My New Drugs

I went to the neurologist yesterday.........it was a new intern, not the one I saw in the past, but at least I could pronounce this guys' name and I didn't have to concentrate so hard on what he was saying! After a brief run-through of my past seizure history, we talked about more current things. After all was said and done, they decided they aren't exactly sure why I am on Phenobarbital and Keppra in the first place, and when it didn't work, why it wasn't changed, so they are changing it now. It will be a 9 week process to build up the Topamax, starting with a measly 25 mg at night. At week 8, as long as everything seems to be going okay, I can start to decrease my Keppra. I go back to see them in February, and if everything is going well on the Topamax, without my Keppra, they will start to take me off the Phenobarbital. In the meantime, I have to have a new EEG done and start eating things with potassium in them because this new medicine can cause kidney stones! OUCH! I've done that already, so they slowed the process down a little so maybe my chances will be lower. I also have to drink lots of liquid.......I do anyway............and really watch what I eat because this medicine causes rapid weight loss, and I don't need that! So I have to really monitor my diet! Other than that, they seemed to have high hopes for this, so we'll see!