My son was diagnosed with MS. He had a drastic change in personality over a 2 week period. His symptoms don't line up with typical MS. He doesn't remember who his brother or sister is. He doesn't remember last events. He has bad headaches and vertigo. He has fatigue. His vision and hearing are excellent. His neurologist doesn't believe any of the symptoms have to do with his MS. He thinks it is his autism, but he didn't have autistic type symptoms until this one period of 2 weeks. He changed over night. What can I do. There aren't any neurologist I can see because the other neurologist doesn't see patients from his friend (my sons neurologist)

Here's a story of my life with epilepsy if you want to read it. When I was 22, I was an apprentice for a Tile Company, me and my girlfriend at the time had two children, and we were about to get engaged and get married, but right before I got my apprentice license, I had a full tonic clonic seizure (grand-mal). In the hospital they did an MRI, they discovered that I had a cyst in the fourth ventricle of my brain near my cerebellum, they wanted to remove it, but I said no. 5 months later I started having grand-mal seizures again. So I decided to have brain surgery. My girlfriend didn't want to deal with what I was going through, so while I was in the hospital recovering from brain surgery, she went to court and got full custody of my children because I didn't show up for court. What the judge didn't know before granting her full custody of my children though was that I was in the hospital still recovering, I had know idea what was going on. The judge just thought I was a no-show father, so the mother of my two children was rewarded full custody of them. She took our children to a different State and married another man. The only one's that stuck by my side was my Mother an Father. My Mother decided to be my POA because I can't work, nor can I drive to see my doctor's or anything. The meds I take are at the max without causing liver or kidney damage, but I still have grand mals and a lot of petite seizures (auras). I have to take 14 anti-seizure meds a day and here is my list: Every morning I take: 1x Dilantin, 2x Keppra, 3x Lamictal, and the stomach pill I take is called Protonix, it helps my stomach from throwing them all up. Every night I take: 3x Dilantin, 2x Keppra, 3x Lamictal. Since I can't drive to go see my friends, they don't come to see me, so basically I have no friends anymore. 5yrs later while I was struggling to find happiness, I meet another woman, and 1yr into our relationship we had a child, a beautiful baby girl. I was doing good, but unfortunately that was the time my Father passed away. 6yrs into our relationship she decided to leave me for someone else as well because she too couldn't handle having to deal with my disability. This time though, I made sure to go to court and get partial custody of my daughter, because I refused to deal with losing her too. I'm 40yrs old and I've been taking my pills for 18yrs, I have heart issues now and I'm getting old, SUDEP will probably take my life, but I'll continue to see my daughter for as long as I can. I go to her school functions every chance I get, and she comes to visit me every weekend. I make sure to spend as much time with her as I can, and I do my best to keep her happy when she's with me because I know I'm going to be leave this world soon. Eventually my daughter will be all grown up with a family of her own. My two oldest kids don't call me, and when I call them, they don't answer. They've abandoned me which sucks because all I really live for in this life now is for my kids and my Mother. It sure is a bummer living with epilepsy.

I've been on it since 2011. Starting with 2,000 mg per day. Last week it was upped by 1,000 mgs per day. 😢

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I questioned my doctor on the use of Keppra and some of the side effects were alarming and I asked questions. Re: I have only 3/4 of kidney left after bladder and kidney cancer. When I asked for a 2nd opinion and consult with Nephrologist the PCP was notably offended and took 3 months to get a referal. My other questions concerned Anger, Depression and suicidal thoughts. The Neurologist I was refered to kind of laughed and explain that not to worry I would be OK! Not satisfied with the response I refused Keppra and requested a different seizure med. They gave me the new med but said unless I took Keppra they would not restore my license. Fearing losing my independence at 77 I then agreed to Keppra @ 2000mg/day. Over 1 year later I have lost my appetite and have lost 20 lbs, from 190 to 170 lbs. Since Im also recovering from Spinal fusion atL4-L5 at age 75 I have struggled to stay active and believe inactivity will doom my independence. BTW after 3 so called seizures and 1 MRI no evidence of Epilepsy has been found due to my rare so called seizures. Also includes a 13 hr EEG and a 72 hr EEG. My PCP blames seizures on Marijuana THC and demanded I quit or I would lose my license permanently.

