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Depakote and keppra

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allen07303
allen07303

hi all my name is Allen and I was wondering if anyone would know the answer to this question?!

9/9/2015 I had a subdural hematoma resulting in an epilepsy diagnosis.

im 57 years old and they put me on depakote for three weeks that helped but didn't stop the seizures completely so he's switching me to keppra and am in the process of doing that today is day 8 at 500 milligrams and at two weeks I'll be taking 1000 a day.

he tells me that if this isn't successful it could be stress related.

im still having 4 to 7 seizures a day and am hoping the keppra will do the trick.

my question is does anyone know of another med I that works with  keppra that I could bring into the conversation if need be?

thank you smile

 

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  • Winnie143
    Winnie143 allen07303

    Posted

    Keep Well All xx I am shattered at this moment in time xx but you must feel bad Allen,  Good luck and if you feel rough tell them whooo enough ta xxxx

    Love to All of You

    Stinky Win  xxxx too many phenobarbs the Docs put me on Grrr xxxx

    Pearls a singer she stands up when she plays the piano in a nightclub

    Pearls a singer she sings out for the lost and the lonely

    Her job is entertaining folks singing songs and telling jokes

    In a Night Club  .....jazzy bit now xx

  • mo-jas
    mo-jas allen07303

    Posted

    hey allen

    happy new year  biggrin

    ..on my feet again ..got to that reply - it's to you too but it's in winnie's so do head on over there when you get the chance.

    c ya soon!

    jas.

    jas.

  • allen07303
    allen07303

    Posted

    Jas'Les' ol nanna' Winnie' .?!,,

    where have all my friends gone....

    im hoping all is well everyone 😃

  • old_nanna
    old_nanna allen07303

    Posted

    hi there again allen well what can i say ,lol 4 months and no TURNS, then saturday morning they start , head aches bad usually my turns happen at night and i try to sleep through them ,then takes a week to drindle off , ,went to doc on monday , he was surprised i had the turn and asked me had i been drinking , lol noooo i dont drink , i dont think he knows much about my problem , no sugestion of upping my meds  now i realise my complaint is nothing to what you and all the other people put up with it shoud be brought forward to the attention to the medical pros, im very ignorant on any of this but i also hate the trial and error treatment we go through too so what is the answer hey ,.....i must get a new MOUSE lol i feel like i must show my doc this site we are on , and get his oppinion in fact thats what i must do on my next visit lol i really do hope you get some help  
    • allen07303
      allen07303 old_nanna

      Posted

      I'm sorry nanna.....

      I get feeling I've the short end of the stick so to speak.

      Yesterday was an awful day for the because not I'm sleeping very well.

      I fall asleep really well than wake an hour two later and look at time and go AARRRGGGGH......

      I hope all my friends are good!!!

      Allen

      Thanx for update nana 😊

    • mo-jas
      mo-jas old_nanna

      Posted

      g'day ol' nanna   wink

      yeah.. same old story wherever we are but sadly the "suck it and see" approach seems to be what we all get.  for me, "try this and if it doesn't work we'll increase it" started at 200mg tegretol retard twice a day to 1600mg a day with 2000mg keppra on top for good measure!   to be fair, the day we started i clearly remember them saying "you do know we don't really know what we're doing"..  wish the cheery nurse hadn't told me i'd be "right as rain" on the pills "in a couple of weeks" ..3 years into them i wasn't even able to write my own name altho that's much better now ..but 12-odd years on i'm still waiting!! ..hahaha

      one suggestion.. yes, this site's good but if you're planning on showing it to your doc, go have a look at some of the 'resource' info - the panel to the right here is a good place to start.  there are some really good links to top quality info.  just not sure how impressed your doc would be with anything we have to say here in the forums..

      anyway.. best of luck and wishing you all good fortune in finding a medic with open ears and mind!

      jas.  :o)

    • mo-jas
      mo-jas allen07303

      Posted

      hi allen..

      where were we? waiting for you to take the lead, i guess ..your thread - we're just sitting here waiting with bated breath for the next exciting installment! ..lol   sorry to hear it's a chapter full of broken sleep, lousy day after and loadsa "AAAAAAAARGH"!  ..ain't those days such a pig??  ..thinking about it, the nights are even worse!    :o(

      keep your thumbs up, chap!

