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Thank you for your response. I’ll talk to my neurologist about this when I see him. Initially I was being treated at Yale but once everything was stable I went to a different doctor.

With respect to the dry mouth, yes I’ve tried everything to and treat that. Unfortunately nothing works.

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My dentist suggested medical tape to tape lips together vertically to help keeps lips together to at least help at night. She says she does it and it’s been very helpful. I spent 7 days in the Mayo Epilepsy Monitoring Unit to see if I could have a seizure so they could try and figure out where my seizures started and see if I was a candidate for brain surgery to stop my seizures. Actually that’s not that uncommon. I did not have a seizure. But they discovered I have seizure activity across my brain so I was not a candidate for surgery. I was monitored 24/7 electronically in case of a seizure. I have been on 6 different meds. Keppra made extremely depressed. Currently I am on Lamictal and just started Vimpat as an adjunct. I like Lamictal because of no side effects. I just started Vimpat and am struggling with initial side effects that are suppose to subside. I guess we’ll see. If any doctor recommends an epilepsy monitoring unit I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I have the greatest doctor at Mayo. Same doctor for 30 years. I’m lucky.