My daughter was prescribed gabapentin for muscle tone. It was completely useless

I am epileptic with INFREQUENT seizures. While raking leaves in Nov. 2018, I suffered a "Grand Mal" seizure. I saw a bright white flash of light whilst every muscle in my body contracted at once. As gravity pulled me to Earth, my skull struck my driveway, HARD! After a CAT scan and MRI in the EMERGENCY Dept, I was prepped for my 1st of six (6) craniotomy brain surgeries. The neurosurgeon removed a rectangle of my skull and drilled multiple holes in it to relieve the blood pressure that was pushing my brain into my brainstem, the seat of the AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. The ANS controls all of the things that our body does, that we do NOT have to consciously think about, including RESPIRATION. I would have stopped breathing and died if not for this surgeon. He saved my life! 😊 I have lived in hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities ever since. Eating the high fat, high sugar, high carbohydrate meals that they serve and lying in bed for six (6) years had made me obese. I made a New Years resolution to do 100 consecutive pushups and had accomplished that goal, but my belly was still retaining fat. I did some research into Depakote and learned that it contributes to fat retention. Knowing, based upon my experience as an epileptic for four (4) decades, that my seizures are always preceded by sudden changes to my body, I GRADUALLY tapered off Depakote over a period of months. I have NOT had a single seizure and have lost that stubborn belly fat. I will NEVER put Depakote in my body ever again!

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Dos it work for eye muscles? area I had stroke In brainstem area bad but all limbs are fine except ear,eye and balance with impedes me

What about people with symptoms of MS, neurological issues, but MRI brain is normal. What conditions mimic MS with normal MRI of brain and orbits. Thanks!

Thank you for this video. I had an episode of TGA three days ago that resulted in my wife taking me to ER and getting admitted overnight. Happened while lifting weights (nothing crazy heavy...weights that I've been handling for over 10 years) at the gym. Folks there say I did not seem out of the ordinary. Walked out of building and couldn't find my car (because I had walked to gym) so I called my wife and told her I was really confused. My BP was through the roof...like 210/180. She feared a stroke and rushed me to hospital. All tests were normal. 12 hours later I started to feel normal and was released after 24 hours. Glad to hear it's rare. However comments here indicate maybe not as rare as medicine thinks.

Several of us are having severe issues with our teeth such as crumbling, decay, breaking, etc. We're not being heard.

It allows me to sit down as i have pudendal nerve entrapment. Otherwise i would be able to drive anymore even. Also - at the end of the vid, was that the bloopers or had you taken a high dose yourself and got confused? 😂😂

Went thru all the tests for MS back in 2009-2012 to see why I was weak in and losing control of my right leg. They ran all the tests, which were negative for MS, but thought it MIGHT be ALS. Here I am ... still alive, slightly worse, but they say not ALS because of how many yrs its been! Been watching lots of videos by physicians and now wonder if it could be POMPE disease? Everything seems to match up.

Keppra certainly stopped my seizures but also made me extremely aggressive and short tempered, stopped within days after talking leviracitam and switching to depakote or divalproex. I struggle with some mental health disorder including depression and anxiety, and this was not taken into account. The “no reason to be mad” is very accurate. I had a repetitive argument that I would bring up on a regular basis without provocation.

Interesting. Very well said.

I'm on it for general dystonia..i can barely move or do anything and i have a lot of tremors..i just want to work 😢

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Amazing for alcohol withdrawal or even curing alcoholism. I've watched a few videos on it, mixed reviews but nobody talked how about how effective it is for detoxing and staying sober. I realize benzos are the gold standard for withdrawal but they won't cancel the cravings like gabapentin does.

Gabapentin and Lyrica are the best to drugs for severe peripheral neuropathy

Thank you ❤

lol Doctors still haven't a damn _clue_ about epilepsy

What tests differentiate between these disorders

Do u prescribe it for migraines as well?

could using an inversion table help, or worsen, or cause orthostatic hypotension?

the only good video on the topic on youtube. thanks!

Do you have more information on Transient Epilepsy Amnesia, I’ve had At least 6 episodes now on lamotrogine Happy to be contacted

I take Keppra 1500 am and 2000 pm I'm on 4 seizure pill in all

Thank You for this information I’ve been taking this wrong for the last four years . I’ve always taken this with food. Thank You again !

The only time I have a seizures is when the battery stops working I have been seizure free for 30 years can't be around a microwave or metal detector because it messes with the battery my doctor told me that when he had it put in

I'm a musician and right away I saw that you have some righteous guitars, therefore I really put some stock in your explanation of lamictle, thank you sir

Taking keppra, you better have some patient family and friends. You will get pissed off for no reason at all.

Thanks for the video! Having Jake around to drill the bad energy might be beneficial as well. I have had the exact same breed for 17 years and he was curing me all the time with an acupuncture slaps to the lower extremeties so the blood to get upper a bit faster. Now after he is gone here I am seeking for help and advices.

Keppra is no joke i back handed a doctor after surgery then they put me on a diff med all good now

I know this is an older video but …. I just had a mri done of the brain …. During part of the scan my left side of my face started to twitch ( more than I have ever gotten within the last year . ) so … is that normal ?

