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Avatar f tn My son is 25 and has seizure disorder. This past Thanksgiving, he had a total of 5 seizures over 24 hours necessitating a hospital visit and stay. They put him on a third seizure medication (Lamotrigine). I spoke with a neurologist at USF who didn't like that a 3rd medication was added before his previous two were maxed out--he was already on Keppra (max dosage) and Depakote (sprinkles--very low dose), so she titrated him up on the Depakote so we could get rid of the Lamotrigine.
7486852 tn?1410352184 I am sorry but I can not give you any insight into keppra or depakote, both of them did not work for me. I believe that I maxed out on keppra. Dilantin worked for about 8 or 9 years before it started to not control mine anymore. I am afraid the only way to see if depakote or any other drug is is just give it a shot. There is no other way to know if it will work for you or not.
Avatar n tn A day. He also gave me the choice of adding depakote we but said the increase in the keppra would take about 2 wks. To reach max . It hasn't been 2 wks yet and I don't know whether to go ahead and start him on the depakote or just wait to see if he has another seizure. The nurse said if she were me she would go ahead and start the depakote but it is my decision as to what to do. The problem is I don't know what to do. I thought he was good to go after 15 no. But then 2 in a wks.
Avatar n tn Hi everyone. I have been on Depakote since I was 2 y.o., I am currently 39 y.o. In mid-may I switched to Keppra & was off depakote totally by mid-June. End of June is when things started acting weird. Hormones going bonkers. I thought at 1st, maybe prego?..but all tests have been neg. So then i did some reading on if/how Keppra can have effect on hormones. Has any woman out there experienced a wet clear discharge in underwear everyday while on Keppra? Nothing else weird about it..
Avatar f tn My son is 25 and has seizure disorder. This past Thanksgiving, he had a total of 5 seizures over 24 hours necessitating a hospital visit and stay. They put him on a third seizure medication (Lamotrigine). I spoke with a neurologist at USF who didn't like that a 3rd medication was added before his previous two were maxed out--he was already on Keppra (max dosage) and Depakote (sprinkles--very low dose), so she titrated him up on the Depakote so we could get rid of the Lamotrigine.
Avatar f tn I appreciate it. I have been on depakote, topamax, lamotrigine, zonegran, gabepentin, lamictal, and keppra. Most of them make me so dopey and forgetful that working is definately a challenge. But...no work...no insurance...no medical care. What a nasty circle. I am allergic to the zonegran, blisters in my mouth etc. The others caused severe leg pain, eye pain, anorexia, hairloss, and I suppose i could go on. But you get the picture.
Avatar m tn IF YOU HAVE 2 PILLS, AND NEITHER WERE GIVEN A PREFERENCE BY YOUR DOCTOR(KEPPRA+DEPAKOTE) SO MUCH TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY HAD THE SAME DOSAGE, AND YOU WANTED TO GET OFF OF THE 1,000MG DEPAKOTE BECAUSE IT'S THE OLDER ONE THAT MAKES YOUR GUMS RED, AND I JUST WANTED A PLAN TO GET OFF THIS DRUG, THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE?
Avatar f tn Im a FTM and i suffer from seizures. I take Depakote before i got pregnant and was taking prenatals just in case. Then when me and my husband found out i was pregnant, i was switched to Lamotrigine which is the safest for pregnant women with seizures. I know its really hard for us women with seizures now that we are carrying a life inside, we need to be extra careful. I understand you...
Avatar n tn 4 of his seizures occurred in the morning and 2 in the afternoon - 1 while relaxing and one while playing basketball. He has been seizure-free for 3 yrs. on Depakote ER. The Dr. wants to try weaning him this summer, before he starts driving. My son and the rest of the family are extremely apprehensive about this. Dr. says if he has one seizure, he goes back on the med. for life. Only possible side-effect he has is fatigue, but not sure this is due to med.
Avatar f tn I am pregnant with my second child. I'm 37 +2 and I have epilepsy. My 1st pregnancy was 11 yrs ago. I was actually on Depakote and high risk but I have a very health normal very active 10 yr old boy! I'm taking Keppra now and they still consider me high risk but the risk is much lower with Keppra then it was with Depakote. They have done several ultrasounds and baby is great!! They have me taking 1000mg of Folic acid in top of my prenatal vitamins.
Avatar f tn My five year old grandson had his first seizure on 3/21 and surgery to remove a benign left frontal astrocytoma on 5/11. Before the surgery he started on Keppra to control the seizures which did not work. Then Trileptal was added but still did not work so Depakote added finally mostly kept the seizures to a few minor ones a day. After the totally successful surgery to remove the tumor he was kept on the Depakote as a precaution for an undetermined length of time.
452529 tn?1361847855 I am taking 3 types anti-convulsion medication (teg, dil, depakote) I also take dalmane for insomnia and klonipin for what I called the "jerks". Turns out the jerks was dx'd as juvenile myoclonic seizures. The neurologist is trying to convert all my medications into one, depakote. It took the state hospital 2 years until I was on the right medications and the correct dosage. I slept alot, as far as friends...well they just faded away.
