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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For anyone reading who is worried about “keppra rage”, my son went on keppra aged 5 and we were warned about the side effects but he had had two prolonged absence seizures (minutes long so kind of unusual presentation) so we decided meds were appropriate.

It absolutely changed his personality for the first month.  He was over sensitive, angry, cried at the drop of a hat.  It was so bad we made an appointment with the neurologist to discuss weaning him off the medication but then suddenly! He was back to his normal sweet self!  So my advice is to allow for an adjustment period before panicking.[/quote]

Also add b6, rx. It works wonders. [/quote]

+1 Our Neuro suggested this from the get go. The benefits of Keppra WAY outweighed the side effects. We were told that the "rage" is more common in kids who are already dealing with those kind of issues. It doesn't come out of no where, its an exaggerated behavior.[/quote]

That’s not true. My dad experienced horrific anxiety and anger on it and had no such issues. These are brain medications and they impact the brain often causing anxiety etc[/quote]

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