My question is about medication, but I'll give a little background first. I was recently diagnosed with focal seizures. The CT scan came back normal, but...
Hi Ed, I wanted to second the recommendation to look into Lamotrigine (Lamictal). I just received a focal seizure dx, so don't know much about epilepsy yet....
Stacia, I mostly lurk on this group now, and I HATE to second-guess your doctor, but I have had seizures since birth and have a history of seasonal or...
Hi Stacia, I have had Simple Partials since I was born. I started having Grand Mals at
the age of 10 after a bicycle accident caused a severe concussion...
Hi Craig Not to get personal but you too have PTSD? what are you taking for that? I too have PTSD and topamax is working well for that so far. I pray that this...
craig please tell me again where is that where you live in wisconsin? You once told me because i too am disabled and there the help is so much better. As Im ...
Hi Wendy, I was recently diagnosed with PTSD this past year. I have been living with
it for the past 15 years. I had changed Psychiatrists to a better one...
Hi Wendy, I live in La Crosse, Wisconsin. I live within walking distance of 2 major
hospitals and clinics; one being a branch of the Mayo Clinic. Then the...
Craig thank you!! Im tired of living in the fear of not good health care and having to travel so far away 4 times a month or so!! and Im not getting any...
... <rnda_wns@...> I've suffed from seizures since grade school and believe me it's hard when all you want to do is be like the other teenager's. Lately I've...
... guess your doctor, but I have had seizures since birth and have a history of seasonal or short-term depression and a family history of bi-polar disorder....
I take 300 of Lmictal daily. It's not perfect, there is nothing perfect, but it seems to work pretty good. I have been on several other meds, not tooo many...
Hi Stacey, Isn't this change of drugs a typical, yet hard, part of epilepsy. I have been on many different drugs over the years, 45 years of seizures, and...
Hi Dawn, I glad Lamictal does give you some relief at 300mg. If that's all it took for me, then increasing is a no brainer. Maybe that'll do it! I should...
I thought I'd share something increasingly recognized in psychiatry regarding unipolar and bipolar depression since it just might help some with epilepsy, too....
Hi, I hope we all are feeling well. I wanted to contact with any member who is currently in Sweden or has visited Sweden. I wanted to get information about the...
Can someone please give me their opinion on this. While going to a neurologist in Texas. (I do routinely do annual neuro visits I've had epilepsy for 48...
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Hi Wendy, Your family doctor should be able to write the prescription for your seizure
meds. Originally, mine did. They have some training in Neurology. I'm...
Hi Wendy For me (Sask. Canada) it is only my neuro that gives out the prescriptions. When I go to see him once a year or more if he says, he will give me a...
Wendy, In most places that I have lived, once I've been diagnosed by a neuro, then I can have a refill written by my PCP (primary care physician) or family...
Cricket thank you I tend to agree with you! right now my family I dont think will!! I think I will ask him to be sure! And if he does not then I think I should...
FYI, folks, BEWARE.... I just received this article today and thought I'd pass it along. I know for a fact that Walgreen's will automatically switch you ...
In Australia my adult son goes to any Doctor if he needs another prescription. Or his own if he has a regular Doctor. And I think he gets a prescription for...
I will pass this along to a friend on Topamax but I am not understanding why this is a big deal? I have never had any problems with generic drugs so if you...
Theresa, Its not that there are problems with using Generic drugs. Its having your meds switched without being told. We found that if we start with a generic...
The generic brands do not always stand up to the quality of the name brands,
and many times, they will give you the wrong medication in the generic if
they do...
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