same here!!!!! I need coffee and iced tea
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From: elizabeth <equinn76@earthlink.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: RE: [epilepsy] Trileptol
Oh, I know I should drink more water. I do try and drink some everyday, but as a social worker, I can't live without my coffee!
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Aina & Pat DeLorenzo <aina-pat@cox.net> wrote:
>Drinking water, good alkaline antioxidant water saved my daughter when 7
>years of docs, tests and meds still had her a living zombie and seizing 30
>50 times a month.
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> It is hard to understand for many but water is so critical to health and
>electrical balance in the whole body. Tea and coffee while they "Taste
>better" are diuretics which only increase the need for even more hydration.
>Drinking anything other than water also requires digestion which uses up
>more mineral stores of the body to do so also. Proper hydration is so
>important for the liver as it is where most all enzymes and hormones are
>produced that fuel and regulate brain activity too including the production
>of tryptophan and glutathione. One of the side effects of Trileptal is liver
>issues, I know my daughter has been on it since 18 months old.
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>This lady explains it well and it is so true, I know as I've studied
>hydration and Oxidative stress and antioxidants now for 3 years. This is not
>a plug for her or her products just great info all should know especially
>those with Epi.
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>http://www.kgstiles.com/healthybrainfunction.htm
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>Hope this helps
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>From: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:epilepsy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
>Of elizabeth
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:17 PM
>To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Trileptol
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>Yeah, it's one of those quirky little effects. I'm not fond of water either,
>but I love coffee. i've only had this happen once, but that was enough!
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>stephenn harrison <stephennharrison@yahoo.com
><mailto:stephennharrison%40yahoo.com> > wrote:
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>>Hi elizabeth. I have never heard of that before! I have epilepsy and vary
>rarely drink water. I don't like it on its own it has no flavour to it. So
>I drink either coffee, tea or cordial or lemonade. Because they have
>flavour. I drink plenty of liquid per day.
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>>Stephen
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>>From: elizabeth <equinn76@earthlink.net <mailto:equinn76%40earthlink.net> >
>>To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:epilepsy%40yahoogroups.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2012, 0:19
>>Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Trileptol
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>>If you read the warnings, drinking too much water can alter the blood
>sodium levels, and it's a side effect of Trileptal. I've been on it for
>several years without a problem, but in December it caused a major
>imbalance. I had to drink a ton of gatorade. So now I just keep it on hand.
>My doctor said not a lot of people have a problem with this, but there are
>some that it knocks their electrolytes off all the time.
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>>Elizabeth
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>>Susan Wain <susan.wain@yahoo.com <mailto:susan.wain%40yahoo.com> > wrote:
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>>>If you drink too much liquids, it co uld mess up your Trileptol levels? I
>never heard that. What happens if U do drink too much water? I tend to be
>very thirsty on this drug
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>>> From: fakeMacGyver <nairbrian@hotmail.com
><mailto:nairbrian%40hotmail.com> >
>>>To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:epilepsy%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:19 PM
>>>Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Zonegran
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>>>Thanks, Ms. Quinn. (-:
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>>>It's nice to get some encouragement; to feel that I'm doing the right
>thing. I don't need a medicine that makes me bad to myself or act rudely to
>others (like Keppra did). It's not how I am.
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>>>--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:epilepsy%40yahoogroups.com> ,
>"Elizabeth Quinn" <equinn76@...> wrote:
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>>>> Good for you for sticking to your guns!! I'm on zonegran and haven't had
>a problem with it--i know people do. One side effect can be mood swings..in
>fact my friend's dad tried it and became a totally different person so he
>got off of it. I also take lexapro and trileptal.
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>>>> I think with the zonegran you have to drink a bit more water in case of
>kidney stones (or just any liquid is fine). On the flip side, too much
>liquid will mess up my trileptal and the blood sodium levels!!
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>>>> Hope this works for you!!
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>>>> elizabeth
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