CENOBAMATE vs PREGABALIN

Hi, I was just hoping for some advice, or hearing if anyone else has had a similar experience, please? I have temporal lobe epilepsy, and take 250mg of Lamotrogine twice a day, 1.5g of Levetiracetam twice a day, and 200g of Cenobamate once a day. I have occasional seizures, maybe about 1 a week o

People often write here, with great specificity, about the the symptoms of their medication. I've tried lots of medicine over the years and apart from Keppra, which kind of wiped me out, I wouldn't say any have had really noticeable side-effects. I experience lots of the feelings that people write a

[first pic 16/6, second 9/9 and third is today] Hi everyone, I really need advice about my experience with isotretinoin (40mg daily) and how it might be interacting with my other medications. Here’s my situation: Current Medications: - Isotretinoin (Accutane): 40mg for acne - Ontozry (Cenobamate):

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This post is a bit long, I'm sorry. I basically just want to know about your experiences with Xcopri and maybe get some perspective or advice (I know, of course, that you most probably are not healthcare professionals). It used to be super complicated to have it be covered in my country but not anym

I wanted to share my experience because there is a lot of scary / negative stories online about Cenobamate. Before I started taking it I almost talked myself out of it after reading stories online. I had to go on it because I tried every other drug and nothing was working, my seizures got worse or I

Hi, I’m interested to know other people’s experiences regarding Cenobamate. I was seizure free for over two years until two days ago when I had a focal aware seizure. I’ve then had four more today, only lasting a few seconds each. I currently take 10mg of Clobazam at night but have tried Lamotrigine

Hi all! I’ve been seizure free for 5 months (typically 1 per 6 months for 5 years). I have strong side effects that began with the addition of Lamotrigine to Carbamazepine. We’ve been reducing the Lamotrigine to see if that helps, but it hasn’t. Has anyone any experience with this interaction? What

6 years ago I broke my knee playing rugby. I was 33. I had a fair bit of metal put in and lots and lots of rehab. 2 years on crutches and over 4 years of physio. Nothing helped the pain and they removed the metal, which also didn’t help. I had a nerve block injection and was told it may stop the pai

In 2018 I started having daily headaches, it was in my temples, eyebrows/forehead and neck/occipital. I was bedridden for 6 years, unable to work, study, clean my own bedroom or even watching something on TV. I've taken every possible migraine medication: topiramate, emgality, amitriptyline, pregaba

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I've had to move back home due to the cost of living be so high and my mum has taken my dihydrocodeine from me. She says I take it everyday and am addicted. She says that I should just take paracetamo and be on a pain patch. I'm only taking my dihydrocodeine as prescribed for my slipped discs and p

25F just recently diagnosed so I went to the pharmacy to pick up pregabalin prescribed by my rheumatologist. Of course I hadn’t taken it before so I asked the pharmacist to go over it with me. He asks “what’s it for”? I say “fibromyalgia” then the comments of “wow you’re pretty young for that”. I gu

Title says all. I was recently diagnosed with fibro after testing negative for other autoimmune and muscle diseases. However I seem to have a unique version where I experience 24/7 muscle stiffness and inflammation. Being a little risqué, it feels like I'm tightly wrapped up in BDSM-type rope all ov

I started with 1.5mg and slowly worked my way to 4.5mg, going up 0.5mg at a time. Since the very first dose, I noticed a decrease in pain. With every single dose increase, the pain relief got better and better. When I hit 3.5mg, I had ZERO pain the next day during my 8 hours of work. That’s right -

Just a vent post really. Why is every single medical appointment such a fucking fight every time to advocate for myself and be heard??? Like even with pain management doctors who are supposed to want to help people like me. I literally asked about pregabalin because we haven’t really tried many me