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Juvenile epilepsy: Switching from Keppra to new med. Any experience?
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He is doing well. He is still on the depakote, which I worry about long term but his doctor swears that there are a lot of people out there that still take depakote even though it is an old medication. He has a lot of cognitive issues because of it like the brain fog and memory loss but it seems like that is the case with all the seizure meds…he has photosensitive epilepsy so the depakote seems to keep it at bay (knock on wood) …don’t fix what isn’t broke right. Thank you for asking
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@tlb101175 , Good Morning
I'm so happy to hear your son is doing well. 🙏
Indeed, there are lots of people with epilepsy on Depakote, as your son's doctor mentioned — including several of us here in our group.
I have temporal lobe epilepsy with mild mesial sclerosis in my left hippocampus, and I also face some cognitive issues, which I've learned to manage with the support of my neuropsychologist.
By the way, this could be a great new discussion to start in our group. The subject comes up scattered across many different threads, but doesn't have one of its own. What do you think about starting a discussion specifically on cognitive issues people with epilepsy face and how they cope with them?
And speaking of coping strategies — how has your son been dealing with his cognitive issues, and what has he adopted to better live with them?
Chris
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