Kristen: The old stand by for Anti Convulsant meds was Dilantin. It works, but has a lot of bad side effects , when used long term . The newer class of drugs have their good points and bad points. If you are on Dilantin, and are expecting to be on that long term, you might want to see if the Neurologist can switch you over to the generic form of Keppra. Less side effects. Ony problem with that drug, was when I was being weaned off Dilantin, and onto the Keppra. You end up taking 2 different Anti Convulsant meds at the same time. Slowly adding more of the new drug, and over time, taking less of the old drug.

Kristen I’ll be praying for you and your beautiful family. Although we’ve never interacted I’ve enjoyed your posts over many years. Like so many others here you feel like family that I’ve never met or even talked to😀
Please pm me your preferred way to help….if that’s the GoFundMe page that’s ok too.

Jeff

What are you on? I'm having a hard time with mine.

Kristen I missed the post where you stated what you are taking. I am not familiar with that medicine.

One thing I found out after my son started having seizures at 17 years old there were/are lots of other people who have the same affliction. Eventually it was determined my son has epilepsy and it was causing his seizures. I have a friend that had one at 18 years and had his second one at 45, no treatment in between. They can't determine what caused his last one and was most likely stress.

Drowsiness is a side effect of anti-seizure meds or at least it is in my son's case. When my son began having them, he had two GMs in a period of just a few days. They put him on a pretty strong dose of Keppra, as I said, it turned him into a zombie. Eventually, they lowered the dose and changed medications, and lowered the doses periodically.

Good luck and don't be ashamed to ask questions, there are quite a few people on here that have gone through what you are or a family member has. If I remember correctly they told us that up to ten percent of the population has seizures and approximately 4 percent have epilepsy.

Hope they are able to get it under control. My daughter has seizures, the first meds they gave her made her so angry and aggressive it was scary. Now she is on a keppra generic medication and it works very good for her.

Prayers Kristen

Donated. Will do so again after paycheck. Praying for you.

Kristen, I am on Keppra. It's a miracle drug. I haven't had a seizure since I started it 4 years ago and haven't even had a head cold for several years. Or a hangover even.

Good luck Kristen and best wishes for a full recovery. Sending a small donation and some prayers up from Ontario.