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Can anyone suggest any other medication besides Keppra for seizures?
Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Jan 18 5:39am | Replies (120)Comment receiving replies
Keep on the Keppra but only the name brand not the generic…..mine are 250mg and I cut them in half…I take half at 8am, 12noon, and then 4pm….each time 1/2 tablet……and yes, my neuro doctor calls me a “non-compliant patient”…….(I don’t care)…..generic are stuffed with other things and may have 250mg in one tablet and then next time 100 mg then could be 80mg in the next tablet, etc. (Deception of the drug companies). Yes keppra name brand (the real drug) is more expensive, but to me it is worth it……I had a seizure when I was 12yrs….diagnosed as my body changing…..this time May, 2022….doctors nurses etc…..said seizures are a “mystery”. I had covid in August, 2021 (4 weeks) then had a night seizure in November, 2021……then in May 2022…..in the afternoon….I did some research myself and I think it was a grand mall seizure…doctor agreed with me……my side affects with keppra, the way I take it, my only side affect is thots of suicide…..I do exercise everyday and try to eliminate sugars, fats, and gluten…..try to eat lots of fruits vegetables and nuts and grains…..I DiD NOT get the deceitful, deceptive Covid shot…..no booster deception shot either….
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What ever you do don't go to Sabril as most people have the side affect of double vision and some people get moemory loss and I lost my memory on it and demanded to be taken off it after 5 months as I couldn't function. Apparently they were going to give it to drug addicts and I said to my husband it was probably so they would forget to have their next hit
I've been on Keppra for 23 years and feel great the only thing is that it interferes with your potassium levels so my doctor put me on a potassium suppliment and I feell brilliant!
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Hi @dawnfensterbusch
You have shared with us that you have been trying to eliminate gluten, fats, sugars from your diet. Would you mind sharing the results of this diet with us. I would be very interested in knowing! Did you do that in steps?
In 2021 for one month, I have taken gluten out of my diet for one month, reducing much my seizures. So, in 2022 I started a 100% gluten-free diet, reducing my seizures from 12/13 focal seizures a month to 2/3 seizures a month. Taking gluten out of my diet was much easier than I expected. Some 6 months later after being on a gluten-free diet, I have tried to be lactose-free for one month. No changes. As lactose was harder to take out of my diet, I reincluded it in my diet.
Thank you!
Santosha