Friday, April 3, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] Birth control and carbatrol for my 18 year old daughter? Help!

Janice,

When I took the birth control pills years ago, it seemed to make my seizures
a lot worse.I know it might not be that way for everybody,but since it did I
just let the pills go. I was having irregular periods then, but I think it
was the seizure medication I was taking that caused that. When I switched to
the medicine I have been on for the past 9 years mine have always been
regular. I tried the depro shots a couple of years ago to get hormone
balance with the progestrone levels. It slowed the seizures I had down some,
but I had other issues with it. I hope your daughter can find one that will
help her. I haven't been on Carbatrol in a long time,so she might be able to
find something that will work. I am taking Keppra XR and Neurontin.I wish I
had more information.Take care.

Tammy

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM, gojanice17 <gojanice17@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> My daughter was diagnosed with epililepsy when she was 9. They have been
> controlled using the medication Carbatrol. Now that she is 18, we are
> looking for a birth control pill. We have tried several things with a
> wonderful gynecologist but the carbatrol lessens the effectiveness of all of
> them. She ends up having a period in the middle of her cycle and again at
> the normal time. Any ladies out there that have had similar issues that
> could help us? Thank you.
> Janice
>
>
>

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