04/12 changed him to Dilatan and keppra more seizures. 05/12 put back on keppra only 3,500 mg. 06/12 seizures moved to keppra 4,000 mg a day! He has had only 1 seizures since been on 4,000, but this is a very high dosage. He is going to see an seizures specialist. Hoping he can get this dosage down.
Hi my Jake is a 18 month old border collie mix who started having seizures about three months ago. The first seizure was followed by another one two months later. The vet did blood work and diagnosed him with idiopathic epilepsy. She put him on 500 mg of keppra ER twice a day. He had a seizure every two weeks for the next month. When we went back to the vet she put him on 64.8 mg twice a day phenobarbital as well as adding another 500 mg keppra to what he was taking.
About a month ago, I had my first seizure. I do remember most of it while it was happening, but I had no control as my arms and legs went out of control. I had two seizures happen, about 5 mins apart. By the time the ambulance drove me to the hospital, 2 miles away, I was unable to respond. I could hear/see them but couldn't move or speak. After 3 days in the hospital, the EEG, EKG and a CATscan came out normal.
My daughter is now experiencing several side effects to keppra. She is extremely drowsy, very short tempered, depressed, and is reporting to me that her memory is 'foggy'. She's on a very low dose of keppra, only 250 mg at night and 125 mg in the morning. She's been on it a total of 3 weeks now. I've been with her and she seems to be very melancholy and also short fused over the many situations. She weighs 100 pounds and is 20 years old.
hi
my son aged 11 years has been on sodium valproate (valparin syrup) 6 ml twice a day for the past 8 years. he has had the same dosage for all these years and no seizures. once a year my neurologist makes him have a sleep deprived eeg that has been coming abnormal so he has asked us to continue the medication. this year he ahs suddeny asked us to chnage to keppra. i am confused now because this is rather sudden and my son is used to the valparin now and has no side effects as such.
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?
He has been on Keppra again exclusively for the past 8 months. His behavior is hard to describe. Before Keppra he was a happy, fun-loving, calm kid. Now he can only be described as disrespectful, disobedient, argumentative, rude and sometimes enraged. Hence ‘Keppra rage.’ He finally being weaned off Keppra and onto Vimpat. We pray that this is the answer. What happened to our silly, fun-loving, laid-back boy? Any idea that this is “just teenage hormones” is completely misguided.
i had a clonic-tonic seizure about 3 weeks ago. i was put on keppra and now am having a lot of confusion and am very tired and extremely moody. is this related to the seizure and or the medication?
I was toxic once and my dosage had to be lowered. But, now my levels are too low. I take Keppra and have had no side-effects. I'm also taking Gabapentin. I've had 2 seizures. My Neurologist told me that a person that has 1 seizure in their lifetime needs to take medication for the rest of their life. It's so scary. I hope everything turns out okay for you.
Also, what is your weight? My daughter weighs 100 lbs.. How long have you been on keppra totally? Any mood reactions, positive or negative? Have your seizures been under control since your surgery? Are you going to a neurologist that specifically does only seizure disorders or a general neurologist? Thanks for your response to my zillion questions.........
So after staying overnight and at the vet the next day he came home and has been on Keppra and phenobarbital. 500mg 2x a day Keppra and 60mg 2x a day pheno. He has the side effects which are lessening but hasn't been as bad as I read could be. He is very responsive and is pretty much himself besides the side effects(weak legs, tired). It's been 6 days and no seizures so far. Will be going to vet in a week for check up and blood test again. I am so on edge..
All well for two weeks then two more seizures. Both holistic vet and normal vet suggested keppra . She is now on 500 mg three times a day and seems a bit more anxious and not 100% herself. A bit more jumpy and fearful of strangers. I'm told that may have to adjust dosage or add other treatment drugs depending on how this works out. Has anyone had their dog get seizures as a side effect of the dog flu vaccine? And has keppra been successful as a sole treatment option?
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