Interesting: docs never tend to go for valproate for women my age due to foetal abnormalites (I’m on topiramate which similarly isn’t ideal for that), but think Levetiracetam is the second one they try for generalised seizures after Lamotrigine which I reacted *horribly* to.
Epilepsy ends up being more an art form figuring out which drugs control your idiot brain chemistry: mine are far better on the three meds I’m on now than they have been for years but for another patient, it’d be completely different. Wildly frustrating for both patient & doctor.
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Yeah same, and also asthma meds that cause oral thrush during asthma flare ups, but friends would rather the occasional course of meds to treat that, than not being able to breathe!
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Similarly, carbamazepine is one of the first drugs they try but it slowed my brain down so much I could barely think, it felt like my brain was sludge so I had to come off it. Topiramate made me stutter horrendously at first but majorly helped my migraines and I knew from (1/2)
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(2/2) past that the side effects wore off so stuck with it and am fine now. So it’s all about whether the side effects affect your life/work, if you can cope with them, if they wear off once your brain chemistry adjusts, or if the benefits outweigh them.
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