Grand mal seizure symptoms and conditions

I started taking Lamictal for a seizure disorder a little under 1 year ago. It was difficult to tell how it effected me because I was going through xanax withdrawal at the same time, which I am sure is the reason I had the seizure to begin with. I did not realize this was the case at the time and so i cannot really tell you what my initial reaction to Lamictal was. Now I am noticing some side effects. Difficult to fall asleep (but that's always been the case.) Nightmares (they have gotten less intense, though). Occasional nausea, although never to the point of vomiting. I recently cut my super-long hair b/c it was falling out a bit. It' not as bad now that I got some of the weight off of my hair. I definitely have trouble finding words and often find myself feeling embarrassed when I'm in a social or professional situation and I'm not able to contribute as much to a discussion. I will probably stay on the med til I have been seizure free for a couple of years. I only had the one grand mal seizure. I am 31 and trying to decide if I want a child within the next couple of years, but have to consider the risks associated with the Lamictal. Good luck to everyone. Just do your best to be healthy and take care of your body.

Grand Mal Seizure with injury. PT has no history or predisposition to epilepsy

No, I am not a drug rep,I am simply just being honest.Not everyone has a terrible experience from this drug. I am sorry that so many of you have had so many bad reactions,just like any medication it may not be for everyone,but it does work for some.

19 year old daughter had shot in may, experienced severe soreness at the injection site, nausea, fainting, lethargy and irritability. Holly continued to complain of general malaise and achy joints. Holly had her 2nd shot in July and left for College in August. When she visited for Thanksgiving break in November, she experienced her 1st known grand mal seizure. We did not get the 3rd shot of the series. Since then she has had several more seizures and was put on anti-seizure meds which at this time are working well. Holly continues to complain of "brain fog" which was present after the first shot and has yet to resolve. She is still irritable, which makes the situation she is dealing with concerning the seizures and the restrictions that she had, almost impossible to deal with.

Three days into the ultram 200mg, once a day, I experienced a "tonic clonic seizure" what is formally known as a grand mal seizure.

From what my husband tells me it was so severe that he had to call the paramedics. I don't remember the entire seizure at all. I faintly remember seeing 4 heads coming to me down the hallway, and that was all I remember. John, my husband told me that was the paramedics and the fire department. Since they did not see the seizure taking place I was not taken to the emergency room or hospital.

I do remember laying on the bed for 4 days after the seizure unable to move, eat or drink. I was completely exhausted. I've a follow up appointment with my primary care physician on Tuesday, as in required by law to be seen and I believe I may have to sign a paper requiring me not to drive for the next 6 months.

I'm worried to say the least. I'd never had a seizure before in my life and I'm 47 years old now. I'm still experiencing nausea, inability to eat...even though its been just 2 weeks since the seizure.

I have been going through depression and extreme exhaustion and not wanting to be alone in a room since the seizure. The abdominal pains feel almost like when a menstrual period will start, severe enough to make one bend over double and an aching inside as well. Having had a hysterectomy over 7 years ago, I know that is not the issue.

I have been taking Depakote / Dilantin cocktails for over 10 years !! 600mg Dilantin and 3000mg Depakote every day !! If I miss a few pills or a dosage
I will inevitably have a traumatic grand mal seizure. The funny thing is, I have not experienced many of the side effects you guys speak of. I have gained some weight in the last few years (20lbs), but I'm also getting to that age ( 49 ) where guys put on a few pounds.

It is very scary knowing that my body (brain) could be this screwed-up !!
I wish my wife was more understanding about this - although its tough for her too...

I have been taking Depakote / Dilantin cocktails for over 10 years !! 600mg Dilantin and 3000mg Depakote every day !! If I miss a few pills or a dosage
I will inevitably have a traumatic grand mal seizure. The funny thing is, I have not experienced many of the side effects you guys speak of. I have gained some weight in the last few years (20lbs), but I'm also getting to that age ( 49 ) where guys put on a few pounds.

