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@yahoogroups.com, lisa kline <lisakline11@...>

wrote:

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> Hi

> 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

>

> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, Maraika <maraika@...> wrote:

>

> From: Maraika <maraika@...>

> Subject: [Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support] Cari - Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?

> To: Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 4:15 AM

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> Hi Cari. I would love to see the file

> you downloaded on Vitamins and Seizures. Could you give me the link too

please.

>  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

> some clarification please feel free to ask me and I will do my best to give

you

> an answer or the links that refer to research done on this subject. Regards

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> Maraika Mason

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> FAX 03 54333904

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> Mob: 0408037286

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> Skype: maraikam

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> Have a great day and keep smiling:)

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> Posted by:

> "cari_foster96"

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> Thu May 21, 2009

> 8:11 am (PDT)

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> I just uploaded a file called Epilepsy. It is a document sent to me from my

> brother-in-law with interesting information about vitamins and seizures. Maybe

> it will help.

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> Cari

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--- In Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com, lisa kline

<lisakline11@...> wrote:

>

> Hi

> 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

>

> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, Maraika maraika@... wrote:

>

> From: Maraika maraika@...

> Subject: [Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support] Cari - Re: Doctor referral?

Vitamins?

> To: Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 4:15 AM

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> Hi Cari. I would love to see the file

> you downloaded on Vitamins and Seizures. Could you give me the link

too please.

>  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

> some clarification please feel free to ask me and I will do my best to

give you

> an answer or the links that refer to research done on this subject.

Regards

>

>   

>

>

>

> Maraika Mason

>

> FAX 03 54333904

>

> Mob: 0408037286

>

> Skype: maraikam

>

> Have a great day and keep smiling:)

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> Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?

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> Posted by:

> "cari_foster96"

>

> Thu May 21, 2009

> 8:11 am (PDT)

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> I just uploaded a file called Epilepsy. It is a document sent to me

from my

> brother-in-law with interesting information about vitamins and

seizures. Maybe

> it will help.

>

>

>

> Cari

>

Hi, We had the same problem with Keppra. My son has Myoclonic seazures and first

meds they pot him on was Keppra, he got worse, like you said his seazures

increased and they were deffinitly stronger, so we put him on Topomax wich made

him extremilly sleepy, he was sleeping 18 out of 24hrs:( Now he is on Depakote,

his seazures have decreased from 10 per day to 5, but they are still long and

strong. As far as I know any AED drugs  can increase seazures and make them

worse which means that those meds do not work for your little one:)

Good luck!!



- In Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com, "marciadetert" <marciadetert@...>

wrote:

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> --- In Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com, lisa kline

> <lisakline11@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi

> > 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

> >

> > --- On Sat, 5/23/09, Maraika maraika@ wrote:

> >

> > From: Maraika maraika@

> > Subject: [Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support] Cari - Re: Doctor referral?

> Vitamins?

> > To: Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com

> > Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 4:15 AM

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> > Hi Cari. I would love to see the file

> > you downloaded on Vitamins and Seizures. Could you give me the link

> too please.

> >  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

> > some clarification please feel free to ask me and I will do my best to

> give you

> > an answer or the links that refer to research done on this subject.

> Regards

> >

> >   

> >

> >

> >

> > Maraika Mason

> >

> > FAX 03 54333904

> >

> > Mob: 0408037286

> >

> > Skype: maraikam

> >

> > Have a great day and keep smiling:)

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> > Re: Doctor referral? Vitamins?

> >

> > Posted by:

> > "cari_foster96"

> >

> > Thu May 21, 2009

> > 8:11 am (PDT)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> >

> >

> > I just uploaded a file called Epilepsy. It is a document sent to me

> from my

> > brother-in-law with interesting information about vitamins and

> seizures. Maybe

> > it will help.

> >

> >

> >

> > Cari

> >

>