Trying to get my daughter with a seizure disorder on epidiolex

My 40-year-old son, Caleb, started on Epidiolex 5 days ago. It was a long procedure to get approved, but so was getting approved for Medical Marijuana. He has Lennox-Gestault Syndrome. His diagnosis is based on his symptoms and the course of his illness, which started at age 3, not on his EEG. This is the first drug he's tried which is specific for Lennox-Gestault. Insurance is covering most of the cost. He is starting at a very low dose which will be slowly increased. The dose now is not yet therapeutic. No seizures since he started Epidolex, but in recent years he no longer has daily seizures. We haven't seem any other changes yet. I will keep the group posted on his progress.

@pamelastewart5
Hi
I was curious if Caleb was having any side effects?
In studies about 94% of patients did. The most common was tiredness.
Fingers crossed it works well for him.
Jake

Hi,
Caleb always dozes off a lot during the day, and that has not changed. He had one grand mal seizure yesterday afternoon, while dozing in his wheelchair. That is his first seizure since he started on Epidiolex. His dose is still low. No other changes, bad or good, so far. I hope this works.
Thanks for your interest!

Caleb's Epidiolex is now at therapeutic levels. So far, no seizures but now improvements in functioning either. We will see . . . .

Hi, Everyone, My son, Caleb's, Epidiolex has been therapeutic for about 2 weeks. He has had a few seizures in this time, which is usual for him. When he got on Epidiolx his Medical Cannibis was discontinued. On the whole, I think he is a little less able to bear weight during transfers now. That was the one area that improved with Medical Cannibis. His drowsiness is about the same as usual. We haven't noticed any other side effects. Has anyone had true success with Epidiolex? I would love to know. It is certainly more affordable than MC. The high monthly cost of MC was draining us. But if Epidiolex doesn't work at least as well--or better--we have to reconsider all options, I guess. Will MC become more affordable in January in Illinois?
Thanks for any input.

@pamelastewart5
How much does Caleb weigh and what dose is he taking.
Jake

Hi, Jake, Caleb weighs 130 lbs and is taking 3 ml. of Epidiolex twice a day.

@pamelastewart5
So off hand do you know how many mg he’s taking?
Jake

Hello, Jake, Caleb takes 300 mg twice a day fir a total of 600 mg daily.

@pamelastewart5
Good morning,
That’s what I thought but my math ranks right up there with my cooking! I was calculating, well trying to calculate the max dose for his weight and I get 1,180mg. @ 20mg/kg.
Any mathematicians out there?
Do you know what the maximum dose for Caleb is? My guess is he’s taking 10mg/kg but that’s only an uneducated guess.
Jake