Keppra half life
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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.
I chose not to because I knew it was from the Tramadol and am terrified of the Keppra side effects. Fast forward to a year and a half and I just had my 2nd seizure last Thursday night. My husband heard a strange noise when I was in our bedroom and called 911. So far I have had several tests done already and they are telling me that I need to for sure get started on Keppra now.
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..
I am on the off brand of keppra and I was wondering if anyone uses adderal to help with the side effects of this medication. I find myself to be out of it most days and not have a drive to do anything.
Anyone else on Keppra to prevent myoclonic jerks (JME diagnosed)? 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!!
Hello Kylie you have been struggling for a long time with tramadol. Not sure if the keppra would prevent seizures from the tramadol.
How do you plan to taper and get off the tramadol?
Have you been to counseling?
They are like a partial complex seizure. I saw a neurologist and was started on Keppra. I was up to 2,500mg a day and they were not stopping. I began to track them carefully and I believe I saw a pattern of only during the 2nd half of my monthly cycle, days 15 - 28 (and usually between 18 and 21) My neurologist decided to put me in the hospital to do a video EEG monitoring and I told him the dates it needed to be. We hit it right and it was determined that my seizures are NES.
Her neurologist recommends the medication, Trileptal, but I am very concerned about the rare, but life threatening side effects, TENS, cardiotoxicity, etc. Keppra is alternate possible drug which seems to have a better safety profile. My question is: Are the possible psychological side effects of Keppra (psychosis is worst case senario) totally reversible if the drug is stopped?? Any insight would be appreciated!
I don't hear very many good reports about keppra with regard to it's side effects. I do hear many complaints about mood swings, aggression, cognition and memory problems, etc.. However, I have read a few comments saying it can actually HELP with mood swings and bipolar disorder (which she doesn't have). Please comment on this. My daughter has just begun this medication for seizure disorder. She has had seizures several years apart from each other.
I started taking Lamictal around two years ago now, and it seems like the sex just gets more and more painful. The sex is honestly more painful than it was losing my virginity. I have only been with 1 man my whole life, and I have been screened for STD's just in case.
I am on Lamictal, Keppra, and I also have an IUD. I am pretty sure it is not the Keppra, I've been on that 5+ years, and it isn't the IUD because it hurt before I had that inserted.
I believe the half life is about 18 hours depending on which type you take. That means within a couple of days there's such a small amount left in the body, it probably isn't doing much any more. I know when I stopped my Diltiazem I started having chest pains again within 3 days. I was also on the 120 ER, extended release. How long were you taking the med? And sick sinus can also cause slow HR in itself. Are you symptomatic - light headed, fainting?
I am on keppra and lamotrigine (sp?) Lamotrigine seems to help with the anger issues keppra was causing.
Hi all. I am really scared. I have been on Keppra for a little over a year. Initially I didn't notice any issues, because I already have some anxiety (undiagnosed), so what noticed I just brushed off as anxiety. But over the last nine months or so I have seen a change. I get angry more easily, and over really really stupid stuff. Once I flew into a temper tantrum because my roommate threw out something I had in the fridge. A year ago I would have moved on without a thought.
i started on dilanton and now have been on keppra since about august 2007. i have had problem with acne in high school but i can tell that the meds are causing the bad acne. i have been dealingwith this for over a year now and am fed up with it.
I know this blog is late but I just found out that my 1 yr old daughter has seizure disorder. They haven't told me exactly what kind of seizures she's got and i am totally clueless to seizures. She was 10 months old when she had her first big seizure. It happened while she was sleeping. I saw her eyes open and fixated upwards, one arm and one leg was jerking and she had drool and a little bit of vomit all along her mouth and the bed.
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