Many milligrams

So what I have found is people with epilepsy talk about their meds, so I will do a post about it. I take Tegretol, Epilim, and Lacosamide.

I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 10 and the first medication I was put on was Tegretol. I started off at 100 mg morning and evening but over the 25 years I have had epilepsy it has been increased and now on 400 mg morning and evening. After a few years of my diagnosis I was put on Epilim. Originally it was a liquidized medicine that was like calpol (not really a medicine I enjoyed taking). I eventually got onto tablets of 300 mg, where I took 2 in the morning 2 in the evening. Lamictol (also known as Lamotrigine) was later added on and I was put on 50mg morning and evening.

In 2017 my neurologist changed my medication. The Lamotrigine was swapped for Keppra. I was put on 250mg morning and evening. My doctor wanted to “try something new”. It only made matters worse. I went from having a seizure once a month to once a week! It got to a point where I refused to take the medication, so I told my doctor and was put back to the Lamotrigine.

I’ve recently had a video telemetry and by the results my neurologist changed my Lamotrigine to 100 mg of Lacosamide. I also had a couple of seizures in 1 week (which was unusual for me), so my Epilim was put up to 600mg in the morning and 800 mg in the evening. Hopefully things will get better