Joce hasn't used ativan since Dx except last hospitalization. When we
used to use it she would get agitated. How much does Abbie take a day?
Does she have anxiety issues?
Heather

KathHurl@... wrote:
>
>
> Are any of the children on Lorazepam or Ativan?? Abbie has been on it
> since she was about 4 -- she is now 20.? She doesn't have any
> behavioural problems now, but she could get pretty cranky when she was
> much younger.? We think that the lorazepam helped.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Andrasco <kelly_andrasco@...
> <mailto:kelly_andrasco%40ameritech.net>>
> To: afha@yahoogroups.com <mailto:afha%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 5:02 pm
> Subject: RE: [ahc] Keppra/behavior/prepuberty
>
> Hi Heather,
>
> Kiley is 8 yrs old and is not on Keppra. I remember talking to Dr.
> Silver about her behavior when she was 5 yrs old and it has steadily
> gotten worse over the years. So in our case it has nothing to do with
> Keppra and I don't think puberty either due to the age it started.
> Kiley is somewhat similar to Jocelyn with the potty training in that she
> doesn't want to bother with it if she is playing or in the middle of
> some other fun activity. She definitely has trouble controlling the
> poop as opposed to pee. Also, we find that just before and during
> episodes, she can't control the toileting. We have an appointment with
> Dr. Silver next week and another doctor at the end of the month
> regarding the behavior.
>
> Kelly
>
> (mom to Kiley)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: afha@yahoogroups.com <mailto:afha%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:afha@yahoogroups.com <mailto:afha%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of
> Heather
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:30 PM
> To: afha@yahoogroups.com <mailto:afha%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [ahc] Keppra/behavior/prepuberty
>
> Hi all, I've been reading the recent posts and we've been dealing with
> behavior issues for last year or so. We are trying to sort out what is
> behavior due to puberty beginning and "normal" bucking the
> parents/acting out behavior and what could be Keppra. As I've written
> before, we put her on Keppra after a severe AHC attack that put her in
> the hospital. The neuro thought it might help It's been 2 yrs since we
> put her on it and still are not at max dose (been on 5.5ml 2 x day) but
> decided to slowly up it (per Neuro plan) to full max dose of 9ml 2 xday
> and see if it helps attacks. If not we were going to take her off.
> Wellllll, the behavior of hitting, kicking, yelling has come and gone
> over the last year, but over last week has gotten bad. She reacts badly
> to every request of going to the bathroom to change pants (potty trained
>
> now with peeing, not pooping) or stopping activity to go (even with
> warning her in advance or if know she pooped). It's like reactive
> behavior of a 2-3 yr old.
> My question, do you who have kids on Keppra think it's the Keppra,
> puberty behavior, or what? I know people have said their girls attacks
> changed (hers are more frequent and the cycles are blurring together
> with too many triggered attacks). The anxiety is also over the
> top.(which I've read can be a bad side effect of Keppra) If anyone would
>
> like to share or be willing to talk over the phone, I'd appreciate it!
> Heather, mom to Jocelyn (10 1/2 yrs)
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