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Vimpat - are memory issues transient?
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Sep 6 9:01am | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Go to drugs.com - Vimpat User Reviews and Ratings. I could not get it to copy and paste. Lots and lots of comments about memory loss, short term memory loss, difficulty with verbal articulation. And much more but those are the ones related to my question. Many comments about Vimpat working for seizure control but lots of those folks said they also had memory issues that affected their lives.
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Hi @hillsboro
I have checked this website many times for the side-effects of AEDs while I was taking them. It was very helpful.
But again, every person has a personal reaction to those meds. I, for example, am a very sensitive person to medication since my childhood. I even had the rare side-effects while taking Vimpat.
I believe the best is to compare how you feel now versus the last med you took. Remembering that the body needs some time to adapt to a new med. For example, I had a skin rash with Lamictal in the first month and it disappeared afterward. But I had to get off this drug because I had severe insomnia which did not get better after 3 months of usage.
I believe that another good exam to do is the neuropsychological assessment. I did it in 2019 when I started treating my epilepsy with AEDs and it showed that both my cognitive and executive functions were impacted. Now that I am off AEDs, I am thinking of repeating it again to see if the results have changed.
Chris (@santosha)