Re: [epilepsy] Re: change of medicatio

My partner is on 1500mg of the Keppra XR and 200 mg of topirimate (generic
topamax)...and never really had bad side effects from the Keppra...her dr
wanted to up her, but said as long as the 1500 keeps her seizure free...to
leave it alone...because you never know when we may need to up it...she
hates meds in general..for anything..so the brief change in how the meds
made her feel at the beginning made it hard for her..but they really weren't
bad...I am bipolar, and have dealt with much worse side effects w/ meds and
med changes, than she dealt with...overall she tolerated going onto the meds
well...she hates the topiramate the most with the word recall issue that
doesn't really go away...and she hates the initial feeling of
numbness/tingling in the hands, face and feet that comes with having to up
the med..but it eventually goes away..but she takes it all..because..well
without them..she used to have several grand mal seizures a week...

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Tammara Wolfgram <tammy@maccetera.com>wrote:

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>
>
> I'm very sorry. I don't know how I let that mistake slide by. Megan was on
> 3000 mg of Keppra, not 8000. Her highest dose of Keppra was 4000, but that
> was when they were taking her off of lamictal to restart her depakote.
>
>
> > Susan, Megan had serious side effects of anger and aggression on Keppra,
> and
> > even with a combination of 8000 mg of Keppra and 700 lamictal, it did not
>
> > control her seizures. Everyone is different. We went back to depakote for
> Megan
> > (she's 22) with much better results and really no side effects, although
> we are
> > very conscious of the potential side effects to the baby should she
> decide to
> > have one. She is currently on 1000 mg of Depakote at night and 50 mg of
> > Topiramate twice a day.
> >
> > Tammy
> > Megan's Mom
>
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