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What Medications Are Prescribed For Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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Candy Says:
I have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, with which grand mal seizures are not associated with. I have absence seizures, where you don't respond to someone calling you or you not responding to something or moving around but in a state of unable to know what you are doing. They only last a short time. They are not grand mal seizures like falling on the floor and flopping your body around and then afterwards need to sleep for long hours. I want to know which medications are good for this condition. I am on Clonazepam and Lamictal, which when they first went on the market were only for absence seizures not for anxiety or Bipolar depression like they are also now used for. Thank you for your anticipated help.
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Hello, Candy! How are you?
Are your current medications working for you?
Just because they are now approved to treat more conditions doesn't change what else they are effective at treating.
Generally, the same medications are used to prevent seizures, regardless of the type. Its just that grand mal seizures may require higher doses for prevention.
My fiancé has epilepsy, he gets focal seizures, but takes Oxcarbamazepine, just the same as someone would that had full grand mal seizures.
You could ask your doctor about trying it, or Keppra. The FDA lists their typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, mood swings and weight changes.
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