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Dilantin & Depakote
Tue, 05/18/2004 - 16:35Topic: Medication Issues
Sorry, I haven't heard of Felbatol. I am now taking Dilantin (400 mg one night, 500 mg the next night) and 1000 mg of Depakote ER each night. They tried Keppra, but they switched me to Depakote ER. How was the Dilantin and Depakote working for you? Why did they switch you to Trileptal/Keppra combo? Why are they now considering Felbatol?My hands are shaking on occasion, but my neurologist says that tremors are "common" with Depakote. (It's still a little worrisome to me.) Did you experience tremors?
RE: Felbatol
Submitted by pdonahue on Wed, 2005-05-04 - 10:36
I have been taking Falbatol for years now only for the fact nothing else worked for me, not even Keppra. Keppra made me very sick and did not control my seizures whatsoever. But felbatol made me loose alot of weight. To the point that I am now like a skeleton with skin. It is kind of strange in one sense, Depakote made me extremetly heavy and Felbatol made me extremely thin. I don't get tremors or anything. The only thing that happened in the beginning was my tongue went numb but that went away as I got used to the medication maybe after a week or so.