dilantin vs topamax

Thank you. Yeah, I had problems on kepra alone,& dilantin alone only helped reduce the amount of seizures but was still having too many, & so then I tried Dilantin with topamax but that actually increased my depression, made me sick, i couldn't eat, was super irritable and stressed and was having even more seizures on those two.

Also, some of the symptoms I have, I had before I was placed on Dilantin, and he just ignored that. Keeps wanting to blame everyone of my symptoms on the Dilantin Therapy. I called my primary care physician office and asked them to get me a referral to the MSU neurology clinic. I just don't feel comfortable about this medication change, and I don't feel that it's just the "dilantin" that's causing all of my ailments.

My neurologist just informed me that Osteoporosis and shrinkage of the Cerebellum are very serious side effects for long term users of Dilantin. Does anyone know more about this? I've been taking 500mg of Dilantin for over 30 years since I was a teenager, and now I'm terribly worried. Not one of the neurologists had mentioned anything about this over the years, and now at 46, I've learned that I may have severe osteoporosis.

Because I was on Trileptal and Dilantin. Dilantin made my gums swell so I had to have surgery on my gums. Hope this helps...

m on the topamax, had bad acne as well in HS...no acne with the topamax. And a good side effect with the topamax is that I have lost weight. But no acne side effects with the topamax. been on it for a few yrs now.

We went to a doctor who gave him more tests for infection and everything came up negative. She put him on Dilantin (300mg) at night. He went 4 months without a seizure, then switched to the generic Dilantin and 2 weeks later had a partial seizure, then a tonic clonic seizure within 2 days, both at night while he was sleeping and again has no recollection. His Dilantin levels were low, he went back on the regular Dilantin and increased his dosage to 300mg in the am and 300mg at night.

I also have been on Depakote for many years. I'm 39 & went on it about 20 or 25 yrs. ago. Had my 1st seizure when I was 2 y.o. Since have been diagnosed w/Epilepsy & have had episodes of all kinds...over past 20 years have been mostly Grand Mal & maybe a couple partial-complex..but usually Grand Mal. Dilantin, Tegretol, Topamax, Neurontin, Lamictal & recently Keppra have not worked for me. I am now back full-force on Depakote & doing better.

After that, after the MRIs, CAT scans, and everything else, they said I had a mini-stroke and Leukoencepholopathy (possibly reversible). I was put on Dilantin. I had an allergic reaction, so they put me on Depakote. I was unable to drive for 6-12 months. The neurologist, after bloodwork, tapered me off depakote. When I went back to my regular drs at the VA, as I am a veteran, they sent me to Neuro. I began suffering debilitating migraines as well from that ordeal. They did another MRI.

Another drug which is commonly used in this setting is phenytoin or Dilantin. Maybe you can start this with your mother, but this also has side effects and hence may not suit her. Please do not start any medication without consulting her doctor. Take care!

i was put on Dilantin in the ER and i had such a bad reaction to it, i was almost admitted to wait out the side effect. so no more Dilantin for me! tomorrow i start 50 mg of Topamax and as long as i take it at night on a full tummy, its fine. no side effects other than my sense of taste is on and off throughout the day. i can handle that if it helps me from having any more tonic clonic seizures.

Dilantin Withdrawal Symptoms The most significant Dilantin withdrawal symptom is a seizure. Suddenly stopping Dilantin can increase your risk of seizures These seizures can be especially severe and very difficult to control. Anxiety, sleeplessness, feeling cold, anger, seeing dead people in sleep, nausea, little appetite, shakineness are usually not due to the withdrawl of dilantin.Reduce your dose gradually to avoid seizures. Limiting Dilantin Withdrawal Refer http://epilepsy.emedtv.

i have been on dilantin for over 25 years . i to have very bad mood swings and i just cant take any stress at all . my neuro is taking me off dilantin slowly. i take 400mg daily . my neuro told me dilantin will cause mood swings and cause me to be irritable and was hard on your body after being on them so long. i have started keppra and dropping 1 dilantin a month . i was told my moods will improve and i will start to think more clearly.

This really isn't a back problem. Two years ago I leaned over to pick something up and a new and very large can of hairspray came off the counter and hit me on the base of the skull and I blacked out and layed on the carpet for several minutes. This repeated itself as a blackout and my dr.

Dr. David Grider, Big Pine Key, FL put me on Topamax. Topamax saved my life! It is/was used for treating Epilepsy/seizures. Researcher's found it seemed to block and "cure" Migrains. Perhaps, it cured me. But God in Heaven, please give me back my memory. I appear unintelligent, ignorant and disinterested in what friends have confided in me-e.i., their expectations that I will retain what may trouble or bring them joy.

can 20 years on dilantin after one seizure, then a stroke with no speech, cause terrible sideeffects?

Is anybody here taking the new Dilantin? Are you having any problems with it?

3 and they gave him a loading dose of 500mg. PO of dilantin, and 500mg. IV Dilantin. He is very regimented taking his Dilantin and does not miss doses. And told him to take 400mgs. today. I have a call in to our family Dr. and waiting for a return. We were being seen by a Neurologist, but she abruptly cancelled my husbands January appt. and said she was leaving town for a month, and did not refer us to any other Dr. so we saw the family Dr. who is prescribing.

Dilantin vs topamax

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