Epilepsy Meds.
November 11, 2008 2:07pm
November 11, 2008
This is Veteran's Day. My Lamictal is at 100 mg 4 x daily. This seems to work well. I stay level …
kellybelly99320
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About Me
kellybelly99320
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About Me
I am a 37 year young woman living with health problems one day at a time.
I am a 37 year young woman living with health problems one day at a time.
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How are you. I've missed you! Hugs!
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Congrats to you! I am aways amazed at just how far back the climb can be. But like standing on a mountaintop, the view is amazing! All the best to you!
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Awe thank you so much. You are such a kind hearted person. Hugs and prayers to you as well.
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right on, what a blessing to get away from the bottom and climb out of the hole, bless you
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....you go girl!
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Close Alcoholism
I have been to AA for many years. In 1990 I managed to quit drinking for 2 1/2 yrs. Then a couple times for a year each. Then came my extreme meth addiction. I came to a point where I could not live without meth. It lasted for years like that. Then in 2006, I decided to stop using and have not been using since. But, this last summer and fall I have been drinking and I quit last November 01, 2008. I am happy with my decision. I just need a support group this time.
Treatments
- 12 Step Program Working / Worked
- It worked in the past and I am looking forward to working the steps again and having the promises of the program in my life again.
- AA Meetings Working / Worked
- I am looking forward to going back to AA and doing the steps again.
- Antabuse Working / Worked
- made me very ill. Headache, sweats, fever, upset stomach, skin turned hot.
- Ativan Working / Worked
- worked
- Cold Turkey Working / Worked
- Detox Working / Worked
- Got stuck in Detox instead of jail in Portland, Ore.
- Residential Treatment Center Working / Worked
- For a short time it worked, but I soon drank again.
- Sleep Working / Worked
- slept through the cravings
- Trazodone Not Working
- nightmares
- Willpower Not Working
- I don't want to try that again!!!
Close Epilepsy & Seizures
I began having seizures as a small child. My mother is a nurse so no one in my family (neither parent) took me to the doctor until I had a seizure at school and they had to. Then I began taking Tegretol. Then I stopped taking any for years and the seizures gradually got worse. The symptoms got worse. Then I tried many different meds only to end up on Lamictal, which works well.
Treatments
- Ativan Not Working
- didn't work
- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked
- avoid alcohol/ lessens the frequency
- Depakote Working / Worked
- bad side effects, weight gain, etc
- Dilantin Working / Worked
- bad side effects/ gums receding
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- It is working, however I am still having seizures at night in my sleep.
- Neurontin Working / Worked
- no side effects
- Phenobarbital Working / Worked
- side effects, made me feel high
- Tegretol Working / Worked
- no side effects
- Topamax Working / Worked
- no side effects
- Trileptal Working / Worked
- no side effects
Open Meth Addiction & Recovery
I began using meth just a little bit here and there in 1992 with some friends at a party. Then a few more times and etc. By 1995 I used meth more often and enjoyed its effects a lot more, staying awake for days at a time. Then in 2001 I went full fledged addicted, using daily and the amounts soaring through the roof! In 2002 I began iv use and ended up in the hospital in Spokane, WA almost dead. I had gotten endocarditis, which is vegetation on my heart valve. I had 10% chance to live.
Open Bipolar Disorder
I found out I am Bipolar in 1999. They put me on some meds which I did not take seriously and they did not work. Then 2 years ago I decided to take my meds regularly and stay off of meth and alcohol and cocaine, etc. This has made a big difference in my life!!!
Treatments
- Abilify Working / Worked
- no side effects
- Ativan Not Working
- did not work
- Depakote Working / Worked
- did not work due to side effects and poor med mgmt.
- Group Therapy Working / Worked
- Taught me skills to deal with and cope with problems and emotions in an appropriate way.
- Lithium Working / Worked
- poor med mgmt., other than that I think it worked.
- Risperdal Working / Worked
- did not work. side effects: wet bed
- Seroquel Working / Worked
- wonderful except I was so hungry for fattening foods in high volumes. Extreme weight gain.
- Tegretol Working / Worked
- worked
- Topamax Working / Worked
- working with no side effects.
- Trileptal Not Working
- did not work
- Zyprexa Not Working
- side effects: bedwetting
