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Can anyone suggest any other medication besides Keppra for seizures?
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Sep 10 1:41pm | Replies (141)Comment receiving replies
After having two brain aneurysms rupture I was put on many different medications for seizures. The only drug that worked for me was Keppra but it was new to the market. I’ve been on it for 25 years and now I’m starting to lose my teeth it causes dry mouth which causes your teeth to decay (wish someone had told me). Also I’ve been sweating like a crazy person just doing a minimal activity. I thought menopause but now I’m leaning that it may be Keppra. I’m hoping to be able to find something comparable because I can’t live like this. I truly hope that we all can find a substitute that works for us all
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It took several years and 3 neurologist to get my seizures under control. It was try this drug or that one at increasing dosages. Some made me sick, others exhausted. Lamictal gave me some control, but not 100%. My current neurologist recommended adding Trileptal to my Lamictal instead of changing one for the other. It did wonders.
I foolishly tried to reduce my dosage hoping to eliminate both. That caused a seizure bad enough to put me in the hospital.
I was under full control until I had a bad fall in Walmart last year and my nightmare returned along with a few hospital stays.
Hospital-based neurologists questioned the use of 2 similar drugs, claiming there's no need for both, one or the other should work. I ask does mixing the 2 put me at a greater risk than taking only 1, they say no, my response is "why would anyone risk changing".
One hospital-based neuroloist suggested I be put in the hospital for 5 days with no seizure drugs to bring on a seizure and determine their cause. That seems risky and a little crazy to me.