As a child, I took Phenobarbital at night, and Tridione in the daytime. Anyone else heard of this? My new Dr.'s give me funny looks, but I know what I was taking. I was 17 when I stopped taking it.

Are there many people still using phenobarbital?

How is Xcopri? What are side effects?

I don't want to come off of phenobarbital

Does anyone else take lamictal get feitiegue but you have to take it multiple times a day and at night. Do you guys have suggestions obviously other than taking a nap to deal with it at work?

I had a intracranial EEG April 15th. Within 2 days they noticed 2 times the number of seizures, often in my sleep, than I was noting. April 20th I had a brain ressection in my right frontal lobe. I was doing great until I came off the hydromorphone and steroids. As well they changed me from Dilantin to Vimpat. I also take 2mg of clonazepam a day and am allowed 1mg of Ativan per week, the remainder of the time I go to the ER. An average of 2 times a week.

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Does anyone take antidepressants/anxiety medication along with their seizure medications and feel it interacts?Or is it just possibly side effects?

I am trying different medications right now that are safe to take while pregnant, but they haven’t worked well for me and I keep having seizures. Just wondering if any women can tell me medications that worked for them while pregnant?

After my head injury. I was taking just Dilantin. Then after the many times I woke up in hospital, they increased my dosage. Then after more times waking up in more hospitals they started giving me different meds. Right now I am taking Dilantin & Primidone.

Hey everyone,
To anyone here who currently takes Keppra with B6 what has it been like when it comes to the side effects? Has the B6 helped?
And if it has gone well, what was it like (if you have done it) when your dosage increased while taking the B6.
Thanks.