Are Seizures meds making me feel psycho?please tell me I’m not alone

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!.  I'm writing this from a hotel about 2 miles from my home because even while transitioning from Keppra to Tegretol, I am a miserable, heartless son of a bitch and I can't keep inflicting my constant state of anger and periodic rage on my family. I'm a 5.0. yo male with initial onset and diagnosis similar to yours less than a year ago. Alwaays been somewhat argumentative and short tempered but this is ridiculous. Have slowly severed ties or lost nearly all my friends. My mood has been getting progressively worse. After a particularly evil spell lasting several days or weeks and driving my wife to tears and hysterics, I finally woke up and realized that I need to separate myself from the people I love to stop emotionally abusing them while I ween Keppra and get it out of my system. Hopefully they'll forgive me by then.  Don't let it get this far. Speak to your Dr. about referral to a therapist. Knowing the reason/cause behind why you're acting this way isn't enough.  Intellect will not overcome emotion in the heat of the moment.

I've tried a total of fifteen different medications in my 51 years.  Many of these have left me more irritable.  The worst was Neurontin.  On it I had to isolate myself in my room since I often was so angry and aggressive I could kill my parents.  My doctor told me this was odd since Neurontin often leaves patients tired and relaxed.  I got off of it and was much more relaxed.The point to remember is that everybody reacts differently to medications.  Keep a written track of every medication you try as well as the effects they have on seizures.  I use a spreadsheet on my computer for this.  Ask your doctor about other medications.  And if your like me it seems any drug that brings control increases my anger/ aggression.  By keeping a good record of seizures and medications you are preparing yourself to be a candidate for alternative treatments.  

Thank you for sharing Michael, it can feel embarrassing to talk about how I was behaving. I was grateful that during the worst of it my kids were in school because I felt so aggravated and aggressive. I can’t have them exposed to that. So are you saying you now have found relief after 15 trials?