So they had to build up the clobasam while I was still on the carbamazepine and the Keppra, so I had three drugs all at quite high doses, all with you know interactions and different side effects. They decided that they couldn't just take me off the carbamazepine and just leave me on the Keppra (levetiracetam) that was too dangerous. Not good, that was a pretty horrific one. I pretty much couldn't get out of bed, and I was just really sick and I was just a complete liability, couldn't stand up, kept falling over. The second year of my PhD I had to suspend for six months because they took me off carbamazepine and were putting me on clobasam, and it was the worst drug change in the world ever. This helped me and messages to others about epilepsy.Risks, injuries and SUDEP from epilepsy.Awareness and misconceptions about epilepsy.Living with epilepsy - emotions and feelings.How epilepsy affects parents and family. Living arrangements and safety with epilepsy.Driving, transport and travel with epilepsy.Alcohol, smoking, recreational drugs and epilepsy.Contraception, fertility and pregnancy with epilepsy.Dating, relationships and sex for people with epilepsy.Epilepsy - school, studying and bullying.Experiences of health services and professionals.Experiences of different seizures and auras.Experiences of different tests to diagnose epilepsy.Early symptoms of epilepsy and first seizures.
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