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Juvenile epilepsy: Switching from Keppra to new med. Any experience?
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My 15 year old son had his first tonic clonic seizure in January 2025, he has had 3 more since then. They started him on lamotrigine after his first seizure, we weaned him off of it in June because he had been seziure free and thought the seizure was caused from him being sick with a high fever the week before it happened. Come July he had a second seizure so they started him on keppra and has had two more seizures since we started keppra, we now are introducing lamotrigine back along with his keppra still. Could his seizures be caused from metabolic issues or going through puberty? Are the drs maybe misdiagnosing him with lack of nutrients and vitamins? He has been a healthy kid his whole life, no head trauma, no tbi or family history of seizures so I’m just wondering why now and if he will grow out of this?
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Hello,
I went through a similar situation with my son when he was 8. Wanting to figure it out and not having any answers. Even though he is 25 now and living a successful life on his own there is still a part of me that still wants answers still questioning well he is 25 could he have possibly grown out of it now. My only advice is to treat your son like he is normal and teach him how to consistently take his medication. It will just become a part of his everyday routine. That way when grows up and moves out or goes off to college you at least don't have to worry about that! There are enough things to worry about with teenage boys. I have lately been thinking about a functional medicine doctor not sure if you ever thought of or heard of that. They can be quite expensive, but I know through other people in my family that for other reasons have done it and it is pretty interesting to say the least.
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@terin82
Yes to your first three questions although how often I wouldn't know. However, your doctor should have done blood tests to rule those issues out although you may want to ask him if a vitamin & mineral profile test was done.
JME is seldom if ever grown out of. 50% of epilepsy patients never know the cause. Even if it was a genetic cause and genetic testing was done don't always show up so in my opinion it's best to accept the conditionand not worry about the cause, just. Concentrate more on controlling the seizures. Did you ask his doctor these questions?
Does your son have my myoclonic jerks prior to his seizures?
Take care,
Jake