hi Michele

dilantin has bad side effect it destroys the gyms and i had to have
surgery then it made me sleep all the time I do know it is not good
for the baby i know that topamax I have not had much side effects and
you can ask your drug store or pick up a drug book Mary

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "FaoiltiarnaWolfcaller"
<luna97@s...> wrote:
> >>>There is a link between migraines and epilepsy I take topmax
which
> has been out for a year it works for seizures and migraines it
works
> for me appartly one of the things I been told by having a a lot of
> seizures it sets off migraines and also it in the same area of the
> brain as seizures that is the link cause i have migraines with
> epilepsy as well Mary
>
> >>>Hi Mary, is the Topamax helping your migraines? I am on 400 mg
of Topomax a
> day & still have the migraines & seizures but I'm also on 3 other
seizure
> drugs. Lamictal is being reduced slowly this month since I had the
VNS . I'm glad
> it helps you.
> Donna
>
>
> Hello!
> My name is Michele Manko and I am new to the group. I have
been having seizures since I was 9 months old, stopped at 12 and
started again at 37 * I am 40 now*
> I also had the migraines since I could remember. After the age of
12 and the seizures stopped, the migraines were only very occasional.
Now I get 1-3 a month. I have been on have been on dilantin and my
neurologist just prescribed topamax. I have two babies 3 and 18
months and I am still nursing so I am curious about side effects and
how it has affected others.
>
>
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