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My son started Keppra after his 2nd seizure and official diagnosis on August 12, 2025. It was the Friday of his first week of school. He didn’t have any breakthrough seizures on Keppra, but unfortunately it seemed to have a significant impact on his personality. He was falling asleep at school, extremely unmotivated, lack of focus and just kind of blah So towards the end of the school year we transitioned him to Lamotrigine. He has been on Lamotrigine only for maybe 3 weeks and had his first… read more
I was a child at 7, when my 2nd Grade Teacher thought I was ignoring her. My parents knew I would not, so was tested and diagnosed. As i am 73, I took all the older AEDs. One contributed to my Osteoperosis. Dilantin was very bad for my mouth and teeth. My parents took me to the appointments with Neurologists. There was a Pharmacist who owned his own shop who protected me from being overdosed.
We have a no bedroom/bathroom locked door rule in my house. My son is 23 and had his first seizure at 20. He is medicated and hasn’t had a seizure in over a year.
It’s hard to tease out what is epilepsy related and what’s just regular teen behavior. I have 18yo twins so have just been through this. I’ve no answers but their mood swings often overshadow mine. 😊 they very just want to be left alone.
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Don’t get upset about his lack of attention. I dealt with the very same effect when I was in school with epilepsy. When I read a story I couldn’t keep my mind on the story so my mom basically read every book I read. Before I had epilepsy I could remember everything though. So epilepsy caused me issues in school and still does to this day
Thanks, that’s helpful. Definitely understand the need and desire to be independent and live a normal life. Glad you are doing great!
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