Anyone have any problems with tremors and shaking from lamictal?

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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...

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...

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! ...

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?

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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! ...

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....

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...

         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...

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...

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...

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!

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...

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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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...

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...

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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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...

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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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...

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...

  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...

Does Anynody know about off-label prescriptions drugs (i.e. drugs other than Tegretol, Topomax etc) for temporal-lobe epilepsy?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...