559697 tn?1243286385 My son was on Keppra, (750mg 2X day) his doctor changed him to KeppraXR same dosag because he was having more seizures. Since he has been on Keppra XR, still seizures and constant jerking movements in hands and very unsteady when standing. Not getting enough sleep @ night. Took him to ER last night, increase dosage to 2000mg per day. His hands jerk from about 11am to about 7pm or 8pm, then he has a seizure. Sleeps about a hour & half. Have anyone had these problems taking Keppra XR?
Avatar m tn A good Neuro would be able to tell you more specifically about your mother's condition. As my DD is in Keppra, and has previously been on other seizure meds, the Keppra, by far has had the least amount of side-effects. You could ask if some of her mood changes, memory loss, etc. are from the stroke vs. the Keppra. Please do not wean her off the medication without a Dr's directive... that could cause withdrawal seizures. My thoughts are with you that your mother gets well soon.
Avatar f tn Hello everyone, I am 20 and was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 18 and was put on Depakote then taken off due to weight gain and put on Topamax, which is what I'm currently taking. Just recently I had a new diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and was put on Folic Acid and Keppra. So now I'm taking three medications.
Avatar n tn She was put on Depakote only for maintenance with the diet ( after being weaned from 5 different drugs) depakote held her steady for many years. I don't tell you any of this to scare you...I know how lost and hopeless you feel right now. I want to offer my support as I know what it meant to me. Ive connected with many parents that live my life. ..
471949 tn?1236904026 My 15 yr old son had a closed head injury and developed epilepsy. We have been thru several meds; tegretol, depakote,carbitrol, and topamax, and finally keppra. He too has nocturnal seizures arising from his frontal lobe. These meds come with terrible side effects, good luck finding the right one for your son. I know that on topamax my son had issues with memory and concentration, he couldn't even spell "if" when he was 12 ! I knew that something was wrong!
Avatar f tn My friend has an autistic 16 years old boy who has epilepsy ,Generalized Tonic-Clonic , he was using Depakene chrono for a long time + lemictal, he was ok with it till september 2007, the blood tests showed that the Depakene chrono was increasing in his blood, so the doctor suggested to stop it and replace it by Keppra, then , he was having seizures one after the other .. so they added the depakene to his daily taken medications ,, he was ok for almost 4 weeks ..
Avatar f tn So Im epileptic and when I found out and told my nuerologist they completely took me off my medicines (keppra and depakote).
Avatar f tn SHE USE TO HAVE BAD MIGRAINES WHEN SHE TOOK DEPAKOTE AND NOW SINCE TAKING KEPPRA XR, SHE HAS NO MIGRAINES...ALSO, SHE HAD GAINED ALOT OF WEIGHT ON DEPAKOTE XR, KIDS MADE FUN OF HER THAT SHE WAS FAT...NOW, ON KEPPRA XR, SHE ONLY EATS HALF OF WHAT SHE DID ON DEPAKOTE AND IS A SLENDER 5'11 TEENAGE GIRL.
Avatar n tn 4 of his seizures occurred in the morning and 2 in the afternoon - 1 while relaxing and one while playing basketball. He has been seizure-free for 3 yrs. on Depakote ER. The Dr. wants to try weaning him this summer, before he starts driving. My son and the rest of the family are extremely apprehensive about this. Dr. says if he has one seizure, he goes back on the med. for life. Only possible side-effect he has is fatigue, but not sure this is due to med.
Avatar f tn 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.
1156914 tn?1300571629 clobazam, clonazopam and keppra didnt work. suffered from valproate toxicity when i was taking depakote 700mg morning and evening. im now on depakote and lamictal which is working to a certain extent. had blood tests, MRI, EEG, EMG and a lumbar puncture and all of it came back normal. my neurologist mentioned some possibilities which include lupus, lafora disease and corticobasal degeneration.
959034 tn?1253671476 A little more helpful but not controlling. When I was about 28, a doctor put me on Depakene (Depakote). It suppressed my seizures well. I always felt worse during my periods or when i was stressed or lack of sleep. Though on this medicine I could go a year or two without a seizure. My longest span was 7 years and might have been longer except my father passed away. I had surgery last year and it put me straight into menopause and I was having pass out seizures instead of Grand mal.
Avatar f tn d and replaced w/Keppra. He cannot take Depakote or Tegratol. Both of those cause him to have continuous seizures. He almost died trying to switch to them and was hospitalized for over 6 weeks. He is now in a nursing facility and in the past 5 months or so has become extremely agitated, at times. He has always been very quiet and cooperative. He tells me he feels "nervous" and that he begins banging his hands on the bed/wall and his wheel chair into doors or walls...
Avatar f tn said they were complex partial seizures and she went on dilantin and depakote then keppra and ended with trileptal and now on keppra and trileptal...seizures still are not controlled and she goes through cyles of increased seizures and memory loss and headaches and seizures seem to be getting more frequent and the keppra is terrible...and now they want to try lamitra or zonegran...every mediceine is so disruptive to her and do not control the seizures..
479255 tn?1208116148 I work in the medical field and my neurologist put me on Keppra. I was still having seizures on 1000mg per day so he increased the dosage over the phone from 1000 to 2000 mg per day. I still have problems so I called him back..............he told me to see a shrink. I feel like the keppra is making me have mood swings that are totally crazy! I am usually very laid back and mellow and now get upset over the littlest things for no reason................