I Have Epileptic Seizures

I've been on Dialantin the past 21 years. I stayed seizure-free. But it affects my thought pattern. It takes me a long time to figure shit out. I feel like the world is moving around me and I'm moving in slow motion. I see a polytrauma doctor at the VA. And he suggested to talk to my neurologist about getting a different seizure medicine that doesn't have the same side effects as Dilantin. He suggested Keppra. Does anybody know anything about Keppra?

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LeopoldBloom · M

Sorry to hear that. My college roomate was epileptic, and he took Tegretol to control it, but he didn't like it and as I recall he wanted to switch to Dilantin.

My wife takes Keppra (Levitracetam) for muscle spasms resulting from damage caused by a spinal tumor, and she has to be careful with it as even half a pill can knock her out. So she only takes it at night when it's absolutely necessary. Maybe if you took it regularly you would build up a tolerance to the drowsiness.

These are all really old medications; don't they have newer ones?