It is very scary knowing that my body (brain) could be this screwed-up !!
I wish my wife was more understanding about this - although its tough for her too...

This is a nightmare. I have been on Lamictal 200 mg, tab in morning, for approx. 5 months. About 3 1/2 months ago I started getting muscles aches and weakness, muscle overuse problems, fluid retention ( like 12 pounds), stayed in a trance with very little short term memory. Thought it was everything but this medicine....I am an avid athelite, yes, even at 51. So, I blamed myself for not slowing down. Quick exercising totally, for 2 months, iced 3 times a day on leg muscles. Finally after making it to the summer without a mental breakdown, I went to the emergency room and a new internist to get checked out. Blood work, thyroid, hormones,ok.... Really don't care what they think , I can not walk, it hurts like hell. The Dr. did tell me to get off Lamictal....ok 7th day and I have some relief but it is not complete. Called manufactures, interesting, yes- these are side effects!!! But the studies are limited. Listen , unless you have seizures, get off this medicine... you read the full disclosure of side effects and then search yourself......It can ba a huge FOOOOOPA.....And you are the fool that will end up holdling the bag, not the manufacturer. Hopefully I will get better. Right now , I just trying to stay calm.

My 9 year old son was put on Singulair this year. He'd been taking it for six weeks when he had a grand mal seizure. Just minutes before his seizure, I had been discussing with the school nurse about the negative changes in his behavior and attitude. The nurse had related to me her personal experience with singulair and her own son, and advised me to get my son off the med. If our son had smaller seizures before the grand mal, we did not notice them. He's the youngest of six children, so it's possible there were warnings. :( We have no history of seizures nor epilepsy in our large extended families. We took him off singulair immediately.

Please watch yourselves girls. I too had 'brain zaps'. Then I had the grand mal seizure as reported on this site last week. Not sure if they are at all correlated, maybe just coincidental, but upon reading more on seizures I see petit mal seizures are like 'brain zaps'. You look awake but you tune out for a minute or two.

My other messages didn't post so I'll try again--- Depending on where you look, oral contraceptives are contra-indicated for use with thyroid medications. Estrogens bind with thyroid hormones so your body can't use them-- then you sufer the effects of low thyroid hormones, like fatigue and weight gain. My doctors have freely given me BCP even though I suffer from hypothyroidism. If you do alot of research you'll see that not only do bcp cause thyroid imbalances, but so do some foods (such as eating alot of soy.) Family doctors get next to no training in endocrinology and aren't aware of the side-effects of bcp.

And on to negative side effects--- after 2 months on Yasmin I suffered an enormous grand mal seizure and had to be taken to the ER. I have never had a seizure prior to taking Yasmin. When I looked, seizures are a barely mentioned side effect and considered rare. I"d love to know how many women have had seizures and just didn't report it or didn't realize it was the Yasmin.
My neurologist can find nothing that might have caused my seizure (like a tumour, etc). Although my family doctor won't say Yasmin was the cause, I have been ordered off of it. (gladly!) Coincidence?

I think women need to be aware that taking Yasmin has huge consequences. I had taken another tri-phasic bcp for a decade just fine. I went on Yasmin because of the low dose and thought it would be better for me. Now it has cost me weeks of work, truama to my family, and a very long, difficult recovery from the seizure. (I pulled every muscles, I couldn't think clearly, and I bit my tongue so badly I couldn't eat for days.)
Yasmin is not candy like doctors make it out to be. I recently heard and expert call bcp the biggest human trial in history. There is every chance enormous numbers of women will suffer awful consequences (like breat cancer) after years and years of use! As well, Yasmin is so new on the market none of us can be certain it is safe. It wouldn't surprise me if this drug is pulled from the market somewhere down the line. Everyone on this sight seems to be suffering terribly because of it.

