I was on 5 different medications with different side effects. Some were just right wrong... You are right though; we epileptics are the guinea pigs of the drug industry.
Don't give up though.
There is a drug out there that will work for you and with side effects that one can live with.
Have a blessed day

I am so grateful for the antiseizure meds I have been prescribed. I spent a few years trying to find out what is wrong and getting a good regimen. It's not perfect but it's better. However, the first regimen was not right. It took a few years to find the right meds...and the right doc to prescribe them. Keep looking. The right doc and meds are out there, even if it is a moving target. Don't give up. Never give up.

I agree we are all different, medications work differently for each of us and it does take time for medications to work (and perhaps other things) to reduce our seizures and for us to feel better.
I take Keppra and have been taking it since 2018. My doctor increased my Keppra medication a few times (during COVID) and added a second antiseizure medication. It took me three years to start having fewer seizures but I also improved my high blood pressure (with medication), found ways to not have stress and lost a great deal of weight.
Talk to your doctor or every consider getting a new doctor. Sleep is very important with this condition and you increasing your medication to get sleep may not be what your condition needs. I found out I needed my back to be up for me to sleep. I now sleep in a recliner after trying the different types of pillows.

The medications these days are great but.... the whole issue is that a lot of people for some reason when there first diagnosed and put on meds seem to be put on Keppra and they should really be on a different medication. Really they should consider alot more options before just trying out the latest and greatest.

I'm currently on Keppra