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Taking vitamins with seizure meds. what're the risks?
Wed, 01/16/2013 - 20:05Hi
I would like to start off saying that I've had my seizures for 37yrs now. I'm taking lamictal 150mg 2x a day, ritalin 5mg once a day, vimpat 150mg 2x a day, zonagram 100mg once a day, and serquel 250mg at night only. I was taking some vitamins for health issues at one point in time, and I noticed when I started taking the vitamins that I started feeling more edgy, anciouse, and I'm not sure if a little more deppressed. I mean after all I'm taking meds for anxiety, and depression. I started noticing that my thoughts started wandering where they shouldn't, but I never thought it could be the vitamins mixed with the meds. I'm still not sure if it's, so at that time I stopped the vitamins and I started feeling a little bit better. Now I started taking the vitamins again because I heard that they're supposed to help with some of the medication side effects. When I did these symtops seemed to have started again, is it my imagination? Or is it really a bad combination to put together that's the cause? I'm only asking on this site because all my docs have told me it's ok to take vitamins with medication, but unless you have actually experienced it yourself instead of reading it from a book then first hand experience is the best way to know. I hope to get some feedback on this thank you!
Hi, Im on lamotrigine 100mg
Submitted by RedRobin on Mon, 2020-05-25 - 10:17
Hi, Im on lamotrigine 100mg twice a day. I've been told the same thing by experts, that taking vitamins should be fine. I've have so many problems from interactions with epilepsy drugs, vitamins and herbal remedies. camomile made me have several absences in a short space of time when i hadn't had a fit for years, I've had two full on tonic clonic's from accidentally taking too much vitamin d and i was told to take it because my vitamin d was low, i took some CBD oil for anxiety, had a panic attack and a small seizure and finally i've had horrible mood swings and crazy anxiety from taking a multivitamin. You're right, its really hard communicate these experiences (especially to 'professionals' who behave like they know better). i have come away from these experiences feeling that you should always trust yourself and not to let anyone make you feel like they know better. epilepsy is such and odd and personal thing to have that there is just no way that anyone will ever know more than you. If you feel like you may be deficient in something go your doctor and ask for a full blood screening. they will be able to advise about what you might need, then try them separately, not all together. more often than not we do not need everything in a multivitamin anyway. i hope this helps, it's horrible to feel like you're going mad. It's a space i know well. you're not though, either of you. Thank you xx