I know this much. When I had surgery and finally went off Keppra, my son told me he was hoping to meet THIS dad for a long time, one who didn't get angry about everything.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member To be completely honest I wouldn't stress over it that much. If you are then you should be able to at least request, they keep doing blood work so if anything does go wrong, they will know about it pretty quickly. Thats what they do with me. In terms of dementia they won't cause that. Yes you can have memory loss but you would need to have evidence of what's basically a gradual brake down of the brain to have dementia which is completely different to the memory loss you get as a side effect from meds.

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A lot of people experience , easily getting angry , which is one of the side effects .

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/keppra-side-effects.html

This is the general guide on Keppra side effects. It doesn't mean you will get all of them.

Keppra Side Effects: Common, Severe, Long Term

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/keppra-side-effects.html

Thank you everyone for your comments. They are all very helpful!