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Help with side effects of Keppra
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Mar 29, 2023 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
Hi @smokry777
Great to know that after your brain surgery on your left hippocampus, you do not have seizures anymore and do tolerate well Keppra. I am very happy for you!!! I assume you also have temporal lobe epilepsy like me. I do also have a lesion on the left side of my hippocampus.
Would you mind sharing how you are feeling in cognitive terms after this surgery? How has it affected your memory? Was your surgery a traditional surgery opening the skull or a laser surgery (LITT)?
Thank you so much!
Santosha
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Memory is unchanged. They didn't remove all of my left hippocampus just what was what I call unshaped and almost dead, get an MRI and you will see your problem and if surgey is right for you. Laser hadn't started yet, but it did about 2 months latter in 2006, after me. Good luck and if you have good Dr's you will be fine.
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I haven't been better, ever. More organized and at ease than ever, less impulsive maybe. Cognitive wise no change, still into sciences. history etc. No affect on memory and I was the last traditional brain surgery for epilepsy at Jefferson in Philadelphia PA. The next was laser surgery in may/june 2006. If you need it, they know and can show you with an MRI, are great doctors and you trust them do it. You will never regret it. Good luck.