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What to try after Keppra and Lamotrigine? CBD Oil?
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 18:25My son had one seizure at 17 years old. He has not been diagnosed with epilepsy, but he did have an abnormal EEG that showed "slowing" so he was put on meds. After a few months on Keppra he became very depressed and moody. We changed to Lamotrigine, and although he has been seizure free for 2+ years now, he is increasingly depressed, irritable, has mood swings, and his grades in school are going down. He was always an excellent student and happy person, and now school and life in general are a struggle for him. He doesn't even enjoy being with friends like he used to. We tried adding an antidepressant , but he didn't like it so he stopped after a few weeks. His doctor said he could try going off Lamotrigine b/c he has been seizure free 2+ years, but we are nervous about more seizures starting at college, and also the side effects (depression, etc..) of stopping lamotrigine. What meds have others tried, other than Keppra and Lamotrigine, to control seizures and help with depressive symptoms? Has anyone gone off medication and onto CBD oil with success? Do any neurologists prescribe CBD? Our neurologist will not prescribe CBD Oil but has patients who take it. Could CBD help with lamotrigine withdrawl? Thank you everyone for listening, any advice is appreciated.
there are about 60+ meds that
Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2017-10-24 - 17:03
there are about 60+ meds that are created to control seizures.Now you need to relax and do some research before thinking of or wanting medications. If the neurologist wants to take your son off meds because he has gone 2 years without a seizure then you should understand that he would wean your son off meds. By weaning his off slowly then he would know what dosage he needs to be at IF YOUR SON HAD A SEIZURE. There have been many people that had epilepsy and seizures that after 2 years they were taken off all meds. There have been others (my cousin was one) that was weaned off and had one. When that happened the neurologist raised the dosage to the last dosage the person had been on that kept her from having seizures. My cousin stopped having seizures but her dosage was very low. she drove and didn't have seizures but took her meds. I know of others that never take seizure medications. CBD oil has been used for many different things. His neurologist can give you more information on it then I can. Understand too that It is still illegal in some states.