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Topic: Medication Issues

(Zonisimide) Really need some advice.

05/2019 | 2 Comments

Hello, for the past 5 months i have been taking zonisamide 100mg once a day, and it has kept me seizure free for 4 months. However this last month i...
LGS and daughter resisting Epidiolex

05/2019 | 1 Comments

My daughter currently takes Depakene, Banzel and Felbatol for her seizures. We have been reducing the Felbatol as it is the one med that makes her...
Anxiety and Epilepsy -- medication

05/2019 | 2 Comments

My 19 year old daughter had her first seizures last weekend -- two tonic-clonic seizures back to back. She had an EEG Monday, and seized during the...
One seizure / Going off LamotrigineXR

05/2019 | 3 Comments

My son had one seizure when he was 18, out of the blue, with no known cause. The neurologist suggested he start on Keppra, and he became very...
Keppra and suicide threats

05/2019 | 4 Comments

I am looking for some help. My husband has been on keppra twice now. The first time was back in November for a month because of a seizure. He had a...
Keppra, Topamax, and Voice Loss

05/2019 | 1 Comments

Hello, everyone. About 9 months ago I began to loss my voice. I've been taking the generic of Keppra for years (about 5 or 6) and generic of Topamax...
Zonegran

05/2019 | 8 Comments

Guys we are so scared for our 10 year old. He is on trileptal (since age 5) zonegran since age 7. Lately since his last med increase zonegran to 125...
Side effects of medication

05/2019 | 6 Comments

I take lamictal 400 mg, and keppra 1500 mg twice daily for my seizures and 1200 mg of Gabapentin for trigeminal neuralgia. My neurologist added 400 mg...
Is it the tablets or am I pregnant

05/2019 | 1 Comments

I started taking topermate 1 week ago on a dose of 1 25mg tablet once a day and now my periid is 3 days late could it be the tablets causing it or can...
Traveling abroad with leviteracetam

05/2019 | 3 Comments

Hi there! I am headed to Norway this weekend for two weeks and will obviously be bringing my prescription with me. I know I should carry my...
Daily struggles and side effects

05/2019 | 12 Comments

I’ve always had a hard time with depression and it was always controllable or I could live a normal life and put it aside when needed. I got diagnosed...
phenobarbitals in seizure control

05/2019 | 1 Comments

I have been using phenobarbital 81 mg bid and Tegretol 500 mg bid for over 40 years. Anyone else still using this combo ? Up until recently, the side...
Insurance requires medication change

04/2019 | 1 Comments

Just received notice that my insurance will no longer provide Keppra by Solco. I have tried two other medications by other manufacturers and have had...
Seizuring while coming off Keppra

04/2019 | 6 Comments

My partner was diagnosed with epilepsy 8 months ago after taking his first ever seizure while asleep at the age of 27. He was put on Keppra 750mg...

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