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Can Keppra Cause Irregular Tiredness?

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Vereeniging, ZA

My daughter has been on Epilim Chrono 300mg twice a day since April 2014. She was on different doses of Lamictal from November 2014 to July 2015. She was taken off that as it wasn't working and put onto Keppra. She has been taking Keppra 750mg in the morning and 500mg at night. She was doing fine until two weeks ago. She started getting extremely tired and dizzy at school - the school actually phoned me to come and fetch her. Tuesday I kept her at home, and on Wednesday she went back to school… read more

September 22, 2015 (edited)
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Elizabeth I was taking lamictal and now I'm taking both until I wean myself off of Lamictal

September 23, 2015 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

A high keppra level makes me incredibly tired and dizzy. To counteract the dizziness, I load up on electrolytes usually by drinking Gatorade or electrolyte enhanced water.

The tiredness with keppra only went away once I started Lamictal and began to wean off the keppra.

September 23, 2015 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It seems to work better than Tegretol or it's generic. I take 200mg. twice a day. Hint: I get mine through "Bridges to Access" for free. I'm on disability.

September 23, 2015 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes. It’s one of the many side effects. This is already a fairly high dose, but if it’s increased, it can cause irritability or verbal aggression. See if the doctor tries to increase Keppra, that there’s other options, focusing on the kind of seizure.

January 5, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

it can effect heart ,infertility so if i was you id go back to who prescribed them,as in uk theres high alert on this,I'm on 2000,mg in 500mg tablets,I'm getting took off as of alert,hope this helps

April 24, 2016

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