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They all do in the beginning. But, we had good look with Carbotral (sp??) and

tegratol.

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> Dear all,

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> Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

> extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

> been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

> course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

>

> Thanks for any suggestions,

> (mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

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Zonnegran is working wonderfully for with no side effects...stay away

from Keppra...it changes behavior.

Mom to age 13

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seizure medicine suggestions?

Dear all,

Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

Thanks for any suggestions,

(mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

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I agree Keppa  does change behavior.

Marilyn mom to Jorden 10

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Subject: Re: seizure medicine suggestions?

Zonnegran is working wonderfully for with no side effects...stay away

from Keppra...it changes behavior.

Mom to age 13

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seizure medicine suggestions?

Dear all,

Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

extreme drowsiness?  My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

Thanks for any suggestions,

(mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

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How long has Eva been on the Depakote? My son Sam was pretty sleepy when we

first added it to his Tegretol, but got over that after a few weeks. He has

never had any side effects from the Tegretol (he has been on that since age

1).

Best wishes,

Christie, mom to Sam (19 yrs old, BPP)

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> Dear all,

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

> extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

> been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

> course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

>

> Thanks for any suggestions,

> (mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

>

>

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My son takes Triliptol and only had brief drowsiness, then normal after an

hour.

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Dear all,

Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

Thanks for any suggestions,

(mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

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We just took our 4 year old off 11mg 2x/day of keppra which was not helping her

weekly seizure and kept the trileptal and added Zonnegran. We'll see how it

works.

mom to rachel BPP

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seizure medicine suggestions?

Dear all,

Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

Thanks for any suggestions,

(mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

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Was it 11ml or mg? We just started Keppra mixed 100mg/ml she is on 1 1/2 ml AM

and 2 PM. I read that vit b 6 I think is what helps with the behavior problems.

We have only seem improvement in no seizures and better focus and expressive

language. I planned on asking Neuro about vit B if we had problems? We started

Keppra due to maxed out on Trileptal and now weaning it.Diane

> To: polymicrogyria

> From: sdoneil2000@...

> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 13:46:41 +0000

> Subject: Re: seizure medicine suggestions?

>

> We just took our 4 year old off 11mg 2x/day of keppra which was not helping

her weekly seizure and kept the trileptal and added Zonnegran. We'll see how it

works.

>

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> mom to rachel BPP

>

> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

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> seizure medicine suggestions?

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>

> Dear all,

>

>

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

>

> extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

>

> been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

>

> course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

>

>

>

> Thanks for any suggestions,

>

> (mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

>

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Yes, I meant 11ml 2x/day and during the weaning process there was no change in

frequency which led us to believe it really wasn't doing much for her. Trileptal

she is on 7ml twice a day with 50 mg of Zonnegran twice. She was also doing B6-

I think her behavior has improved a little- less irritable and aggressive, I

think.

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seizure medicine suggestions?

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>

>

> Dear all,

>

>

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

>

> extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

>

> been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

>

> course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

>

>

>

> Thanks for any suggestions,

>

> (mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

>

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My son is on lamictal right now. We don't have total seizure control but it has

helped. He isn't sleepy or drowsy or spacey, but he does have trouble eating

now. I have no idea if this is related to the medication or not - always hard

to figure out. But Lamictal does seem very benign in terms of visible side

effects. I have heard, however, that it is often paired with another drug,

although we haven't explored that yet.

>

> Dear all,

>

> Does anyone have a suggestion for a seizure medicine that doesn't cause

> extreme drowsiness? My daughter recently started Depakote and she's

> been falling asleep at the drop of a hat throughout the day - which of

> course won't be good once school resumes after the holidays.

>

> Thanks for any suggestions,

> (mom of Eva, 7, right hemi unilateral PMG)

>

>

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