Keppra for migraine headaches
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Is any one out there being treated with Keppra for migraine? After a mild stroke in May2014 which affected only my balance, the stroke triggered migraine later in the year, according to my neurologist. I have been taking Keppra to counteract daily attacks which caused limb weakness, extreme lack of balance and very unpleasant sensations of movement in my head, but with no real headache. This has been happening most nights since October and has been very wearing.
I am, and have been on Keppra for almost 5 years. Started at age 23 and I am now 28. At the beginning they made me very sluggish, but after about 2 months I felt wonderful (since it was the first time in my life I wasn't having seizures!!)
I have noticed the following: quick to get angry, short tempered, excessive crying, like to focus on negative conversations rather than the positive, I complain a lot, and I take it out on the ones I love most.
dizziness, nausea, headaches and drowsiness. i never got over the headaches and drowsiness but the others went away when my body got used to it.
I then weaned off the Depakote and went on to 1500 mg of Keppra and 100 Mg of Seraquel and went off of the Trazadone as Dr. Aurora said Trazadone causes headaches. She also said try EMDR therapy. We did 2 Keppra infusions and it brought my headache twice down from a 10 to a 6. Then I still went back up to a 10 and I was told to go to the ER by the Swedish clinic. I went to the Swedish ER. They gave me a Keppra infusion, Benadryl, and Toradol.
Hi, Well I got my migraine variant when I was 23 and it took them 8 years to diagnose me because I would not get a migraine headache or aura but would get throwing up and abdominal pain when I went to bed. I finally found a doctor that said I had a migriane variant and he did an EEG which was abnormal for a migraine/seizure pattern. They can't differentiate it because it was just high signal. I was put on Clonozepam and I am now 50 and haven't had one of these types of migraines since.
Hello everyone. January 2 the left side of my body went numb and felt very cold. Face and all. I couldn't walk, slurred speech. Went to EL and they quickly chalked it up to a painless migraine. Which I have never had a migraine before and I don't get headaches unless I'm sick. They gave me a shot of halidol and benadryl and sent me on my way. Went to regular Dr who did a full blood work because I was still having numbness but it was spreading to the right side.
Starting around two years ago, I noticed that alcohol doesn't get me drunk, or even tipsy -- it just gives me body aches, headaches and fatigue. There's no lowered inhibitions or warm, fuzzy sense of well-being or any of the other things people want from drinking. No matter how small or large the amount.
Hi,
Just to alay your worries I get migranies, and searing headaches everyday. Just like you, I've got JME, I reckon it's def connected with the epilepsy just going to check with my doc to make sure though, as i forgot to ask my neuro when i saw her last. I think it's my age (34) and the hormone's that are making my head worse as the headaches, migranes & epilepsy have been so much worse for me over the last 5 years.
I have tonic-clonic seizures, and absence seizures generally. I have headaches that cause blurry vision. I see these color blobs that move in my vision that shouldn’t be there, they don’t show any connection to stimuli so I don’t have synesthesia. I’m on levetiracetam aka keppra and clobazam aka onfi.
Are there any preventive medications out there for migraines/headaches that a person with low blood pressure who is on a SSRI can take?
I cannot take the commonly prescribed preventive medications (antihypertensives, ace inhibitors, Angiotensin II Inhibitors, beta blockers, tricyclic/MAOI antidepressants, etc.) because of my hypotension and SSRI usage.
Any suggestions?
Once you have the grand mal seizure, you want to do everything possible NOT to experience that feeling again. I was very weak feeling on Keppra for 4-5 months, then it got a lot better. I do experience slight headaches, but nothing like i was before I was on it. And I have problems walking through aisle's at stores (I get kinda dizzy too). But again, Ill take that over having seizures.
The only times the seizures would happen was when I woke up suddenly, in the morning. The medication I was given is levitiractam (keppra) 500mg twice a day, which i have been taking for about two years, My questions are:
how does keppra help against seizures?
What does it mean to suddenly be diagnosed with seizures?(even though the MRI and EGG and other tests show normal)
Sometimes when i am walking to school i feel dizzy even though i take my medication. Why is that?
The h/a description fits migraine fairly well, although men can be more likely than women to get severe headaches called cluster headaches. Studies have shown, I heard on tv that people with cluster headaches have a different shaped hypothalamus gland.
Have they taken an MRI of the pituitary? This scan is different than the brain MRI, which is more general.
I am having a lot of anxiety for my upcoming appointments to get off of this medicine that has COMPLETELY taken over my life- I just kind of want to talk or get some input as to what to expect. My biggest fear is that the addiction specialist / internist is not knowledgeable with this class of drug (barbituates) - but she must, right?!!!!!! Just myself being pessimistic. I know I'm doing the right thing! My health is highly being jeopardized as well as having a LIFE!
I have no health insurance. I was finally got a really basic coverage, but it doesn't cover keppra. i've been taking keppra for a 2 months. I was switched to phenobarbitol for when I run out. since keppra is not on the charity's formulary.
I hope to God that I cant find some source of keppra before I run out. The phenobarb is scary.
So I'm excited about the links here:
http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/index.php
http://www.needymeds.
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