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Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: 5 hours ago | Replies (16)
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You are so sweet, thank you so much for taking your time to respond to me. I recently started seeing a epileptologist and I have a good feeling about it. I am currently taking zonisamide and when I went up to 200 mg I just slept all day and when I wasn’t sleeping I was like a walking depressed zombie. I have an appointment March 3 with my epileptologist so hopefully I can switch these meds and get put on a different one that works for me! Thank you again for your response!
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My pleasure @avaaaaaaaaa !
Good to know you are now on epileptologist's hands!
Perhaps your doctor could try to reduce your dosage of zonisamide a little and see how you react on that? I started on Keppra 500 mg twice a day at the hospital (I was on a status epilepticus) last December and I am now on 150 mg twice a day. With that, some of the side-effects have already softened. My doctor has been doing a great fine-tuning process with this medication and with much care (every time before medication reduction he asks for an EEG with sleep deprivation), so as to arrive at a dosage that is ideal for me. Though many people complain about Keppra, it has been the least harmful to me up to now, perhaps because of this fine-tuning process which the neurologists I have seen in 2019 and 2020 have not done.
Wishing you a peaceful weekend!
Chris (@santosha)