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I just started a new medication called zonisamide. My other medications are Lacosamide, clonazepam and folic acid. The DBS was inserted when I was 21 years old and I’ve been very grateful for how much it has helped with my tonic-clonic seizures since then!
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I became pregnant with no problems ( in fact I was on birth control pills each time), 3 times. I was taking depakote. I did not carry to term but each child is normal and healthy adult today with children of his/ her own. Nobody told me that epilepsy meds can interfere with birth control. So find out. If planning a pregnancy, talk to your neurologist, your epilepsy meds may need to be changed. Mine should have been as it was super dangerous to an unborn child. I had no idea until many years (and a few doctors) later. It could be why they were all born premature.
You’re better off finding out from a Neurologist or Epileptologists . I know there are meds you don’t want to be on during pregnancy. What meds are they? I don’t know.. that would take more research.
What a great question — and it's wonderful to hear that the DBS has made such a positive difference for your tonic-clonic seizures!
The good news is that research actually suggests epilepsy itself doesn't lower a woman's chances of becoming pregnant. A study found that women with epilepsy and women without epilepsy had Show Full Answer
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