LEVETIRACETAM vs PREGABALIN

Hi all, I’m a patient at one of the top migraine centers in the country (Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago). They do a lot of off-label/ non-conventional treatments, so I feel like I have a pretty good list of known treatments. Feel free to add to it in the comments. Hope this helps someone!! THIS

I finally broke down and got these TimerCap caps from Amazon. I am really good about taking my meds usually, but I have been really sick this week and actually double dosed on accident. I can't stand those pill organizers, so I'm going to give these a shot. I attached photos so you can see that the

I hope the streak continues. I was diagnosed 3 years ago with Left TLE. I was having 2 grand Mal a month at the beginning and while they tweaked my meds it started varying. I’m on 2 meds (Levetiracetam, Oxcarbazepine) now and for the last year nothing has happened. Just this week for the first time

People seem to really dislike levetiracetam here. For me it’s been great. No side effects at all, if you don’t count that it totally took away my motion sickness, which I had even before epilepsy. Fingers crossed for another six months and I’ll get my drivers license back!

While other drugs clear existing plaques, levetiracetam (keppra) prevents production of toxic amyloid beta peptides https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/02/common-anti-seizure-drug-prevents-alzheimers-plaques-from-forming I take Keppra. It keeps the seizures at bay, but it also makes me drowsy

I am angry, I can’t remember anything literally 2 seconds later, I can’t talk properly, I keep stuttering, I have ZERO thoughts ZERO. empty brain. it’s managing my seizures, but I don’t like how im feeling on it at all. Did you guys switch from it one that managed your seizures and wasn’t as enragi

(18F) I’m just wondering if anyone has any experiences similar to what I’m going through. I have complex partial seizures. The cause of these seizures is heterotopia in my brain. I have been taking keppra/levetiracetam for around 6 months now. It isn’t perfect but has made massive improvements. I’m

I take 1000 mg of Keppra/Levetiracetam and 400 Lamictal/Lamotrigine. And I am so fucking tired all the time. There isn't a moment of my day that I couldn't lay down and just, fall asleep. My memory is bad enough that I'll forget what I was gonna say in the middle of saying it, or forget what someone

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