Seizures Questions

Brivaracetam can surely cause mood swing though less than levetiracetam. However, occasionally levetiracetam can cause less behavioral disturbances when compared to brivaracetam .there are many antiseizure drugs that does not worsen mood or anxiety like lamotrigine or carbamazepine. These two drugs rather stabilize mood. Alternatively, levetiracetam can be restarted after discussing with a neurologist as levetiracetam dose can be increased more that what your son was taking.

Dear sir
normally your doctor would switch you to oral form .if ypu have a form of epilepsy you will need medicatio to keep your seizures under control.
Take care.

These could be symptoms of a peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain. I suggest you visit a physician for an examination to decide an approprate treatment. Meanwhile you may take vitamin b12 supplements.

First of all how do you remember seizure in your sleep, and no, its not ptsd. To understand your problem, please explain your condition in detail.

Never change the medicine suddenly because it can cause breakthrough seizure .if there is severe side effect of particular medicine then start new medicine with help of pediatricians and strt new drug slowely and stop the starting medicine slowely.

Slowely reduce the dose of the previous drug and at that time start your new drug at a small dose .both drug should use in small dose and reduce dose slowely .when you use small dose of your previous drug at that time you should also take the new drug therefore there is less chances of brekthrough seizures .if you want to explain it further then I will explain you on call and give you the methods from which you can change your drug.

Well both are used in seizure or in epilepsy, or any convulsions, so it will be better if you follow the advise given by your doctor.

Dear lybrate-user,
it is good that you have not had any seizures after 2019 august. Unfortunately you have not mentioned the findings of ct/ mri. Mostly if the lesions have cleared the chances of seizure recurrence decrese with time. The chances of having a seizure are likely to be very minimal now. Many a times we stop the medication after such a long seizure free period but that decision can be taken after reviewing the initial imaging and a present imaging.
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You have to be under neurologist /cardiologist care. Kindly have regular check=ups with them--tell the above problems to them--have investigations and treatment as they prescribe. Don't go for over the counter drugs for these problems. You can have a good normal life with regular prompt supervised treatment. Be happy and confident.

It is covid as rat test is positive but that fever of covid is high and he is having febrile seizures. Please start with tipid sponging and paracetamol suppository to lower down the temperature below 100.