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.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
Did you start it after or before keppra? How long were you on Keppra? I wish my daughter could take Lamictal but her rash got the doctor worried, even though it was ringworm. Have you heard of any other anti-seizure meds that might actually work well for moods? I know Lamictal is a very good mood stabilizer. Good luck.
Hi, my son is on Keppra due to history of seizure. I was just wondering, if there are any long term effects or will it affect his liver or kidneys in the long run since he's only 11 years old.
My father suffered a fall and had a closed head injury. He had two small bleeds in his brain which luckily didn't need surgical intervention. He was placed on Keppra 500mg orally twice a day for seizure precautions due to the fall. He has been on the medication for approximately three weeks. He is tired, blah, and feels short of breath. I know it will take time to heal but do you know how long he should have to be on the medication and/or how long he will feel this way?
Thanks for weighing in! I looked into it, and I don't think it's an allergy. I don't have most of the symptoms listed here, and it still wouldn't explain the body aches or fatigue: http://www.healthline.com/health/allergies/alcohol#Overview1
My latest theory is that it has something to do with dehydration, because it feels very similar to that -- I'm wondering if maybe dehydration is a Keppra side effect, although so far I'm not seeing much information to support that.
Hi, First time poster on this forum. Hopefully someone can help!
Basically I'm suffering from Seizures and they're becoming more frequent. I am on 1,000mg of Keppra twice a day 12 hours apart (Morning & Night)
I have lost count of how many I have had but my first one was around 4 years ago now and was believed to be cause by severe dehydration working physically in 40-45+c Degree heat with not enough fluids to drink.
Thank you for this information on keppra. Due to insurance and lack of neuros I can't switch although I wish I could but I can ask to try this medication.
Also, I wanted to know if anyone has tried Keppra for seizure activity in dogs and if so, how did that work? Our 6 year old French Mastiff had a seizure on Thursday night - first one ever. He walked across our bedroom floor, stood in front of our open door and acted like he saw someone in the hallway. I sat up and said "Archie, there is no-one there. Go back to bed." Then he looked like he was rubbing his shoulder on the clothes hamper and I thought it looked really weird.
Hope all has been well since your blog in 2009. Any information you can give me about the Keppra would be much appreciated and extremely helpful!
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!
I have no health insurance. I was finally got a really basic coverage, but it doesn't cover keppra. i've been taking keppra for a 2 months. I was switched to phenobarbitol for when I run out. since keppra is not on the charity's formulary.
I hope to God that I cant find some source of keppra before I run out. The phenobarb is scary.
So I'm excited about the links here:
http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/index.php
http://www.needymeds.
I read something on rxlist about moodswings and irritibility related to Keppra. It's believed that Keppra makes your brain "dump" Vitamin B6 at times which lowers dopamine or seratonin levels and makes you feel horrible.
Does your daughter take vitamins? I'd try some Vitamin B6 if her multivitamin doesn't contain it. I started taking Trader Joe's High Potency vitamins and feel much, much better since starting.
Good luck.
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.
The medical community has not been willing to consider other possible contributing factors (Exposure to chemicals from a drilling job, exposure to heavy metals from a metal factory, severe reaction to the drug Keppra, over medicated while in the hospital to the point of having to be put on a ventilator, numerous head injuries from 5th grade to the present, , helps out on a dairy farm & is daily exposed to ticks, etc.
Continued with Keppra and Di Tan Tang 2X/day each for another 8 days. Then took her Keppra down to 1/day for 2 weeks. Then she went one day with no Keppra and the next day she had a seizure. This seizure was longer, but her disorientation was shorter. Vet then said to go back to giving her Keppra for 30 days and we will re-evaluate. So for the next 30 days she was taking Keppra 1/day and Di Tan Tang 2/day.
Just looking to see if anyone has any weird syndromes or something similar, still have severe neck pain located on top of shoulder near her neck, when this pain is severe seems to drive many of the other conditions. Currently taking Keppra, today had a mild seizure if that is what this is while on medicine, we still feel somehow tied into her neck pain.
How much Keppra do you take, and how long did it take before you seizures completely stopped?
Thank you for reading!
Just looking for anymore information or advise about withdraws from Fioricet / I have been taking this medication from years from Migrain headaches, it's seemed the longer I was on it the less it helped so I would increase my doses because I could not get rid of my headaches the other day I just stopped using it because it was like just this non stop headache.
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