Tested lacosamide before name Vimpat was attached.I take 350mgs of it twice a
day,also I take 1000mgs of Keppra XR twice daily.I'd been taking Keppra XR x
1500mgs once a day.But,was taking both medicines in AM while only Vimpat in
PM,now I take both at both times.For 37 years I only had complex partials with
no aura,but on1/4/11 I had my first simple partial,I expected it to quickly
progress causing unconsciousness at it became a complex-partial.It didn't,I had
another one just like that on 5/15/11.So my last unconscious experience of a
complex was 6/13/10,I hope it won't happen again after this change of medicines
& beginning to see a doctor at NYU.
Timothy Baldwin
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From: Lidia Schmitz <lschmitz119@yahoo.com>
To: "epilepsy@yahoogroups.com" <epilepsy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sat, June 11, 2011 11:02:34 PM
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] too much Vimpat
For one year I had the same. Now I take 550mg Vimpat and even more of Keppra. I
haven't had any seizures
for almost one year. TG! I believe we always have to match any medicine. Wish
you good luck.
LS
From: uniquepnk tds.net <Uniquepnk@tds.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] too much Vimpat
I have been taking Vimpat for over a year now. My neurologist took it up to
400mgs, but it just made me feel depressed. I still had seizures with that
dose. He took it back down to 300mgs. I take 150mg pills twice a day now.
Even though I am not for sure, I think 400mgs is the most they will give
you. It does seem to help my seizures better than without it though. Hope
you don't have anymore seizures anytime soon.Take care and if there is
anything else I can help with let me know.
Tammy
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 5:06 PM, fakeMacGyver <nairbrian@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Well, I also spoke today to the neurologist's place. I was increasing this
> new medicine while coming off another. Recently the pharmacist said that
> they tried to call the neurologist's and couldn't get a refill cause the
> neuro's place had my wrong date of birth. Yet I just confirmed that wasn't
> true. Also, I learned that the pharmacy had prescribed me too much Vimpat. I
> was to be taking 100mg a day, no 100 in the morn and the same at night. The
> neurologist's office told me this today and that the pharmacy is claiming
> that someone called it in but the office had no record of this, plus "if it
> was to be increased, the doctor would have told you".
>
> So now I'm scared. I've been taking 200mg a day since May 21. I had a major
> seizure last Sunday into Monday. I wonder if that might have been a
> breakthrough episode because of too much Vimpat? And am I really at a lot of
> risk if I lower it tonight? The neurologist herself is supposed to call me
> back, so I'll ask.
>
>
>
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