I take Carbamazepine (Tegretol) for my seizures but I still have several a month. I have tried adding other meds but none have worked. Yesterday my doctor prescribed Diazepam (Valium) 5 mg for me to take 3 times a day. Has anyone else tried this and what were your results. Thanks.
Hi Jason, I thankfully have had success with Keppra so have not needed extra meds to help control any seizures, I have taken diazepam while still taking Keppra under medical supervision (While in hospital) and had no issues , very low dosage and didn’t notice the affects, I guess its a try it and see what happens, After all if you are taking Tegretol and still having them then there are changes needed. Take care and please do let us know how you get on with them. Thanks
Martin
This is just an update for anyone that may run across this someday. After one week of taking both the Tegretol and Valium I had a very small seizure that was limited to my foot that lasted for about 30 seconds. This was after what for me is now considered fairly strenuous physical activity. Before I would have had a full seizure on the entire left side of my body lasting several minutes. The next day he upped my dosage to 5 mg 4 times a day and after about a month of this I have been seizure free. Every once in a while I get a little twitching in my toes for about 5-10 seconds but if that’s as bad as it ever gets I’m very happy with that. I have had no negative side effects at all (just feel a little more relaxed) and would highly recommend that anyone struggling to find the right combination of drugs to deal with seizures to talk to their neurologist about this. If you have any questions about this please feel free to message me.
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Interesting - I do sometimes take it when I have a bad migraine and my migraine meds dont work - its only 5mg but always helps me.
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