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?

[Lamotrigine]

Hi I'm 5 months pregnant, I've been having fits so I've had to try keppra Im already on 700 mg lamotrigine! I'm worried about the side affects I'm gonna have I'm emotional and tired all the time as it is anyway!

[Nixie79]

I have been on Keppra for a few years now with a mixture of Epilim, Lamictal and Topamax. I have generalised epilepsy and I "quote" from my neurologist "I am an odd and difficult case". Lovely hey. Anyway, I am on 1000mg of Keppra a day and I have found that since going on them I have been more irritable towards people and I get upset a lot easier. I have found myself to be more lethargic and sometimes a bit forgetful with the easiest of things. When I am tired, I can't even put one word in front of the other properly so putting a sentence together is hard. Instead of trying to just put me on two different types of tablets and try that, my neurologist thought it would be wise to use me as a guinea pig and put me on four different ones. I have also started to feel the cold a lot more. I am cold for approx 10 months out of the year. I am not happy and it is hard as I haven't had a fit for years and I hadn't since before he stuck me on all these tablets but because my eyes fluttered a little he thought I should take more tablets to stop it so if I was to change now, I would lose my license, my job, my independence.

[knighthawk82]

I am on Keppra had my first seizure 6 months ago. i take 500 mg 2x daily. Only side effect i had was  wanting to argue alot. (VERY HOT HEADED), but that left after about a month. I  was 47 when I had first seizure. Doctors do not know what caused it. I am in Michigan we have a 6 month seizure free driving law, went today to get paperwork signed to drive. Doctor will not sign it.  No big deal, I will readjust my life around this, I will not let it get the better of me

[Alexandrea95]

I'm 17 and I've been taking Keppra awhile now. I take 1500 3 times a day mixed with other stuff and my seizures have calmed down, but they haven't stopped completely. The one thing I HATE about it that it makes me hungry 24/7 whereas when I took topermax  I was never hungry so of course as a teenage girl I hate that part, but as far as mood goes and stuff I'd say the Keppra has been the best for me compared to the other stuff. I don't get as angry anymore.

[ceasarseizure]

See if you can get him on lamictal.  i have noticed an incredible change in my mood for the better after switching from keppra to lamictal 200mg twice a day and it has controlled my seizures for 3 years.

[ZeldaQuist]

My 12-year old son's first seizure occurred in August 2012.  He went on Keppra after his second seizure in October 2012.  He started at 1000mg/ day.  After his third seizure in November 2012 he moved up to 1500mg/day.  After his fourth seizure in January 2013 he moved up to 2250 mg/day.  After his fifth seizure in March 2013, which happened a week ago, he moved up to 2750mg/day.  Keppra causes him to experience mood swings.  Sometimes he is giddy, sometimes almost inconsolably sad.  His school work has fallen off a lot.  He has gained weight disturbingly.  However, his mood swings less now than when he first went on Keppra.  I am hopeful that the current dosage will be effective and that he will adjust to normalcy.  Epilepsy is bewildering.