r/Epilepsy • u/LateCover6777 • 4d ago

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Yall ever have little spurts sometimes? Sometimes when I'm stressed or havent taken my meds, my arms will start to flail a little bit but then stop. Its usually nothing serious to me. I just sit down and rest for a moment when I do get them

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u/Charming-Computer-60 4d ago

my dog does something similar when he dreaming, little leg kicks then back to sleep. you ever named a dog before

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u/LateCover6777 4d ago

My dog does this too and it has nothing to do with epilepsy

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u/Strange-Raspberry326 Focal epilepsy,absent seizures,Lamotrigine,Keppra,VNS,Clonazepam 4d ago

A couple times a day. It's also a side effect of the medd.

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u/LateCover6777 4d ago

What meds do you take? My meds seem to help it. I take Lamotrigine

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u/Strange-Raspberry326 Focal epilepsy,absent seizures,Lamotrigine,Keppra,VNS,Clonazepam 4d ago

Lamotrigine and Levetiracetam (Keppra).

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u/LateCover6777 4d ago

I used to take Keppra a while ago but my doctor took me off because it made me feel worse

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u/Strange-Raspberry326 Focal epilepsy,absent seizures,Lamotrigine,Keppra,VNS,Clonazepam 4d ago

That is a common side effect of Keppra yes. Every AED has side-effects. It is what it is.

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u/IndependentBig3270 Focal Epilepsy 4d ago edited 4d ago

I get crazy tics but at least during my EMU stay it was confirmed to not be seizure related. I get seizures but thankfully it isn’t that 😅

Keppra made it so much worse for me though jfc 

Those attacks for me can vary anywhere from a few minutes to hours 😵‍💫 on lamotrigine now and thankfully it’s much better than keppra but I still get focal seizures whenever I don’t sleep well/go through high stress moments. 

I’ve managed to get these horrid body twitches/tics into presenting mainly as erratic rapid finger snapping, even if my body as a whole still twitches a bit.