Oh, I forgot, also I have found my seizures tend to improve with regular exercise and a better diet. I have stopped checking my weight because it seems like the more I exercise, the higher my weight...
Hi, I read your post. I was on lamotrigine (Lamictal) a long time ago and it seemed to work quite well for me for a while but then I had to get off of it. I honestly do not remember why. It has been...
Hi countryboy, wow, a headache for a day and half from a seizure???? @#$% i have never had one that bad. you wrote that is so common. if it is that common for her why has she not had her doctor give...
Hi Dajonna, I would get another opinion from the first doctor to take another look at your daughter's case. If he will not then go to another neurologist that specializes in epilepsy. Have all of the...
Hi Kylark, Thank you for your post and I wanted to reiterate what everyone else previously wrote. It would be inappropriate for us to even try to "diagnose" you based on your description. You wrote...
Me too with the Keppra....same thing with Vimpat. I would not say I am a whole lot better with the Topamax and Zonegran but until my seizures get under control by surgery or a miracle from the Lord,...
Thanks for the reply, Fallen Blessing. I started on the Vimpat. It actually worked on slowing down my seizure activity along with the Topamax (brand name only). I had to get off of it though, I could...
I hope you called your dr. What did you do? I ask to find out your results....I think I often have some sx at night also based on some of the same results you and the above writer posted. I also take...
AWESOME!!!!! I am so happy for you. Maybe you outgrew it or something miraculous. I don't know about this.....neuro believing whether or not you are an epileptic, but who cares what he thinks. What...
I have been using topamax unsuccessfully but my other drugs tried in the past did not work: lamictal, keppra, lyrica, zonegran, tegratol. These drugs also have had bad side effects also soooooo. no I...
:cry: you are not alone....i am going through it also everyday. i wont call it fear but anger, frustration. because now my drivers license has been taken away and i am dependent on my husband for...
Hi, I guess I am a little confused by your question. I am a mom of teenagers. How old are you? Driving is a big deal for any age. Many of us on this site have either lost our rights to driving or had...
hi again, yes, i am in the usa. what we usually have to do is go to our general dr to get a referral to a neuro. since your dr thinks it is anxiety and is not listening to you, you could try to go...
Hi Lilmanil, three things you mentioned: the funny smell, the moodiness, the tired feeling; are signs that I get with my seizures. the other stuff I cannot explain but it sounds like your brain and...
Hi Jimmy, I've had temporal lobe seizures for 26 years. I did not know I had them until I was a teenager. They have gotten worse and changed as I have aged. My memory has worsened from the seizures...
hi, i read your request and i thought i would add some information for you. like some of the other writers have added, many individuals will react differently to the meds and one will never know...
i have taken lamictal back in late 90s, early 00s---- it did not work for me, but many of the meds they have tried for me did not work. i wish i could remember more about it for you but my memory has...
hi krysten, i have had seizures since i was 16, though i wasn't diagnosed until i was pregnant with my first child at the age of 22. now i am 42 years old. i have been on keppra and many, many other...