I've had grand mal seizures since I was 4yrs.old. I've been put on Tegretol, Dilantin, Depakote, and so forth throughout my teenage years and none did much. "Tegretol" only increased my seizures to having it every 5 minutes. That took alot out of me. I'm now 35yrs.old and been taking Lamictal 300mg 2x daily at night for about 2yrs. Since i'm planning on having a baby, he suggested I take 100mg in the morning and 200mg at night. I told him that I was going to have seizures but he didn't listen to me. I've had atleast 4 seizures since. "NOT GOOD." I went back to my Neurologist only to tell him, "I told you". I laughed about it. I am now back to 300mg. all at night and now I'm ok. I have an app. with him again and am going to ask him about this KEPPRA thing I've heard so much good news about....For all of you, pay good attention to your seizures. Write it down, date and time and how your day is going so that you can find out what may trigger it, then report it to your doctor....Thanks for hearing me out. Published: October 07 ::

When i was first diagnosed with epilepsy when i was 6 months old they told my parents i wasn't going to mature past the age of 6 years old, and that i wasn't going to be able to walk, talk, or even write and read. now i'm in highschool taking all acedemic coarses with an IEP. this is because i kept being given different med since i was a kid and finally i was goven divalproex and it's helped a bunch! Published: October 07 ::

I had 2 grand mall seizures (one at home in bed unaware of) drove myself to hospital unaware) about five years ago. Spent one week in the hospital intubated due to complications with asthma. Neourologist placed me on 100mg Lamictal twice a day and Carbatrol 300mg twice a day.Hospital had started Dilantin. Caused too many problem s My seizures now uncontrolled by lamictal carbatrol and Neuronten. Seizures are partial vision , /balance, Speech.unable to work. Published: October 07 ::

I have epilepsy, and I was put on Keppra when my husband and I decided to have a baby. I am currently taking 1,000 mg twice a day and have been doing great. I had no problems while I was carrying my daughter, and she has shown no signs of having any side effects from me taking the Keppra. Published: April 15 ::

I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 5 and used epilim for most m life until I decided to hav a baby and was switched to Keppra which worked great, my baby thank god is healthy and no signs of health problems. I'm going through a lot of depression and I'm trying to help myself positively but I feel alone and worthless. Published: October 07 ::

i am a 45y/o male. i started having seizures about 20 years ago. i now take keppra and depakote er,these control my seizures better than any thing else i've taken. we don't know the cause of my seizures. i want to tell all of you first if you are taking dylantin and feel weak,or have red rash talk to your doctor now! i must get my,sleep limit my computer time,cannot miss,or mistime my meds,and i learned on this website about large crowds. twice i,ve had petit mals at a casino...no more crowds for me thank you whoever you were. Published: October 07 ::

I was hit in the head with scaffolding two years ago and suffered 6 subsequent seizures over a period of about a year. The doctor started me on Lamictal but I felt completely drunk on it and stopped immediately. I have been taking Topamax 200mg twice daily for about a year. I haven't had a seizure since Thanksgiving. So I feel this medication is working for me, as I would still like to have another child someday. I just know I need plenty of rest each night and must avoid bust and loud crowds. At first I thought I was handed a death sentence but I am managing well and the torn tissue in my brain in healing. I have read all your stories and can empathize with each of you. No one really understands unless you've been there. It’s incredibly frightening to wake up and not know where you are or what happened or where your kids are etc. etc. We will make it through this. We all have our cross to bear. I wish you all the luck in the world and of your medication isn't working for your ask your doctor about Topamax. Good luck to all of you and feel free to send me a message. Published: August 26 ::

I have just been told I am having seizures; my kind of seizures is so different from all the others I have heard about. Three years ago I went to my doctor with dizziness, weakness, and unstable walking at times. I had an MRI done, they found nothing, so I was put on Prozac which I refused to take, after three years I went to another doctor who did an EEG right after one of those dizzy spells and found out that I was having seizures. He told me I had them at first on the left side of my front lob now it is on both sides. He started me out on Dilantin 300mg, but it was making me very sick, so now I’m starting on divalproex er 500mg. If anyone out there is having dizzy spells, make your doctor listen to you, have an EEG done within 24hours, it will show if you are having seizures. Published: August 21 ::