Does anyone here have Epilepsy?
By charmedone
@charmedone (593)
United States
5 responses
@rbevan (307)
• United States
20 Nov 06
Hi I have epilespy. I am 26 and just diagnosed with it 1 year ago. I am on Lamictal. I liek it a lot. At first I would get really bad headaches almost everyday for the first 2 months - but I don't get them much anymore. It is the newest medication for epliepsy. It is funny - Lamictal is also used for bi-polar. Killing 2 birds with one stone :)
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@charmedone (593)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I too am on Lamictal but it is not working for me. Nothing has worked for me. I still have at least 4 if not more complex partial seizures a day. I don't have the grand mal seizures unless I miss my meds. My Doc has tried me on many meds but none have worked. What type of seizures do you have?
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@rbevan (307)
• United States
20 Nov 06
I had some grand mal seizures. Before I was diagnosed I was having the aura feelings. I am not sure if that is a type of seizure or not. I was only diagnosed a year ago. So I only had 4 grand mal seizures. Lamictal is working for me.
Did you try Keppra - I know that is a common med for epilepsy. I was actually on that for a few weeks.
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@candaceb87 (1362)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
my soon to be brother in law has epilepsy. i am not sure what kind but he takes these really big horse pills for ceasures (that is spelt wrong but oh well) if he misses a pill he will have one. it sucks because he will have to go his whole life taking pills:(
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@harry_ndhuz (1273)
• Indonesia
30 Oct 06
yes, its same with my friends.... He have an ephilepsy too.... And it's need extra attention..
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@vincent72 (1633)
• Australia
4 Dec 06
yesi have epilepsy, grand mal, but its controlled with medication
@jmacpherson (3)
• United States
9 Jan 07
I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at age 16, and now almost 30. I am on a very high dosage of Depakote (1,750 mg) a day. It has so many side effects, because of the side effects I have chose to work from home as working outside of the home has caused me many problems. My meds do work, however the side effects sometimes I wish they would put me on something different, it has caused me to gain a TON of weight, caused problems with my vision and has not caused me to have an immune deficiancy problem. I do have breakthru seizures still though sometimes usually every couple of years. My seizures are pretty severe when I do have them they are Grand Mall and last about 10 minutes or so. Takes me a long time to recover from one.
