Uhura,
It is not unusual to be on more than one EP med at a time.
I've been on dilantin and phenabarb for over 20 years with
good control. My last sz was over 2 years ago and before
that it was 4 years.
Millie
> I told him yesterday and I"m really confused. He prescribed Topomax. I
> asked if it was also a pain killer and he said no. I don't know if he
> thinks the other feelings I've been having are seizure related and didn't
> tell me or what. I don't understand why he prescribed another
> anti-seizure medicine. I'm still working on finding if there is a way to
> contact the company.
>
> Thanks,
> Uhura
>
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
>>
>> Uhura,
>>
>> Have you told your Dr. about your headaches, etc?
>> He ought to know. My Dr. definitely perscribes the
>> brand name of Dilantin.
>>
>> Is it possible to contact Teva and see either if
>> there is a difference or get it from them?
>>
>> I don't use that med so I don't know the difference but
>> I know that your Dr. should know.
>>
>> Millie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > I have been taking Lamictal for years and have no problems from the
>> > generic untill a few weeks ago when the pharmacist started getting it
>> from
>> > a different company. That's when the headaches started. I thought
>> maybe
>> > it was like getting used to a new dose or something and that they
>> would
>> > stop but they haven't. The only pain killer that works is Tylenol 3
>> > prescription and that only works for severe ones. They don't happen a
>> > lot. It's the almost daily mild ones that are driving me nuts.
>> Nothing
>> > works for them. I don't know why pain killers don't do anything for
>> the
>> > mild headaches.
>> >
>> > And then I started getting this feeling in my arm. It's just this
>> weird
>> > ache and sort of like being consciously aware of my arm being there.
>> > Today my legs feel all jittery and like they are about to jump out of
>> > their skin. I'm having a little more problems with coordination.
>> >
>> > I asked the pharmacist what he had been using and he said it was Teva
>> but
>> > they couldn't get it from them anymore. So I tried another place and
>> they
>> > said they could get it from Teva. But when I get the prescription
>> there
>> > it didn't look the same as what I had been getting or what my first
>> > phamacist had switched to using.
>> >
>> > Anyone know what brand the generic Lamictal is that is blue and I
>> think 6
>> > sided for the 200 mg and the 25 mg ones are small white 6 sided? I
>> don't
>> > understand why I was told it was Teva company and then when I went to
>> the
>> > second pharmacy who gets it from there it didn't look like the ones
>> the
>> > first pharmacy had gotten before.
>> >
>> > I don't know how many of you are familiar with Asperger's Syndrome (a
>> form
>> > of Autism) but I have AS and these new feelings from this brand of
>> > medicine, along with other things in my life, are making it harder to
>> > fight meltdowns.
>> >
>> > I hope everyone here is doing well. Sorry to disappear for so long.
>> >
>> > Uhura
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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