This was SO helpful, thank you! Seriously ✌️

Is anybody on meds for this?? I was prescribed Keppra for 8 years (!) until another neurologist now put me on carbamazepine. Needless to say, I’m confused and scared, but at least my stores soon from taking Keppra is gone. Any suggestions???

I just had my third one over the last 8 years. I’m almost 67. First Keppra - misdiagnosed as seizures, and now I’m afraid to go off my new meds, even though I feel completely normal, except for when the episodes occur. The neurologist/psychiatrist determined within 15 minutes that I was bipolar, had temporal epilepsy, partial complex seizures and psychomotor seizures. The awesome Dr at the ER two days ago stated that I show no signs of an ‘seizure’ person. Sooo.. the guessing continues. Again… anybody on any meds for TGA? I’m afraid I’m doing my brain/body more harm than good by taking the meds, but I’m also afraid to go off of them.

My 15 year old is on 200mg lamictal for about 2 years now and is suddenly experiencing very bad insomnia. Only sleeps about 3 hours a night then wakes up every hour upon hour till he supposed to get up. We’ve done sleep study and done surgery to remove tonsils. Nothing has worked. Is it possible the insomnia would start after about a year and a half of use ?

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How about Briviact? How long does someone need to be on these medications? Pharmacy says its a Schedule V (?) (don't know exactly, but a Schedule "?" drug (as a controlled substance)😬

I'm hoping to get approved to get VNS for TRD. Is the 'Robot voice' pretty common with this? If it works for me, I'm sure I'll get used to the side effects.

I have been on Keppra for over 25 years and it seems to work well with no side effects

In one way this is terrifying. I've used Dilantin for 35 years without any real problems except recently slight "bottom of foot' numbness. Recently, for the first time, my levels are not staying up as they once did. Gums, bones, muscles, brain function, etc seem to be fine (I'm 72 and a classical pianist, gardener, active, grandkids and pool, etc). My doctor has retired and my new doc is urging me to add another drug. Very unsure of what to do at this point.

I need to add that I feel like I’ve had a really good life thanks to the Dilantin. But I also feel one of the things that help me out aside from taking medication on a regular basis and working a physical job and being out in the sun and stuff like that is not drinking or drugging anymore. The combination of the medication and these other things have allowed me to have a 20 year period with no seizures. Then I worked on a fluorescent light that was flashing at work and that was the first seizure I had in 20 years. That was my mistake. I feel like I’m in a bad decision mode of if I take it it’s controlled if I don’t take it my body’s going to pot. But at 71 I think I’m very fortunate to have had the life that I do have. If there was anything I could take that would control my seizures. As good as Dilantin has I would take.But today it seems like the lesser of two evils. Thank you for your post very much

I am 70 years old take that back 71, I’ve been on Dilantin for probably 50 years. I am experiencing osteoporosis. I found this out after the bone density test I just recently took. I’ve often thought of it as the lesser of two evils. True if I could not, Take any medication that would be great. At this stage of my life I feel like I don’t have any other options. With Dilantin I wanna pay period of 20 years without a seizure. For this I am truly grateful. I did lose my teeth at an early age due to Dilantin I believe. I’ve kind of accepted the fact that I knew it also did a job on my bones. I found your video very comforting in a way. I don’t know if there is any suggestions you may have for someone my age. For I am truly thankful of my for my life today I’m going on another 10 years without a seizure thanks to Diane Dilantin. I did try to get off some of the medication and I had seizures. I also take mysoline 125 mg three times a day Dilantin 100 mg. When I was trying to reduce medication I only tried to reduce my mysoline .but had a few seizures. Thank you for your post.

Yesterday my father had a TGA. He woke up in the early morning wondering around the house, looking at the windows that were fitted few weeks ago... kept saying oh when did we fit those windows? did we pay for those? ... we were very scared... he looked "normal" but without fresh memories, and even the "old" were very confused, around the fog... He was quiet calm though. We though it was a odd case of stroke, as he was very recently admitted to hospital due to AF and he had a PPM fitted, just before Easter. We brought him to A&E..during his very short stay in hospital he was keeping asking why are we here? and I answered... and again after a single minute..why are we here? what am I supposed to do here? and again again again... he did bloods test and neurological consultation, had a CT scan to avoid stroke, everything normal... at the end of this odd journey we were told he was suffering from TGA and that he would have quickly and magically recovered. In fact when we were going home all the memories, short and old, were back to normal.. father 1 was taking over father 2.. he could not remember anything about this strange dream.. nothing, not a single moment. I am glad to see exactly what the medicine says and I strongly confirm every single shade of your video. I can't tell what caused this, maybe the mental stress due to his recent in patient stay as it was unespected for him. Anyway, thanks for your video!

I had an epilepsy attack a year ago - it was probably alcohol-related - could it happen again?

I live in North Carolina will you take me as a patient one time?