
I have been taking Tegratol for about 15-18 years now. Do to my health insurance i have to pay full price for Tegratol or get Carbamazepine for $25.00. My question is, Is there any difference between these two medication?...
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mrtigre New - Keppra 500mg
Created by mrtigreat1/30/06 - 6:14 pm|6017 Views|53 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hello;
I would like to know if there are any online users that have used or know the drug Keppra for epilepsy. If so, have you heard of or wittinessed the side effect of hair loss? I have seen it written up somewhere in the merck...
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rc6002 Anyone have good results with Lamictal
Created by rc6002at1/24/05 - 8:30 am|5237 Views|99 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Gosh seems like a lot of folks have not had good results with Lamictal. My son is changing from Tegritol to Lamictal (a long process). He is currently at 300 mg a day Lamictal and will have a blood test this...
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dollly trileptal
Created by dolllyat2/5/05 - 9:22 am|5166 Views|41 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi, my son is taking trileptal for about 2 months. We have seen a change in his school work. He is 14 years old and in his first year of high school. Does anyone know if this medicine has been known to have this side effect ? ...
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EHamma... New - Side effects of Lamictal
Created by EHamma...at8/11/05 - 5:15 pm|5028 Views|42 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I was wondering if anyone has heard of anyone on Lamictal getting Hypoglycemia or having the effects of Hypoglycemia?A couple of times since I been on this medication, I felt dizzy and was wondering if this is a side effect of the...
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kelpetru TAKING LAMICTOL-READ ABOUT DRUG REACTION
Created by kelpetruat12/9/05 - 7:38 pm|4691 Views|13 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues THIS IS LONG, BUT IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD ARE TAKING LAMICTOL PLEASE READ!! I DO NOT WANT TO SCARE ANY TAKING LAMICTOL B/C IT CAN A WONDERFUL DRUG....BUT THIS IS REGARDING A SKIN REACTION TO LAMICTOL, POSSIBLY DUE TO DEPAKOT INTTERACTION---WOULD...
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steven... Lamictal
Created by steven...at1/9/05 - 7:48 am|4443 Views|48 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I know that there is plenty of information on the net concerning this med, but I would like to hear from some real people who have taken it, or more specifically, have children on Lamictal. Our 14 yrold son has been on it, solid,...
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elizleigh Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?
Created by elizleighat8/13/07 - 10:19 am|3468 Views|35 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi everyone,
For anyone who is or has been on lamictal, what has been your experience as far as weight changes or any other side effects with lamictal? I tend to gain weight very very easily and am looking for another med to try....
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dfriedman Sex drive and seizure medications
Created by dfriedmanat5/24/05 - 10:49 am|3252 Views|45 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hello everyone,I was wondering if ANYONE has advice on what to do about the loss of sex drive from these dammed seizure meds.I am 44, have had a hysterectomy and on Carbitrol. I have NO sex drive at all. ...
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pinkan... keppra withdrawal
Created by pinkan...at4/30/06 - 5:48 am|3242 Views|41 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi
I am in the process of withdrawing keppra and nothing to introduce. I am just curious if there is anyone on this site who has already done been through it and what sort of side effects did they have during the process?
All...
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natalya Lamictal side effects.
Created by natalyaat2/27/06 - 5:49 pm|3212 Views|28 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi,
I am really in trouble regarding the medicine. I took Depakote ER for my generalized seizures and been controled by it for about 5 years. In March 2004 I had a child who was born with Fetal Valproate Syndrome-syndrome caused...
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stonerock lamictal for complex partial seizures
Created by stonerockat5/12/05 - 11:26 am|2905 Views|38 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Dr. just suggested me to switch from trileptal to lamictal after 2 months of trial on trileptal, which seems doesn't work for me. Does anyone have well control of complex partial seizures using lamictal? Thanks....
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chubbers Is Anyone Taking Topamax
Created by chubbersat2/9/05 - 2:40 pm|2885 Views|59 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I'm 27 & I have been on on epival for 11 years. Just as I was getting comfortable with my life & getting used to epival my doctor recently made me change my medication due to my migraines. My doctor didnt want to increase my intake...
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chewy Topomax and Weight Loss
Created by chewyat2/2/05 - 6:24 pm|2631 Views|14 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am quite worried at this point. We moved to Nevada about 6 months ago. My wife has been trying to get into a neurologist for 2 1/2 to 3 months. She has been diagnosed with JME since 1996 (took 3 years to diagnose, previous doctors...
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leesa alcohol and epilepsy
Created by leesaat1/26/05 - 10:22 pm|2588 Views|25 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues ur probably thinking im really stupid for even considering this... but im a 17 yr old girl and im currently on tegretol and lamictal... im getting off the tegretol and switching over... and i used to be able to drink in the beginning...
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kamit24 side effects of tegritol
Created by kamit24at1/15/06 - 8:10 pm|2559 Views|6 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues could anyone please tell me the side effects of tegritol...
