seizure medication side effects

I have been on 3 different meds over the last 10 years--and I believe the side effects of not taking the medicines are worse than the side effects a person has from stopping meds. So dmzllc comment about blackberry notebook, calendar, etc is good advice...sometimes we cant plan for the problems we have...so we are forced to deal with them....(But heck... my spouse has memory problems--and isnt on any seizure meds..

He had a third seizure there and the vet diagnosed epilepsy. He is on phenobarbitol and had no side effects until last night when he vomited and started head twitching. He is drooling a lot and a bit wobbly. Is this typical? Will it stop ?

He is now back on dilantin and has been seizure free with the side effects that a lot of people mention (slightly disoriented at times, light headed etc) However he has had a cough at night since then and it can be quite bad. He isn't able to get a good nights sleep (nor am I) since then. His chest Xray was fine. Has anyone else had a problem with this?

I am just concerned as she is getting even worse. No seizures, but side effects of medication is just unbearable. She is on 200 mg zonisamide every 12 hours and 1 gr. of pheno. Is this maybe too much. She has been on them 9 days and side effects are worse every day. Today she was wedging herself in any corner she could and now I am having a hard time waking her. She is urinating while sleeping and it takes about a half hour, or longer to get her to wake up.

If a dog has epilepsy and is put on an anti-seizure medication, unless a surgical procedure is performed to remove the source of the seizures they will most definitely have to be on the medication for the rest of their lives. To cease giving them the medication would only cause the seizures to start up again and it seems that once they do, it's more difficult to get them under control a second time.

n our doctor prescribed dicorat tablet two times a day.please tell me about the side effects of medicine and plz let me know if the treatment is going in right direction.

Hi there, the various side effects with keppra or levetiracetam are dizziness, irritability, tiredness, fatigue, severe allergic reactions, extreme dizziness, drowsiness, weakness or tiredness, memory loss, behavior changes like aggression, panic attacks, restlessness, new or worsening seizures etc. in the period immediately after a seizure attack, it could be the post ictal phase or confusion. Consult your neurologist for your evaluation and change of anti epileptic medication. Hope this helps.

s really a trial and error to find the one medication that works best for you and causes the least side effects. As with any new medication, I always suggest that you start off on the lowest dose possible and work your way up very gradually. People are oftem started out on full doses of medications, then find they are plagued by side-effects. It's believed that the body doesn't have a chance to acclimate itself to the drug slowly, so the side-effects would be much less.

Some of the side effects reported vary due to different breeds & several other factors. We have 1 Rottweiler mix male & 2 rescued dogs (German Rottweiler female & American Rottweiler female). German Rotty was approx 2 y/o when rescued. She had her first seizure approx 2 months ago. Scared me to death. A month later she had another so I knew some of the signs before hand. My mixed male & American Rotty female were going crazy when the seizures occurred.

My husband has is dilantin very low and I was wondering if he can increase his medication to 200 mg.I was also wondering why does that keep happening and what is the side effects for the dilantin.

many people who have diabetes can manage this side-effect with proper exercise and by experimenting with their family doctors or their diabetes specialists to find a type of insulin (there are many different types) that does not have noticeable side effects or maybe has tolerable side-effects. But, still, what it comes down to, is that for someone with Type 1 Diabetes... without their medication, their insulin, regardless of side-effects such as weight gain, they would DIE.

Someone said that it felt like speed. It does. I was only on it for 10 days. My doc ignored the side effects I;m having and now have to take benzos around the clock....i'm considering a lawsuit against the doc and/or the manufacturer. I work as an RN but because of the seizure and tremors I have, I can't work.

Does thyroid medication and seizure medication taken together have any side effects as diarreha or stomach cramps?

I had a few seziure 7months ago after a stopped taking a few medications without Drs advice anyway I was put on Depakote and started off well. I now am having side effects and I am thinking of asking the doc to switch to neurontin , I have taken it before for yrs with no side effects . Has anyone had any luck with this . I am afraid it won't control sezuires . New to this and very scared!!

Gabapentin is the only medication I can take to address the neuropathy since all of the others metabolize in the liver. Due to the side effects of the medication (insomnia, mood swings and anger) I would like to discontinue the use of it. I sleep 4 to 6 hours per night and feel well rested but I worry that it might not be healthy for my liver to sleep so little.

I am having some strange symptoms that I think might be side effects....Just wondering if anyone who has taken it had really weird sleep distubances like funky dreams and feeling like you are drowning. I don't want to quit taking it because it really helps, but this is weird. Just wondering, thought I would post this before asking my DR.

It has been 40 hours and I would say he is about 80% back to his regular self, but he is still showing side effects from the phenobarb (more than usual hunger, partial loss of coordination and hind end weakness and restlessness). Does anyone know how long it takes for phenobarb to get out of the system? The vet said approximately 12 hrs, but that is obviously not the case. Also, since this morning he is having unusual smelly penile discharge, but he is still urinating fine.

So may I know Oxetol 300 is a good and recommended medicine to treat partial-seizure and these side affects are common. She is getting fear like symptoms sometimes. So all these are normal side affects and it will get right after some days taking or the body become ready to accept Oxetol ? And final question, is this partial seizure can be cured completely ? what else we need to do improve the treatment. Took MRI scan and nothing found other than Sinus. Blood levels are fine.

in both cases the treatment in Phenytoin and no known to me (till now a treatment to over count its side effects from gingival hypertrophy to the respiratory problems). As you are well fixed on this drug, no need to investigate for surgery neither to switch to Valproate or to Carbamazepine (in some cases patients can mix them to decrease the use of the Phenytoin and its side effects).

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??

So today my Celexa dose was upped from half a pill to 1 whole pill and the side effects are coming back like when I first started... Sweaty, can't sleep, headache, stiff neck, clenching teeth... Etc. I don't know what to do. I tried taking stuff for it, including an Oxy but still no change. What can I take to make these side effects not so bad? I don't see the dr till Thursday, so I can't ask her... If anyone has any suggestions?

Doing some research on my own and comparing Lamictal with other anti-seizure meds, the side effects seem to be a bit less. I was on 400mg for a little while but started noticing some drastic side effects so I went down until I felt like I could function without my "spells" which was 100mg. Most Dr's say 200mg is the minimum though and I'm no doctor, I just know my own body and have a very hard time pumping it full of foreign drugs which it wasn't made for.

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