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Can anyone suggest any other medication besides Keppra for seizures?
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Sep 10 1:41pm | Replies (141)Comment receiving replies
@1710dave
I haven't heard that tolerance is a problem with Keppra but everyone is different so who knows for sure. Most people I talk to who have their seizures controlled have been on the same dose.
Usually tolerance occurs with the benzodiazepines like Atavan, Valum, Klonopin. I was on Klonopin and my dose was raised to almost the maximum dose. Have you asked your neurologist about increasing your Keppra? Virtually everyone I know takes more than 1,000 mg. Is Keppra all you take?
Jake
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My son takes Lamotrigine (spelling?) 2x a day and Zonisamide (sp?) 1 big dose at night for his seizures. He has had some Big seizures...shaking, falling down... but these medicines, or something, are helping him to only have only occasional 'frozen seizures' now. These 'freeze' him in his tracks and affect his memory of the whole time he was frozen And the sleeping/waking period of up to 2 hours afterwards. Luckily, he can be led to a place to lie down and slowly wake up from this which is very fortunate for us all as he's a big guy. When he wakes up, he has totally lost those hours from his memory.