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momof1 facial ticks.
Created by momof1at8/8/04 - 7:24 am|2556 Views|4 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am currently taking Dilantin. I don't know if this is related, but now my one eye is starting to "flicker" (may not be the right word) The bottom part of my eye moves all...
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Maggie Tegretol
Created by Maggieat6/13/05 - 7:26 pm|2505 Views|39 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi, just wondering if anyone has taken Tegretol?I was put on it about 2wks.ago for my seizures,but it does not seem to be helping.Has anyone else had this problem? Thanx, maggie...
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mlisa73 Depakote--How long does it take?
Created by mlisa73at7/29/05 - 8:37 pm|2492 Views|21 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I will be starting my 8-year-old daughter on Depakote tomorrow (she was diagnosed with absence ep. Wednesday). I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about how many days it takes for this drug...
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bonny New - Lamictal and Hair Loss
Created by bonnyat2/1/05 - 8:33 am|2391 Views|44 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone has experienced some hair lossor knows of a connection between hair loss and Lamictal? As i recently increased my dosage of Lamictal to 500mg a day, and i'm finding that i'm losing...
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quirky Topamax - what's it like?
Created by quirkyat5/9/06 - 5:19 am|2268 Views|36 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi
I am taking tegretol retard and keppra at the moment.
Yesterday when I saw my doctor, he has prescribed me to go on topamax and when on the full dosage, I can then come off the keppra gradually.
I dont know much about topamax.
My...
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gypsyg GYPSYG
Created by gypsygat4/16/08 - 11:16 am|7 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
I'VE BEEN SUFFERING WITH EPILEPSY SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER. HERE I AM NOW 32 YEARS OLD NOW AND
TAKING 8 DIFFERNT MEDICINCES EVERY DAY. I'VE HAD THE BRAIN SURGERY IN 1999, THE VNS IN 2003.
NOTHING SEEMS TO WORKING. I HAVEN'T HAD TOO...
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cheyen... I take topomax Keppra Dilantin Trileptal Provigil Vns implan...
Created by cheyen...at7/26/08 - 12:38 pm|1 View Posted To: Medication Issues
i guess at 52 im getting a little tired of having seizures.But I have to thank God for my wife who has been right there when I had My seizure.Who knows maybe they will come up with something to help aall epileptics. Stay strong strong everyone
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cheyen... I take topomax Keppra Dilantin Trileptal Provigil Vns implan...
Created by cheyen...at7/26/08 - 12:38 pm|9 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
i guess at 52 im getting a little tired of having seizures.But I have to thank God for my wife who has been right there when I had My seizure.Who knows maybe they will come up with something to help aall epileptics. Stay strong everyone
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wldhrt13 "Stupamax" aka Topamax
Created by wldhrt13at1/18/07 - 7:16 am|988 Views|9 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues For those who have suffered the stupamax stupor...How long before the cognitive fog lifts?
or dare I ask, does it?...
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Steph618 "Who has had Insomnia w/ Keppra & Dilantin?"
Created by Steph618at8/31/06 - 10:56 am|588 Views|4 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi,everyone I'm new to this website but I started to take Keppra and Dilantin for my Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures. I've had Insomnia for 2 weeks and it's killing me, when I don't get enough sleep I tend to be cranky!!!! THANKS...
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cindy ... $$$$$$$ & Pharmaceuticals
Created by cindy ...at7/16/08 - 10:36 am|53 Views|7 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues FDA panel sees suicide risks with epilepsy drugs
Published Wednesday July 16th, 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STUMBLE UPON
WASHINGTON - Drugs used by millions of Americans to treat epileptic seizures can cause increased risks of suicide, a government...
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ajramey ................
Created by ajrameyat4/20/05 - 5:45 pm|362 Views Posted To: Medication Issues ........................
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kylasmom 10 year old daughter on Keppra..
Created by kylasmomat9/12/08 - 6:45 pm|27 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
My daughter just turned 10 years old this month. She was diagnosed with epilepsy last October after a small episode and placed on keppra. As, her weight increased her dosage went up as well. This school year is in the 5th week and she is doing so bad...
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Mum an... 14 year old just started Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal??) - Extreme Ex...
Created by Mum an...at2/23/09 - 2:23 pm|7 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
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ches1982 New - 16 month old and Keppra
Created by ches1982at5/15/09 - 2:20 pm|16 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues
Hello Everyone,
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tinah 16 y/o son--On Lamictal but having TC's--What's next?
Created by tinahat9/22/08 - 1:16 pm|8 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi---new to the forum.
At 13-15 years old Nick had absence seizures (undiagnosed as doc's wouldn't listen to me). Very mild---and only every 3-5 mos.
Formally diagnosed at 16. Started on Lamictal (now taking 350 mg 2x/day). Side-effect...
