My experience with zonisamide for seizures (a sulfa drug)
I have uncontrolled seizures for 53 years. I have taken almost every medication possible. I almost died from a rare side effect of a newer drug. My doctor is very understanding about this. She has added zonisamide to the Lamcital and Depakote I take. It has done miracles! What once was 6 or 8 seizures monthly is now 1 a month. Zonisamide (a sulfa drug) for seizures?
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Hello @laneyh
Great to know the Zonegran has been so GREAT for you.
I just passed my one year of being seizure-free. No seizures since I've taken it.
I' hope it remains that way until eternity.
Laurie
Hello @ colleen young
I have been on the combination of Lamotrigine, Depakote and Zonisamide for about one and a half years now. There have been no side effects. The only thing that has been seen is miraculous results.
@Isittll
There was a podcast a while back and one thing they said was it's not so much the combination of drugs but the last one added that usually helps decrease seizures.
definitely some truth to that statement because I know a man in Africa who is on multiple convulsing and I suggested he talk to his doctor about phenobarbital which he did. The doctor stopped his other drugs and put him on phenobarbital only and he hasn’t had a seizure since.
I believe that the Mayoclinic podcasts are with watching. I don't have a link to the podcast I referred to earlier.
🎉Congrats🎉!!!
Jake