Looking for Support Group for 15 year old in Raleigh Area

push to get off the meds, at least try a lower dose!  our child started talking about wanting to die maybe a month after starting keppra. it wasn’t stark, just an underlying negativity and periodically expressing a quiet wish to die. then a nurse who has known her years heard her talk that way and pushed to get her off keppra. we reduced the dosage slightly faster than normal and about a day after stopping keppra, mood was so much better. suicidal ideation is a black box type warning for many drugs. few people have that reaction but it is a serious reaction to not ignore.

it occurs to me that I might not have been clear. push to get off the med causing the mood change. keto works for some people but is a different discussion. unless this is the only drug in very many that has worked, it is likely another drug can work without the mood issues.

I don't know when your son started having epilepsy but if it was at a young age, then I'm not surprised at building a wall and lack of joy. It's hard to make friends  when you are growing up with seizures especially at an age when no one at school understands what a seizure is.( or even the idea of being unconcious) You finally make one, it doesn't last long so I've even built my life around the idea of:what's the point of even trying? It's not that I CAN'T make friends, it's that I've DENIED them all and a classic college situation goes like this: " Hey, ___ and I are getting together tonight at _____'s house. Want to come?" "No. I can't. The bus doesn't run past 7pm." "That's okay.____ can pick you up." "No. That would make me feel bad." "Okay".                                                                            I don't consider myself suicidal or depressed but most days I am unhappy and maybe that is due to a lack of friends, a loss of hope and the sense that I have no control of my life. I'm 24 and have just graduated college so I realize I'm older than your son but I can still relate. Maybe my medication has some effect but, in all reality, I don't know what my life would be like without it. I've been taking pills since the age of 4 and the few times I've been without it(video EEGS), the people around me have called me loopy so maybe I would be more energetic and silly if I wasn't taking 13 pills every day.                                                                                                                                             I realize that was a lot of info but....depending on what's happened, this may not be his meds. Epilepsy has caused social anxiety since the age of 6, and my siblings still think it's pretty bad.