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)