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shirln... 2 YEAR OLD SON I NEED HELP
Created by shirln...at7/12/05 - 2:09 pm|748 Views|7 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues HELLO I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD SON THATS HAS DX (INFANTILE SPASMS ) MONOCLOYIC SEIZURES AND I NEED SOME INFORMATION ON MEDS AND VNS. MY SON BJ HAS HAD SEIZURES FOR 8 MONTHS AND HE IS ON KEPPRA, KLONIAPEN, AND ZONOGRAN. HE WAS ON...
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suppor... 2400mg daily TRILEPTAL now adding 500mg KEPPRA...anyone on these ...
Created by suppor...at7/27/07 - 5:47 pm|376 Views|8 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hubby is starting KEPPRA tonight with the TRILEPTAL. He is on the highest dose of TRILEPTAL 2400mg/daily and WAS doing well with his seizures for 4 months until Tuesday night when he had a Partial Seizure and then two more times on...
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verleen 3 Months and MEdication stop working - can anyone relate
Created by verleenat5/11/09 - 10:33 pm|9 Views Posted To: Medication Issues
Hi I have a 6 Year old son who has uncontroleable seizures from 3 months old and has never been diagnosed propley. Anything be new medication or the Ketogenic Diet works for three months and then just stops working did anyone expierence this? He is also...
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keithric 3 Year Old - Advice for "Add-On-Therapy" with Zonisamide
Created by keithricat6/20/08 - 6:18 pm|11 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues |
shiana... 3 year old on Keppra/Her mood is changing..............
Created by shiana...at1/26/05 - 7:35 am|523 Views|12 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues My daughter was just put on Keppra a couple of weeks ago. The Neurologist started her out on the liquid form, gradually increasing her dosages. We and her day care center, have noticed just recently that she has been very clingy,...
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EKlair... 3 year old weaning off of Lamictal ...HELP
Created by EKlair...at8/17/06 - 9:42 am|655 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am new and my daughter 3 years old has been on Lamictal 175mg a day and Keppra 3ml a day for a little over a year now. They cut back on the Keppra for a little bit because she was losing weight and losing milestones well, just recently...
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foakes... 3 yr old with frontal lobe epilepsy not responding to tegretol
Created by foakes...at1/25/07 - 1:59 pm|500 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Our 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter Anna was diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy in November. She started having seizures when she was a baby (we now think), although we did not realize it at the time, as they always occurred at night-time,...
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angelran 30lbs lost since changing meds
Created by angelranat6/3/06 - 6:11 pm|490 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I have recently mad a switch from Tegritol to Lamictal. I had been on Tegritol for over 14 years and it was becoming less and less effective. Anyway...since being on Tegritol I had gained steadily at tleast 10lb a year. NOW...I have...
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savana... 4 year old daughter with Lennex Gastrou
Created by savana...at10/10/06 - 7:58 am|515 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hi,
I am new to this group and looking for some support and answers for my little angel. She is 4 and has all seizure types :( ( since 18 months) We have been on all meds allowed and nothing has helped. Currently, we are trying...
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girlygrl 41 Taking Lacmicatal after first seizures after two years
Created by girlygrlat8/30/05 - 8:22 pm|478 Views|3 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues I am 41 years old, had seizures all my life since 16 year old,the started taking lamictal for bipolar disorder actual froma psychiatrist, at least that is what they told me I had, thenlater I was told it was an Epiletic mood disorder...
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aodonald 4yo w/ absence seizures and HORRIBLE behavior
Created by aodonaldat5/9/08 - 1:29 pm|31 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues hello my name is Amy. I have a 4 year old son who was diagnosed with absence seizures about 3 years or so ago but i never put him on medication till about 1 year ago i just sort of hoped he would out grow his seizures and when he didn't get better or worse...
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Natarsha 5 year old step sister on Topamax, Epilim and Lamictal
Created by Natarshaat3/22/07 - 10:48 pm|404 Views|1 Comment Posted To: Medication Issues I am unsure of the dosages, sorry.
She is going off Lamictal soon.
My Step Sister is having trouble concentrating at school, she is unable to learn, she is as of today suspended from school (Reception) until next Tuesday because...
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knot1uno 6 years of being seizure free after baby and now brand new to Topamax
Created by knot1unoat2/9/07 - 12:45 am|862 Views|6 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues Hello, I am new to this site and was wanting to ask someone about Topamax. I am 35 years old and was diagnosed with complex partial seizures back in 1993 due to a car accident which involved hitting my head (temporal lobe) in just...
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AprilR 7 months old starting on Phenobarbital
Created by AprilRat2/3/06 - 5:25 pm|433 Views|2 Comments Posted To: Medication Issues My daughter is 7 months old and we are starting her on Phenobarbital and I am scared. I dont want her sudated , I am afraid it will cause learning problums. She had her first seizure at 4 months but I know for a fact she was having...
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