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@ahernandez are you talking about totally tapering off of Keppra completely? I tapered down just 1,000 mg of Keppra (not totally off it all) with none of the effects you are talking about.
Last year at my last neurologist visit I asked about completely tapering off of all Keppra since I am doing so well. They warned me that if I was totally off all Keppra and things started flaring up again that I could not restart Keppra again. They said the Keppra would not be as effective as it was prior to quiting it completely. Go figure huh? I am presently taking 500 mg twice a day. I’m not willing to gamble quiting it totally since I know I could not return to it if needed.

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Hi All, been on Keppra 13 yrs. 1000 mg. bi-daily for (nocturnal only) generalized seizures. Side-effects severe agitation and overall nastiness. I made a back-to-back switch to 100 mg. Brivaracetam (Briviact) bi-daily. Briviact is similar to Keppra on a molecular level, so that figures. It is supposed to lessen the agitation and it did. Saved my relation. Took a year to wean off the Keppra side-effect without generalized seizures. Still having focal seizures.
Bye, Tim (1951)