Keppra- anyone have any succes with it?

[qtip716977]

I have been diagnosed with partial complex seizures. I work in the medical field and my neurologist put me on Keppra. I was still having seizures on 1000mg per day so he increased the dosage over the phone from 1000 to 2000 mg per day. I still have problems so I called him back..............he told me to see a shrink. I feel like the keppra is making me have mood swings that are totally crazy! I am usually very laid back and mellow and now get upset over the littlest things for no reason................has anyone else had this experience on Keppra?

[granitegene]

Hello All:
I've been on Keppra (1500 mg daily) for about a month now.  The irritability was immediately noticeable, but is diminishing with time.  I have to think twice before speaking and often decide not to comment immediately  to others comments, especially if they are being critical or sarcastic.

[Sandan9]

Sorry to join the party so late. My son is on keppra and lamictal for BRE. Originally he was on just keppra and was a maniac in the beginning. After just a few days our neuro said to give him b6 vitamin in the morning. He was back to himself immediately.

I hope you have your issues figured out, but if not, look up keppra and b6, and ask your neuro about it. Best of luck!!

[britneyj]

keppra is supposed to be the safest one during poregnancy.. why whts the matter?

[britneyj]

omg! yes i take keppra now and i have the same feeling as you! i get mean and icky to everyone and i hate it! i have epilepsy also. and i have tried like 6 different medications i got put on this one just because it was the safest during pregnancy . tell him you want to switch your meds if you really dont like them your the patient tell him your needs what you want and if you dont get it your going to another neurologist!

[rosefaizal]

what happen when we had on keppra and got pregnant?what medicine should be use during pregnancy when have partial temporal lobe epilepsy?hope you could help

[finbarr350]

ive had epilepsy since i wuz 14yrs old got put on tegretol and had it changed up and down since then had about 3 years clear and now its back worse than ever nocturnal and these stair blank outs for few secs..im 29 now and got put on keppra few mnths ago and if i dont get of it soon im not guna be getting married im in realy bad moods,short temprd,down about evting,dont wana talk to freinds!! its realy bad so called nuro and he just put my tegtol up to 1000mg per day and 1000mg keppra per day.. i dont feel like myself at all!!!!!!!!! any 1 have same???