Posted by Mitch on August 23, 2001, at 0:31:32
In reply to Mitch, Keppra Depakote and Neurontin, posted by susan C on August 22, 2001, at 15:15:01
> Hi,
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> I am having the hardest time catching up with you. I havent found a search just for a persons posts. Are you the person who talked with me about Keppra before? Are you the same person who posted on the depakote neurontin thread recently?
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> I am currently in week three, taking Keppra in addition to Depakote, at about 1000mg,each, and am not sure I have enough to say what if anything is happening. I am hunting for anyone, anyone who has even heard of it or considered taking it. let alone actually had some kind of experience.
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> another topic is the addition of neurontin. I have read it is definately a second line med added to depakote.
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> Just checking in.
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> Is this you?
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> Susan C.
Hi!I just happened to be skimming down through here and caught it. Yes, I am the one, I think! I had originally wondered about Keppra-mainly because it is supposed to be so effective for partial seizures (the 6HZ corneal test) and yet NOT effective for maximal electroshock induced seizures (for generalized seizures). Which peaked my curiousity about its possible effectiveness with bipolar and/or temporal lobe epilepsy. I read up on the product info and noticed a lot of somnolence and sleepiness that didn't seem to go away and didn't seem to be dose-related. So *I* was curious about how that side-effect played out in a bipolar population. Judging from your "keppra journal" it seems to mirror the clinical population, unfortunately. But, from what you say you were also taking 1G of Depakote, so that clouds the subjective results a little.
Mitch
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