[BecE]

Hi,

I'm new here. Usually I just read the post and don't participate but seeing as I really wanted to ask a question I thought I'd join in. Just to give you a brief idea of my epilepsy history I was diagnosed with epilepsy (not sure what kind it was) when I was 6yrs old, then at 17yrs old when I wanted to get my licence I had to go to a neurologist and get a form signed to say I was fine. Unfortunately I was still having problems so I had an eeg and was diagnosed with primary generalised epilepsy instead of the juvenile one that they thought I had. So I changed meds and had a grand mal seizure. I changed from Tegretol to epilim and lamictal. I have been going well on these meds for the past 5 yrs now. I think however that I have become increasingly impatient, irritable and unable to get to sleep at night but feeling sleepy all day. I was wondering if it is all in my head that my drugs may be the cause of all of this. Plus my neck often feels sort of cramped as though my head wants to start shaking but it's sort of suppressed. I have had a few really bad panic attacks in the past year as well.

Not sure if I put all of that down very clearly but in general I wanted to know if other people have this sort of reaction to drugs.

PS. I love the range of icons you have on this board. The smileys are awesome!