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All AED's have unpleasant side effects - from psychological to physical such as weight gain and weakness.

If there is no evidence that they are improving your epilepsy, would you follow the safe doctor's legal approach and stay on meds, or simply wean yourself off them and see if something bad happens in the future.

Prescribing AED's is basically like throwing a variety of things at a wall in the hope that one will stick. It's not much more advanced than that.

Which approach do you prefer?

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when i was a child (10-16) years old i was prescribed but when i left school the doctors changed my medication. why was this when mysoline was controlling my epilepsy. whilst on mysoline i was having 1 maybe 2 fits aweek but since they change my medication my fits have increased and i am unable to work

My daughter has migraines with aura and neuro just prescribed topomax and nurtec. I remember taking topomax a long time ago but didn’t work for me. Anyone have experience with it? Could use feedback and thanks! Any experience with propaNo lol?

Tryna is on 2000mg of zorontin and 4000mg of Keppra, my daughter also has stickler syndrome which is a connective tissue and joint disease which has stunted her growth. At the age of 17 she is 4ft 6. She is developmentally delayed with a mentality of about a 6 yr old. Tryna is our happy laughing and usually hyperactive child. Now she gets home and is very quiet and withdrawn, little or no smiles and usually no laughing. I have talked to her to see if something was bothering her and she just says… read more

My son does not like all the side effects and is not wanting to add a 3rd. Incredible to think this is best option. Is it possible the 2nd med (Lamictal) that was added has caused the increase in his seizures? Shouldn't we try to back off of that first?

After taking it I sometimes feel a little dizzy, but only for a couple minutes, then it goes away.

I am on Keppra and having more seizures lately but keppra is a good drug for me. but what is keppra xr for?

I'm on levetiracetam and depakote, I'm ok with those, but what are your thoughts?

My daughter is on Lamotrigine and Zonisamide for absence seizures and that doesn't seem to control them. I was reading about this medicine and was wondering about it.

So my neurologist has had me taking Vitamin D, B12, and Folic Acid. She once mentioned taking prenatal vitamins (though I’m not planning on getting pregnant yet), and I kind of brushed it off. Then last time I saw her she said right that the end that I was taking prenatal vitamins, which kind of threw me off but I went with it. (She’s scary and I’m looking for a new neurologist - otherwise I would have asked about it). Is anyone else’s doctor having them take prenatal vitamins (not due to… read more