Shari,
Your daughters TSH numbers were high because hypothyroidism is made worse by oral contraceptives. I am hypothyroid as well, and through research found that oral contraceptives are actually contraindicated with thyroid medication. Estrogen binds with the thyroid hormones your daughter is taking and doesn't allow it to be used. Family doctors know little about endocrinology and didn't know I should not be on Yasmin. I had to do the research myself. It also sounds like your daughter hasn't stabilized on her meds and may need further advice from an endocrinologist. Ideally her TSH should be between 0-2 although the so-called normal ranges can go as high as 4. I doubt she will ever feel healthy if she continues taking Yasmin, or if she consumes large amounts of other thyroid-binding foods like soy or walnuts.

For some reason this didn't post when i first reported it, but I'd also like Yasmin users to be aware of serious side effects. I had a very severe grand mal seizure this month and was taken to hospital. I have never had a seizure before. My doctor was totally unaware seizures are a reported side effect of Yasmin, even though they are not common. My life has been completely turned upside down because of this. I had only started taking Yasmin 2 weeks prior to the seizure and there is enough evidence that Yasmin is to blame that my doctor ordered me off of it! I no longer take Yasmin but it's effects linger. I feel ill, I'm recovering from all the problems associate with a seizure (pulled muscles, bit tongue), and am not allowed to drive etc. Yasmin is not candy even thought doctors hand it out like it is!

Do not trust your doctors ladies! My doctor didn't seem aware that this drug is too new on the market to trust. In fact, our doctors don't know half of what our pharmacists know. After 10 years on a tri-phasic pill I opted for Yasmin. Within 2 weeks I had an enormous grand mal seizure and woke up in an ER. (I hae never had a seizure in my life!) Of course there is no evidence to prove Yasmin caused this, but it seems a terrible coincidence and even my doctor ordered me to stop taking it. When I went to Yasmin's website they mildly mention seizures as a possible side effect. The truth is, the safety of the pill is not confirmed, especially for long-term use. I have heard someone call The Pill the biggest human trial in history. I'm starting to believe that's true.

I have been on dilantin for 20 years for seizure disorder called cortical dysplasia. Didn't even know I had it until 2004 when I had a grand mal seizure that lasted too long and different tests were run by my neurologist. It was suggested at that time that I switch from dilantin to something else due to taking it "too" long but all I knew is that it kept me seizure free and I was unwilling at that time to change. Well now here I am in 2006 with the side effects of the dilantin taking the chance of switching meds. Have been put on topamax, have been taking it for about a month. Very difficult transition for me, expecially when the dilantin was stopped all together. A lot of it was "in my head" I believe as I knew the dilantin did work and was not so sure about the other but I have struggled with feeling "hung over" in the mornings, confused, off balance, slow in answering questions, and anxious regarding these symptoms. My Dr. assures me I will adjust as my dosage is increased. Just when I get used to one I have to go up so it is very stressful times for me at the present but at this point I'm willing to ride it out. I have a MRI and a 24 hr. ambulatory EEG scheduled within the next 2 weeks so we shall see the results from that, but in response to side effects.......yep.....at least for me...but some are mind created

grand mal seizure after taking 1 50mg tramadol. Never had a seizre before

I had been taking generic Wellbutrin 150 mg twice per day for about a year. On July 3rd I had a grand mal seizure. I spent 2 days in the hospital tryng to figure out the cause... It turns out it is the FIRST and MOST common side effect of Budipron ( spelling ? ) I cut myslef off and switced to Prozac. That scared my children and myself , not worth it.

I was prescribed this medication after having two wisdom teeth removed and after CLEARLY indicating to the oral surgeon that I had a history of seizures. The Monday after my Friday surgery I had a grand mal seizure at work and was taken to the emergency room via ambulance. The information on the patient thing from the pharmacy indicated in small print at the end of the information about a small likelihood of seizures. Do not take this medication if you have any history of seizures.

My doctor switched me from Flovent to Advair last spring. Within two weeks I had a grand mal seizure. Am now back on Flovent which works fine. My doctor thinks it's the salmeterol in Advair that I reacted to.