    • old_nanna
      old_nanna mo-jas

      Posted

      hi mo ,yes i can see what you mean , and i feel im a fraud beside all you lovely people ,suffering a lot more than me , all my troubles only started since 2010 , although my daughter did bring it to mind ,i had a sort of sun stroke or small bleed years before i cant remember the year , since then its been like little turns every month untill they sent me to a specialist and stuck me on epilum , and from then on i had side affect you wouldnt believe so i told the dock i refused any more treatment , went for a few years and mentioned this to my now doc and im only starting to see whats happening , b gee nearly did it lol gosh im lucky really but some people get relief surely , they told me i would need to not have a turn for 6 months before i was able to get my drivers license back , lol well at 86 going into 87 this year lol do you think that will happen noooo and i wouldnt want to lol but i do hope the young people dont give up , well i have raved on enough ,,, i didnt sleep last night too so now its daylight im going to have a cuppa and try to napp , i took 2 valium at 3 am , not prescribed lol by for now 

       

  • allen07303
    allen07303

    Posted

    There's my friends!!

    its nice to know everyone about still.

    week seven of phasing out of the keppra and into limotrigen... Ugh.

    tired thru the day and can't sleep worth damn at nite

    went bed last night at 8:30 woke up and thought that was a good sleep only to see its two hours later!!

    i have to go back to the university in two weeks and hopefully things will at art coming together......I'm angry about everything and nervous shaky as hell I can't write with a pencil....

    i got these little bumps everywhere they remind of when they stick with a all these pins to see what you're allergic to.

    some days are good and others not....

    its nice to see my friends again 😀

    Ever,Allen

    • mo-jas
      mo-jas allen07303

      Posted

      ..for what it's worth allen they spent over a year getting me right off the tegretol.. they have to do it sooooooo slowly and if you're unlucky with that particular drug there's no entirely 'painless' way..

      i know it's no consolation but i absolutely recognise with a wince everything you say about sleep, anger, impatience, nervous, rattled, shaky.. all of them and many more besides - but here's a thought ..i damaged 3 lobes on the r/s - they have to do a kind of 'divining act' as to what effects are the pills and what's down to the brain injury ..and all of the things i've listed are equally likely outcomes of either.  how's that for a spoke in the wheel?!

      ..and i got it wrong when i said 200mg tegretol twice a day to old nanna - it was one a day and the bloody thing put me in a coma for over 24 hours!  out cold.. too asleep to dream.  it really is a case of just pluck up your courage and jump.. the tough bit is trusting they have indeed got a bunch of people down below to catch you!

    • allen07303
      allen07303 mo-jas

      Posted

      That's why you're the man mo!!!

      I tend to get down on myself and for me it's really easy..., I do have some positives like family and friends and the like..... On ther hand I've always been a goer and a doer

    • allen07303
      allen07303

      Posted

      And to just come to s grinding halt is difficult......I reckon it is what it is.

      I'll learn to things different,,,

      It's like doc said "you have epilepsy and you will be on medication from now til then"

      Sorry bout the two posts by the way!

      Allen

    • mo-jas
      mo-jas allen07303

      Posted

      ..same same - noisy motorcycles and fast cars to a bicycle in one go!  :o( ..prob for the best - i was SUCH an unreformed petrolhead but it did rather feel like hitting a brick wall.  bit of a metaphor for what was to come, really..

      if you haven't.. check your mail alen.

      PS congrats - you've gone over the 100 posts in your discussion ..you're the lucky winner of POINTS! ..hahaha

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