I wanna be secaded

[hiddenmuse]

Keppra apparently causes drowsiness. Yeah. That's like saying that The Pope might be Catholic.

This past weekend, I experienced the opposite of insomnia - hypersomnia. On Saturday, dizziness had me taking a three hour nap early in the afternoon, then a major headache knocked me down for another four hours. And that night, I slept about 9 hours straight.

It's supposed to be a "temporary" side effect - meaning that it goes away after the first month. I'll see what happens. As long as I don't fall asleep on my keyboard at work, or wind up crash-landing into dinner, drooling and dead to the world for a few hours, I suppose that I'll be okay.


That's about all for now. I'll come up with a real update later - when I'm home, and have more time and opportunity to write. :)

Comments

[luvlyssa.livejournal.com]

I promise it'll pass. It took me a month to the day... (remember I commented earlier that I thought it was keppra that made me sleepy?) I checked my journal I used to keep and yup. a month to the day... poor thing. just don't up your dosage too quickly or you WILL fall asleep at work (just trust me on this)

[ex-sarcasti.livejournal.com]

Hey there...

Im on Keppra too...and yeah the first month or so is one hell of a ride. It does get better...not groggy as hell like tegretol.

promise ya that...i actually feel somewhat GASP human in the mornings...

odd thing really :)

...kar

[urthboi.livejournal.com]

It seems that quite a few people have experienced similar symptoms. I, on the other hand, did not. But I did stop gaining weight (I was taking depakatastrophe before) when I switched, so that was a major plus. The few keppra users I know said you should be back to normal after a short while. In the meantime, take a pillow to work. Just in case.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

I was on Depabloat before going on Keppra, too. (Although, I like calling it "Depakatastrophe" - considering the multitude of side effects I had, that's an appropriate name!)

The daytime drowsiness is winding down some - which is good. Still going to bed at ungodly early hours (like 9 p.m.) when I'm uncaffeinated, and I'll probably continue to use the weekends as my actual cue, since that's when my major sleeping seems to hit.

And that's an excellent icon, btw. :-)