Keppra
- Julia- Julia tried Keppra for a few months. It seemed to improve her mood initially. In fact, we called it happy juice. However, as we increased the dosage, she seemed to have more seizures, especially myoclonic jerks. While she was on Keppra, she was also on Depakote and Zonegran, so it may have just been a bad combination, but we did wean the Keppra and the seizures decreased and she was more alert.
- Caitlin- Caitlin first started Keppra when she was 9 or 10. I think it had just came out on our market. We personally did not like it and Caitlin began to have wierd hand and mouth seizures that would go on forever- like a status seizure where it just didn't stop. Our neuro couldn't believe it was the keppra that was causing these seizures but we stopped and then a little while later he wanted to reintroduce the keppra and try one more time. We had the same bad reaction so we knew this was not a drug for Caitlin. Tracy Hoel (Caitlin 15) in AZ
