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.
As for your anti-seizure pills not working. The only way to deal with that issue is to talk with your doctor. Keppra might not be the one that works best for you. Keppra did not work for me and I was taking around 3,000 mg a day. You might have to have a higher dose, another drug added along with Keppra or try something completely different.
So sorry, you are just going to have to talk with your neurologist.
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!!
m down to about 3 every month or two and they were not under conrol that much until I started taking Keppra.
I also take Keppra but have never had any problems at all. I suffered with depression for 11 years and came of the medicine fully just before I went on Keppra, and yes I have days where I do feel depressed but with any illness you do have days where you feel depressed even suicidal. So my advice is don't necessarily put it down to Keppra. Talk to the doctor who prescribed Keppra to you and see if you can be referred to a Psychiatrist to talk it through and find out if it is the tablets!
You should not play around with your medications yourself. I do not know of any pill that combines both of those drugs in one tablet. You can ask your doctor, but I really doubt it exists.
If you're better now on the pills, it means they're working. It's a trap many people fall into--"I'm feeling better, so I don't need the meds anymore". It ***** to have to take multiple pills a day, but if that's what keeps you healthy, that's what you need to do.
t figure out why and either can any doctors. They prescribes me Keppra 500mg 4 times a day but does not help. Someone has mentioned that it could be caused by stress or severe anxiety. I want to know if that could be the cause. I have them in my sleep sometime so I am not sure. Please help me. I am so scared to be alone. I don't want this to kill me.
My doc wants to wean me off Keppra and slowly increase my lamictal. Luckily I have not had a reaction this far with it but its only been two weeks. He wants to switch due to the irritability from Keppra. I was taking Wellbutrin for depression but am not any longer, did feel I need it haha. Anyway I would speak to your doc about anti-depressant I havent heard of any problem with AED's. Lots of luck to you and your daughter.
Apparently, a bunch of moms have seen an increase in mood swings and bad behaviors in their children who take Keppra (levetericitam). You may want to have this discussion as well and try another medication.
she is possibly a deer head chihuahua, had a seizure after ingesting people food (raw organic hamburger that was cooked). Not knowing if that was the cause or not, we took her to the vet emergency. They only observed her since it was the first time she had a seizure.
She came home after 24 hours of no seizure. That night she had another seizure and was brought back to the emergency room. They gave her phenobarbitol, diazepam injections and keppra tablets.
1000mlg's of Keppra a day is actually not very much, but in your case the side effects are putting you down. Adderall can help with you being tired all the time, but it also has side effects that can be troubling. It can be habit forming and lead to dependence, also in some cases cause seizures.
I personally would ask your doctor if you could be put on different type of seizure med that will not make you as tired, but that is just my two cents.
How much Keppra do you take, and how long did it take before you seizures completely stopped?
Thank you for reading!
hi nanamommy, i have been taking keppra for almost 6 months. i have been having the same issues since taking the meds. i have a short temper and ant little thing set me off. it is very frustrating because i couldent help or control it myself. my husband and i was fussing all the time. i would snap if he looked at me the wrong way. i realized how bad it was when i got mad at my car sterio and took it out and ran over it "imbarrasing" .
The Topamax worked well the first two years but he did have problems with his memory. Would wake up in the middle of the night not remembering where he was working and what day it was. After a few minutes of reminding him (he would wake me up, which I didn't mind at all) he would remember. This happened maybe 4-5 times then he went out of town and had a seizure.
Luckily he was taking a nap when this happened.
its been 8 months since my mothers TBI- she had a seizure yesterday-she has been off keppra for 1 1/2 months-the side effects of keppra are aweful-they ask her questions and wonder why she is out of it and doesn't know her last name-(after they gave her keppra in the hospital) what can she take that is less evasive to her health and recovery??
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