From: you wish you knew <candy_lou81@...>
Subject: [Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support] Cari - Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?
To: Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 1:14 PM

Hi Lisa,
My daughter is 6 and has had complex partial seizures since she was two. She has been on Keppra for the last year but she takes it has a secondary drug. she is also on lamictal. Since she started taking the keppra with the lamictal her seizures have gotten better. She had just gone 8 months without one, but recently had one and they say it was due to her gaining weight so her dose had to be changed. Before having the Keppra added she was having a lot more seizures. I would talk to his daughter about added another med. they seem to work together in stopping the seizure activity.
It does seem at first that the meds are making the seizure activity worse. I went through this with my daughter after she was diagnoses. It can become very frustrating. It may take time some to find the right med that works for your son. Good luck, I hope it gets better for him soon.
Candice

--- In Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_ Support@yahoogro ups.com, lisa kline <lisakline11@ ...> wrote:
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> My son just started Keppra, his first meds after being diagnosed with complex partial seizures. He is 9. It seems to me that his seizures are increasing and getting stronger and longer now that he is on meds. Of course I could be wrong, just noticing them more that we have a diagnosis. Does any one out there have any info on whether meds can increase seizure activity? Thanks, Lisa
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> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, Maraika <maraika@... > wrote:
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> Subject: [Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_ Support] Cari - Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?
> To: Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_ Support@yahoogro ups.com
> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 4:15 AM
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> Hi Cari. I would love to see the file
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>  This subject is a speciality of mine and have posted some info on my website
> that gives some insight into why nutrition is an important health care issue.
> If you have any questions about anything you read on the document and just need
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> Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?
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> Thu May 21, 2009
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> I just uploaded a file called Epilepsy. It is a document sent to me from my
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