It helped my son if wasn't for depkote he won't do things he loves doing what he wants to do it really helped him he really happy active 5 year old

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member ,I don’t feel different when being taken off the meds, of present day. Other than the time of being weaned of Phenobarbital, I have never gotten any major withdrawals from… read more

I took it in the ‘90’s. I gained weight and slept all the time

I was on phenobarbital. I actually had to in crease my dose because of increased body size, I got fat. My son was born no problems, but was addicted to the medication. Looking back I would have been… read more

I was on a low dose took it every night it helped

Thank all of you for your responses 💜💜💜

I think they mis typed. I was on 1000 mg per day and it was said to be a "high dose." I'm off of it now and very happy to be.

I take phenobarbital and Lamictal and have not had any problems with either. I can take them both at night so that helps. My side effects are I get a bit sleepy when doses are increased. Luckily no… read more

I've taken some medication that I had some side-effects like feeling very tired all the time. I've also had alot of depression when I was growing up with seizures and sometimes today I get depressed.

I was prescribed that and Dilantin when diagnosed with epilepsy, I think that it worked for what I had, not controlled, but was what I took till around 1992, then seen a new doc that year and switched… read more