I am new to this forum but I
need some information. I have a brother
who is suffering from epilepsy that came
along with encephalitis at the age of 5.
He is 23 years old now. His seizures are
under control by medication but he his
suffering from mood swings, anxiety,
frustration and anger. He may react
strongly and unpredictably to events,
which would not previously have troubled
him. He becomes obsessional in their
thoughts and actions especially if they
are disturbed by their cognitive and
personality changes there is a fear that
he is 'going mad'. He is in india right
now. Can anyone of you help me in making
him a normal person? Any help is greatly
appreciated and I sincerely thank each one
of you who read my message
Hi:
my 6 years old daughter has partial
seizures for two and half years now. It
started as eye-shrinking and eye-closing
and then increase by movement of her
hands. She has tried a number of
medications such as tegretol, sodium
volporate, primidone, lamictal, neurontin,
topomax, clonazepam and non of them was
able to stop seizures completely.
Although the combination of topomax and
primidone has stopped her hand movements
and she is steel taking them. Lamictal
seemed to have good effect on her but she
was highly allergic to it. Her mri shows
nothing and her physical growth is normal
other than being lean. She was a very
smart and fast learning kid before her
seizures started. But now she cannot
concentrate and she is falling behind in
the learning process.
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Kathyalison
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Apr 2004 Posts: 64
Side Effects Posted: 04-05-04 21:25pm
Hi,
it sounds to me like your brother is
suffering side effects of the
medication(s) he is on. I am going to be
switched to keppra in the near future
which has a long list of side effects like
what you're describing of your brother.
I spoke with my dr about my concerns
surrounding this type of behavior related
to the drug and I was told that if that
behavior developed that my medications
would be adjusted to ones that controlled
my seizures but did not affect my day to
day life.
I suggest you get in touch with your dr
right away as what he is experiencing does
not sound healthy nor what should be
happening.
Good luck!
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bubble1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 16
Posted: 04-11-04 19:02pm
Hi neti
what medication is your bother on? My
neurologist wanted to put me on keppra but
when I read about it and reaserched on the
internet, I came across other people who's
family members were taking keppra and they
were concerned about the side effects it
was having on their family members because
they had noticed such a personality change
- bad mood swings and bursts of anger like
you say your brother has. Maybe he isn't
on keppra but all medications have side
effects - some people don't suffer whilst
others do. I think you you should speak
to him and suggest he speaks to his gp
that maybe the medication is having side
effects and it can be sorted out.
