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Suggest Treatment For Seizures And Diarrhea Despite Taking Medication

I have grandma seizures since I ve been 18yrs old, was taking depakote delayed release 500mg 5 x Dailey ( 3 morn. - 2 night ) then after 28 yrs on it I changed ins. And started me on generic brand but dr. Made mistake and put me on depakote 500mg extended release by accident, I kept telling pharmacy and Drs. That I felt sick at my stomach and was having more seizures than ever ( one a week ). I found out that I was given the wrong medicine when I insisted my dr. Give me the brand name ( after taking wrong type for 1 1/2 yr ) . I was having Diarrhea for 15 days and finally went in the hospital with acute pancreatitis for 11 days. They determined that I had an allergic reaction to depakote and switched me to keppra. i was not having seizures but was bouncing off the walls, I didn t know if was going off depakote or the side effect of keppra that gave me the major bipolar systems but then after two months no seizures but bipolar crazy I was put on tegretol along with the keppra and taken off the Zoloft the pychirigist gave me 2 mo. Ago. I am having extreme muscle tractions in the legs arms and shoulders, I thought I had another seizure but didn t bite my tongue like I normaly do and I don t know what to do? I m scared to death
Wed, 8 Apr 2020
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Hello,

Sorry to hear about the multiple suffering from drug related ill effects and its sequences. As the issue is of side effects, withdrawal of certain medications used for seizure, psychiatric conditions, a detailed subjective analysis on clinical grounds is necessary to figure out the medication guidelines and online platform will not be feasible to do so. However, in general, there is criteria to taper down the medicine with high profile side effect and raise the dose of low profile drug with medium efficacy over a period of time to adjust as per the individual need.

Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Seizures And Diarrhea Despite Taking Medication

Hello, Sorry to hear about the multiple suffering from drug related ill effects and its sequences. As the issue is of side effects, withdrawal of certain medications used for seizure, psychiatric conditions, a detailed subjective analysis on clinical grounds is necessary to figure out the medication guidelines and online platform will not be feasible to do so. However, in general, there is criteria to taper down the medicine with high profile side effect and raise the dose of low profile drug with medium efficacy over a period of time to adjust as per the individual need. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon