Hello friends my name is Tim,                  11/20/2009  My wife(Stephanie) has an epileptic disorder and she takes 1(250mg) tablet of depakote twice a day, as well as 800micos of folic acid. We were in the process of switching...

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Hey everyone!  I'm a first timer to this site and this experience.  I am 31 and 14 weeks pregnant with my second child.  Ten years ago, when I had my first child, I had never had a seizure a day in my life.  All the sudden on a hot summer day almost 4...

I was just wondering if anyone was on brith control as well as Lamictal. My neurologist said that there is no interaction, but I came across 2 studies on the interaction that stated that it decreased Lamictal concentration by almost...

I'm a 26 year old woman who started having seizures about a year and a half ago.  My issue is telling people, coworkers and men who I may start a relationship with. It's an odd topic to discuss because I feel it's like I"m telling people I"m sick...

Hi  I took a decision to stop taking AEDs before getting pregnant. I discussed this with my neurologist and my Obygen - and they were both supportive of my decision due to the fact that a) i have complex partial seizures, but i just black out....

im 17-yeas-old. my memory had become the biggest problem in the world. I cannot function in school, and it has gotten extremely harder for me within the past couple years. not even in school, but in ordinary day events. my friends make fun of me, and nobody...

Wow, it's been AGES since I've had to post on this site!  Hope everyone is doing well!

I was wondering if anyone else has had a baby while on Lamictal and Topamax. I have read a lot of posters have had healthy babies while on Lamictal. However, I am on both of these medications. My doctors wanted me to continue to take them because my seizures...

I am 35 years old and I have petite seizures right before and during my period. This started in high school but recently it seems like it is becoming worse and more often. I've read about people taking birth control pills or taking other meds 14 days out...

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I have been on Keppra and then Keppra XR for a little over a year.  Seizures started to get progressively worse post-pregnancy so I am switching to Zonegran.  I also take Klonopin which seemed to be helpful in working with the Keppra to manage my seizures. ...

I was diagnosed in November 2007 with epilespy after dealing with, what I thought were anxiety attackes for 10 years.  April 2009 I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I had a bi-lateral mastectomy.  While on a/c chemo my seizures seemed to have stopped...

has anyone had a baby and feel lik their condition is getting worse. Feeling sick all the time?

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Hi everyone, this is my first post-- I'd really appreciate whatever feedback you can give me. I had an EEG the other day in hopes of getting off AEDs all together, but no dice, still spikes and my neurologist still said I should stay on.

Hi everyone, My name is Emma & I'm new to this forum (so glad I found it). Anyway I had a baby girl last October - after being seizure free since 1997, however in about April I began waking up having bitten my tongue really badly,...

I have been on tegratol for almost 1 year now and have put on about 15 pds, mostly in my mid-section. Very upsetting as i cannot seem to do anything to get it off. Has anyone had any success losing weight while on tegratol- how did...

I am new posting to the boards.  Was wondering if anyone has done hormone testing for their epilespy?

Hi all, I am almost 28wks pregnant and have been told I need to book a c-section for my baby due to my seizures becoming unstable during the pregnancy. I have tonic clonics in custers and have been in status several times. Anyone else been through...

Hello, my name is Jaime.  I am 29 years old and was diagnosed as epileptic at the age of 15.  I am currently on Lamictal, which has controlled my seizures for most of the past 9 years. 

  I am looking for anyone who has any experience with psychosis folloing cluster seizures. My wife, 67 just went thru that and she almost died. She is okay now I think but I want to find out how to prevent it from happenig again. Thank...

 

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Hello everyone Just wanted to introduce myself first. I'm Yelena and I just joined in this community. i was diagnosed with Mioclonic epilepsy at age 10. I'd say that its well controlled for the past 6 yrs, thanks to depakote ER. I'm taking 750 mg a...

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  I would like to know if anyone else has had trouble lossing weight on Keppra. I have been on it for four years now and I have gained 10 kgs. I have tried everything to lose weight. I now eat a healthy diet, and walk daily min 40 minnutes. Does...

I had epilepsy as a child - the absence seizures. They began probably around age 5 and the doctors said I was having between 20 and 40 per day. I started on medication which was stopped when I was 9 and they said that I was no longer having seizures. However,...

Hello everyone I am 28 years old, female, with JME. My doctor has switched me from Depakote to Lamictal and now Keppra. I take Keppra 1000mg a day. Is there anyone, who is on Keppra, who is pregnant or who has had a baby. There is...

16th June: Now I'm getting terrible headaches. SHort shooting pain that totally stops all thought and all actions...it happened 4 times over 3 weeks.

  Four years ago I was diagnosed with epilepsy. Last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am a cancer survivor  and I'm looking for other breast cancer patients and/or survivors to share their experiences with anti seizure and chemo/followup...

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Hi  I am 33 yrs old and as a child i took 1500mgs of Tegretol a day between the age of 9-14 yrs old now im having problems conceving and am looking into fertility treatments.   I know there are many men out there having the same problem...

In another thread I explained how I was supposed to have gotten over my epilepsy when I was a teenager. Looking back on my life and recent events make me believe that's not so.

In October of 2005, at age 25, I had my first seizures. My MO is to have a grand mal, pass out, wake up and have another. This happened in October and then again in November. They seemed to align with my menstrual cycles, so there was a hormonal component....

Hello-- This is my first post on here after months of lurking. ;) What a great place to share experiences and information.

Has anyone breastfed their infant while on anticonvulsants and what has been your experience?  I am contemplating breastfeeding my child to be born the end of November and I am currently taking Zonegran and Keppra.  My neuro says the benefits definitely...

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Im chelsea and im only 15 but im really worried about when i get older and want to have kids. I am on Trileptal right now and have been for a little over a year. I was wondering if anyone whose on trileptal has had a kid or if anyone knows if the medication...

Hello, I recently learned that I'm pregnant and was wondering about the effects of Lamictal on my baby --- specifically, I'm curious if lowering my dosage will decrease the chances of birth defects? Or does having the meds in my system pose a threat...

OK So... technically I have not been diagnosed just yet. But I was wondering if any of you could help me. This has been ongoing for a year and started off with I wanna say ADHD like symptoms, and has honestly seriously progressed to this point, and I would...