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Any Briviact experiences to share?

Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Feb 11 7:16am | Replies (36)

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@earlylonghauler So this medication was a no go for me. I don’t tend to have the same side effects as other people that take medications. Mine are somewhat worse, and sometimes the side effects are not listed as ones that they would list on the drug website or the black box website for the drug. I experienced severe bruising all over my body. We’re not talking just a couple bruises were talking the entire body was covered in bruises. It looked like I was beat up or ran over by a truck and the bruises were bad and very ugly. I also became very aggressive and paranoid. I had never experienced anything like this before, and it was rather disturbing. I would say things that were extremely hurtful to people and not even remember seeing them. For me it was a no. I got off the medication as soon as possible because eventually I didn’t want to eat, and became so thin, I could barely function. I tend to be drug resistant to a lot of these medications, which can be a blessing and a cursing. In this case, it was a blessing because I don’t want to live with any of those kinds of side effects. I also tend to read a lot of medical journals and any kind of warnings with regards to medication’s like this because it one point after I stopped that medication and it was put on another one by my eleptologist, at the time, I know there were warnings for this drug, if I can remember where I saw the specifics, I will post them back on this site so that others can see them. I know every drug has the side effects listed, and some drug also have the black box warning. I read a lot of these things to know what kind of drugs I am taking and how they’re going to affect me and what the studies are on them. I realize that medication’s work differently for everyone and not two people are the same. So what may work for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another person and vice versa. It’s also extremely important to bounce some of these ideas off your doctor to see what is going to be a best better and not good fit. For me it was not a good fit and I was glad that I got off it and once I did, everything improved. I hope this is helpful for you if you have any questions feel free to ask.

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Just to confirm, this was in reaction to Briviact correct ?