My daughter has been on Keppra for several years. Yes it worked for her but now she is having a new type of sizure acrivity. So we are now going to see another doctor that just deals with the seizures alone. But we are going to be evaluated and if they are not going to change any thing that is already going on then we will just stay with whay we are doing. But the Keppra has done wonders without the nasty side effects of other medications.
--- On Sun, 11/22/09, uniquepnk tds.net <Uniquepnk@tds.
From: uniquepnk tds.net <Uniquepnk@tds.
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] side effects to meds
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:17 PM
Christina in tn,
I have been on Keppra for years. My neurologist switched it to Keppra XR
this year mainly so I didn't have to used the generic form of the regular
Keppra. The generic doesn't seem to work as well as the brand name stuff for
me. Keppra changed the way my seizures were when I started taking it.They
became a lot milder and after so long didn't have as many headaches as I did
before it. I was on the neurontin too.The doctor switched me off of that
this year also. He switched that to Vimpat, which seems to be working better
than the Neurontin did. He wanted to put me on the Lyrica a few years back,
but I didn't like the side effects to it and decided not to take it. When I
went back to the neurologist he told me the Lyrica was basically almost the
same thing as Neurontin was. Anyway the Neurontin do as well as the Vimpat
is doing now. I hope the Keppra does good for you.Take care.
Tammy
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, christina <milboo1@yahoo.
>
>
> i take topamax 300mg am and 400mg pm. I also take
> neurontin300mg 3x daily (for nerve pain). I
> recently started taking Lyrica but had way too
> many side effects! I had blurred vision, headache,
> double vision, dizziness, didn't feel like myself,
> felt high, dry mouth with extreme thirst (i am
> drinking 4200 ml a day that is 1 1/2 gallons a day),
> increased depression greatly, loss of appetite, it
> ncreased neurological pain and that was one of the
> reason I was taking it in addition to the seizures,
> bladder incontinence, etc.
>
> Now, my doctor is going to start me on Keppra
> instead of the Lyrica. he will be doing this at
> my next appointment next week on Wednesday. Has
> anyone taking Keppra? did you have good or bad
> results with it? I am so sensitive with meds.
>
> I also have MANY other health conditions to contend
> with and that play a factor in the treatment plan.
> for instance, my neurologist/
> trying to treat my central pain, RSD, and trigeminal
> neuralgia also. He is trying to find one magic pill
> to treat all, and there is no such thing. every
> condition is different! Does anyone have any of my
> conditions other conditions also or another condition
> with epilepsy?
>
> thanks,
> christina in tn
>
>
>
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