Re: [epilepsy] Re: Adding a 3rd anti-seizure med?

 

Carolyn,
I can only say that this is what happened to me.People are different,partial
epilepsy was diagnosed in '74 a Dr. put me on two medicines
(Dilantin&phenabarbitol) my seizure frequency remined (1 per 5-8 wks).Before '80
I saw my 1st neurologist who removed one of two and replaced it,while added a
third one.Then for many years he kept replacing one of these.In '92 he replaced
Dilantin which I'd been on for years before seeing him, frequency alway remained
(1 in 3-4 wks).Until '08 when I saw a  neurologist @ Johns Hopkins removed two
of the three,while; adding and tested lacosamide,now its Vimpat frequency
improved (1 in 8-12 wks).Then another doctor who's @ NYU changed my medicine
from Vimpat&Lyrica to Vimpat&Keppra XR my seizure frequency is now (3 in
13mos.).I wonder what being on mono-therepy(1 medicine) would do.Two worked
OK,three made my feel like a guinia pig for a long time,now two is like OK
again.Timothy Baldwin

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From: Carolyn M Vella <jacat@epix.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, January 28, 2011 1:19:30 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Adding a 3rd anti-seizure med?

 
Thank all of you. I'm still working on this and won't do anything until
after my vacation in February - I'm a little frightened - but your input has
been invaluable. Carolyn

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