i agree that it's very odd for a doc to leave the med decision up to you. i don't have epilepsy (my son does); but i've been on both of these meds. i've been on the lamotrigine for depression (it didn't work) and i currently take the topamax to control migranes. yes, topamax is also called "topastupid" and "dopamax" because i swear i loose IQ points on a daily basis. LOL!!
Good luck.
I´ve been taking 200 mg of lamotrigine for a while -about 3 years. But. My swinging moods along the year have not really changed. My doctor insists in the 200 mg. doses. I´m esceptic. Conclusion: I´m about to drop lamotrigine and start all over again. I´m a natural optimistic. Thanks for answering.
My 1 year old son is suffering from ailment diagonesed Myoclonic epilepsy, when he was 2 month old we observed seizure inwhich he was putting his head front(slam seizure) for 10 to 12 times at a strech twice or thrice in a day.His MRI brain reavels sgnificant reduction in volume of white matter pre dominantly involving bilateral frontal temporal and parietal lobes.Medication given is sodium valporate, nitrazapam, lamtac,.
I take Depakote before i got pregnant and was taking prenatals just in case. Then when me and my husband found out i was pregnant, i was switched to Lamotrigine which is the safest for pregnant women with seizures. I know its really hard for us women with seizures now that we are carrying a life inside, we need to be extra careful. I understand you...
I'm 20 years old and have been diagnosed with epilepsy for two years now. When I was diagnosed I had a few Grand Mal seizures and was perscribed lamotragine. However I then stupidly didnt take them and was fit free for a year, then I had another seizure again grand mal. since then I have started taking the medicine given to me.
These sound like absence seizures or petit mal epilepsy. There is abnormal brain activity without the outwards motor spasms associated with the grand mal seizures. Normal body posture is maintained and staring into the space with or without jerking or twitching. Epilepsy is the most common cause of recurrent seizures. Single seizures can occur due to blows to head, fever, and reactions to medicines, tumors or part of a larger disease.
Hello, I am a first time pregnant mom to be at 35 and I have some complex med problems that require maintenance meds. I'm epileptic with a small brain tumor and taking Lamotrigine, which I know isn't great for the baby. But I'm low dose (200 mgs a day) and a seizure will most likely cause more injury to the baby than stopping. I also have an anxiety disorder and chronic pain due to a failed knee surgery a few years ago.
What are you on? I take a med called lamotrigine I have epilepsy and this is what we switched to I'm doing good with it I'm 8 week's today and baby is doing well!! You should see if that's something you could take!
I am on keppra and lamotrigine (sp?) Lamotrigine seems to help with the anger issues keppra was causing.
I'm currently on the combo. It's working alright for me. I still get frequent manic episodes and psychosis (I'm schizoaffective, but neither drug does anything for psychosis anyways) but I've only had one depressive episode in the last 5 years, and I'm a rapid cycler.I had about 10 depressive episodes in 2-3 years and they stopped completely when I started lamotrigine (well, apart from the one, but it was work related).
Hello, I am a first time pregnant mom to be at 35 and I have some complex med problems that require maintenance meds. I'm epileptic with a small brain tumor and taking Lamotrigine, which I know isn't great for the baby. But I'm low dose (200 mgs a day) and a seizure will most likely cause more injury to the baby than stopping. I also have an anxiety disorder and chronic pain due to a failed knee surgery a few years ago.
I was diagnosed about a year ago with Epilepsy and put on Lamictal. My question is, when God willing the time comes, what is the track record with these drugs and pregnancy and breast feeding?
Recently I've been diagnosed with a bit of Bipolar Disorder. My doctor put me on Lamotrigine, a mood stabilizer normally used to treat epilepsy, seizures. I've experienced a little bit of blurred vision every now and then from it but wonder why I'm having a small trace of vaginal bleeding every once in a while. I'm on Portia as a birth control method and I haven't had my period for a while now.
And the studies do show that the risk to baby in second trimester from medications is a lot lower - being depressed however is associated with pre-term labour, and unproductive labour resulting in c-sections. So there are risks both ways. From my research lamotrigine is one of the better ones. It has been studied more because it is also used in epilepsy.
I am considering getting preggers myself so I have been doing a lot of thinking over the meds/no meds debate.
My husband suffers from Epilepsy due to a gunshot wound to the back of his head, he started having seizures almost innediately after. He was prescribed Dylantin which was switched to Keppra. His neurologist recently added Trileptal to balance his levels because he was having seizures so often. His therapist also prescribed him Celexal and Elavil for depression medication due to bipolar disorder.
Fast onset, lasting time 40s-2min. Sense of time is altered, hard to concentrate or focus/answer simple questions. Environment around seems to spin slowly back and forth but no feelings of nausea. Hard to navigate direction i.e. when walking through doorways may cling to one side and bump shoulder. Objects feel closer or further away than they really are. Somewhat similar to the view of a "fish eye lense" on cameras. Able to hold balance and not likely to fall even walking.
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