I also have a frustrated neurologist. In the last 30 years of seizures, like most, I have been on the medication merry-go-round. I had severe reactions - from being found hiding under my desk at work to drug-level toxicities. And it seemed that a change in any other medication impacted the ability of my seizure medication to treat the seizures. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with depression (I, a math-whiz, couldn't figure out how to balance my checkbook!). That brought on the addition of the antidepressants.

A new, now bestest, friend was a drug-rehab counselor. As I was turning to her for advice, I asked if she knew someone who could help. I didn't want to put this friend in the position of being "nurse" as well. She referred me to a retired psychiatrist. He was a counselor to the counselors, practiced behavioral alignment, and, better yet, he was a neurologist who knew drug effects backwards and forwards.

The result is Lamictal (lamotrigine) and Cymbalta (duloxetine). I don't presume to suggest what works for you, but I was so pleasantly surprised. The bi-weekly counseling sessions allow me to go with the flow. There is more to the story of how well this is working for me, so I will keep you and all others dealing with seizure med issues in my prayers.