@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member: There's not one drug out there that isn't free of side effects. I personally believe that all these 'built-in' side effects maintain ongoing revenues for 'Big Pharma' over the lifetime of the patient.

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My aunt mary has been on it for over a year and seizures during that time.

Hi @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member. Your definitely right about that. With BIGG PHARMA having their dirty hands in any and all kinds of medication, that is suppose to help us with what ever symptoms, illness, disease, disorders, that we have. Then be have the chances of experiencing the many hundreds of side effects. If we are lucky and our body can handle it , then we will turn out with minimal damage. But then again there are many out there who taking something and they are feeling many of the big side effect.

BIG PHARMA makes their money off all of us. On TV there are all these different medications put on commercials, using actor in it showing to the world , in a dramatic act . They would act out in the commercial that the are Happy go lucky and wanting us to think that we will fall for the gimmick . Then by the end of the commercial they start bring up all of the many side effect. This how Phara makes their money . It’s very frustrating.

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I take tegretol and Lamictol both brand and NO SIDE AFFECTS AND 20 YEARS SZ FREE,,

I’m on it now . I’m on the full dose ( 12mg ) at bedtime. I haven’t had any trouble yet.

Although when I was put on this high dose , my Dr. Wanted us to watch if my behavior changed or started to act paranoid. Then we would have readjust my meds if that did happen.