I've been on Keppra 250mg twice daily for four days. Despite regular seizures I'm feeling quite cheery.... When will Keppra rage set in??
Keppra rage? I have been on keppra for years and it's one of the only drugs that works for me and I take 1.5g morning and night. There is side effects for all medications and some times you won't get any. Like you said yourself I have been very happy and fine on this drug so you might be lucky and have no side effects.
Some have rage Nicola but not everyone is the same so while you ar happy don't worry xx
Be Wellxxx
I tried Keppra for a few months, I had no signs of rage, but I was terribly depressed, and difficult to describe, but feelings about things were way off mark, and i laugh now at what I was thinking about which seemed perfectly normal and rational, don't get me wrong, it wasn't dangerous just silly, I asked to come off it, I was better off it, put on other meds now, no side effects from them other than starting to have seizures which I hadn't in two years. I suppose it is different for everyone.
Nicola
Not everyone goes through Keppra rage, but I unfortunately did. A big factor may have been my dosage, 1000mg/day. (I almost got arrested in public). Before Keppra (Levetiracetam), I was on 450mg/day of Lamictal (Lamotrigine). I felt good but had a break through seizure. That’s when he put me on 1000mg/day of Levetiracetam. Because of the rage, my Dr. switched me to another med and I couldn’t function at work, felt dumb. So now I take a combo of Lamotrigine, 450mg/day, and upped the dose to 1500mg/day of levetiracetam after another problem. I still don’t have the rage anymore even though he increased the dosage of levetiracetam. I would have preferred increasing the lamotrigine, but I’m maxed out on the dosage.
It will take more than 4 days to see if the Keppra is effective to control your seizures. Hope it works out.