Recently I was forced to change my diet due to income. I drank monster energy drinks every day for the past 13 years and sometimes two in a day, also due to working out of state I ate fast food every day. Since my job loss I have stopped eating fast food and drinking energy drinks. I became extremely inactive and stressed. I eventually just stayed in bed for longer then a week and completely lost my appetite. I continued to take my prescribed 700mg of dilantin a day and had at least one can of… read more
I was on Dilantin combined with Zarontin from my teens to my mid to late 20's. I believe it was 150 mg 2x a day. I became toxic one time and was walking like a drunken sailor. No balance. Dosage was reduced until I went back to therapeutic range. IMHO, stress can play a role in how well your body metabolizes the medication.
Which ones, while you were on it or after
I just re read some of my post, It actually went up to 58, but then just a couple hours later it was down to 54.3 which seems like a pretty quick drop since it took 5 days without taking my meds to get down to 17.5. I've only taken Dilantin and once was accompanied with diazepam years ago.