Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Location: united kingdom
Keppra Posted: 01-06-04 13:56pm
Hi I have 2 children who both suffer from
atypical absence seizures. My son is
currently taking topamax, which is working
quite well, although he still has seizures
every day.
My daughter has been on keppra for a
couple of months now and we are
experiencing aggressive and violent
outbursts, and some other personality and
behaviour changes.
Has any one else any experience of keppra
they would'nt mind sharing with me?
This is the 4th drug we have tried in the
space of a year and are unsure of whether
the drug is affecting her behaviour or its
just her way of dealing with, or not
dealing with the epilepsy. My daughter
was diagnosed at aged 14 months but had a
3 year period of being seizure free. At
aged 10 the seizures returned with a
vengeance and I know she has struggled to
deal with the changes. She also has
moderate learning difficulties which makes
explaining things harder as well as
talking about feelings.
I would appreciate any advice anyone can
give me, we are due back at the
neurologists on monday to discuss whether
to take her off the drug but we have been
told we are running out of drug options.
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persian85033
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 Location: Phoenix
Posted: 01-06-04 21:46pm
I take keppra. I don't think i'm
aggressive, but then again, I don't always
take my medication. I think this
medication works good for me, though.
However, I do think that this might cause
me vaginal yeast infections.
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