Eslicarbazepine vs LAMOTRIGINE

A few weeks ago I asked whether anyone had any information or experience about whether epilepsy impacts ayahuasca. No one really had any knowledge so I thought I would do a post about my experience just incase anyone in future has the same question. I did 2 days of ayahuasca ceremonies a few days a

Hi All After years of freedom, last year took an unexpected toll, where many breakthroughs had happened. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy 10+ years ago and the first port of call was Tegretol, which was titrated to 800mg twice daily and then reduced to 600mg twice daily as it proved toxic and left fro

I take 3g of Levetiracetam and 1,2g of Eslicarbazepine acetate per day. The acetate has been increase from 800mg to 1,2g in June this year and it since then I have been extremely forgetful, I have to write things down and conversations I had moments or hours before are hard to remember. Some days or

Hi everyone, good day. I’ve been seizure-free for over 3 years now, but I’m still taking my medications (eslicarbazepine, brivaracetam, and lacosamide). My doctor told me that I have a scar on my brain. I was wondering — if I were to have surgery, what are the possible outcomes? Would the scar still

I recently had a EEG that showed some stuff, my neurologist is switching me from keppra (thank fuck) onto APTIOM or eslicarbazepine acetate. I was wondering if anyone here has experience with this medication? What should I be expecting? Thank you all and stay safe

Has anyone taken either of these? The last thread to mention them are 2 and 4 years ago. I'd like to know the effectiveness and side effects that you've experienced.

My neurologist is switching me from vimpat to gabaoentin due to involuntary movements in vimpat. Any of you with focal epilepsy use this? Experience and thoughts is really welcome. Staring tomorrow. Last options are clobazam and eslicarbazepine.

I’m a writer. Maybe not a successful one at this point in my life, but it’s what I identify as. Writing has been such a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Writing is one of the few things I am confident I can do, regardless of my mental state, and it has been my personal therapy for

Edit: I just got on new medication last week. I’m not looking to get attention I’m truly asking for help. I also just went through an episode of hitting myself. Which truly felt like it helped to let that out. I know that sounds terrible but I feel better now. I feel bad that my dog just saw me do a

soooo i just recently (in this last month) got diagnosed bcos i felt myself completely slipping. i sought out a doctor, homie did an evaluation and prescribed me meds. i was very unsure as far as whether he was correct abt the diagnosis or not so i went in for a second opinion and sure as hell, “you

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and when she saw i was lamotrigine i clarified i didn't have epilepsy but bipolar and she went on a rant about how i should get a second job because if i'm busy i wont have time to be mentally ill. like the whole appointment. girl i just wanted some new glasses. i

I was recently diagnosed with bipolar 1 about a month ago and I’ve been taking 200mg of Lamotrigine and 45 mg of latuda. My family is very VERY religious and they want me to go to a special priest hoping that I get cured of being bipolar. I know doing this will not bring me any harm, but I generally

Recently i had to find a new psychiatrist because my insurance changed. I told him I’ve been on lithium and lamotrigine for several years and he told me that he used to work at an inpatient facility and he’d only ever used lithium with those patients and would wean them off after they left. He sugge

Ok so first things first, the medicine works great for me. My complaint is the pill itself. Whoever designed them is the spawn of fucking satan and deserves the most awful of punishments. It’s just compressed powder. It dissolves in water, which is what spit is. Like who the fuck approved this shit.

Called the pharmacy Thursday to refill my prescriptions as usual, knowing I had at least one refill left, which would have gotten me through til my psych gets back July 4th. Pharmacist said it would be ready by 9am today (Saturday) because they didn't have the right size pills for my lamotrigine and