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Has Anyone Here Ever Used Brivaracetam Aka Briviact?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Westminster, CO

How did it work for you? Any strong side effects? I will be starting it soon, just want to know if anyone has any experience with it.

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Christine, Ive never heard of cenobomate??

I Stayed In The EMU For A Week. The Result Is Stopping Zonisamide And Starting Briviact. What Are Your Thoughts On Briviact?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
York Haven, PA

How was your experience after the EMU?

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@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member, you may want to ask your doctor about removing yourself from Depakote. The reason why is because the drug will create liver damage in six months. I took it for a year, and it… read more

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Has Anyone Used Briviact (sp?) And What Side Effects Did You Have?

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Jackson, TN
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Brenda6, I don’t think there is any medication that does not have side effects. Briviact just made me extremely tired, and spacier than the other meds and epilepsy make me. It works for some. Also… read more

I’ve Just Started Taking Briviact - Anyone Have Anything Positive To Say About It ?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Canberra, AU

Dropping Lamotigine for Briviact........

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@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member as my main seizures are partial complex birivact has helped me withbthierlables and also with all the others I have suffered from ranging from petite to grand mal seziures… read more

Anyone On Vimpat And/or Briviact?

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Minneapolis, MN

Hi, I’m on both briviact and vimpat and I’m wondering if anyone else is in either or both of these and could let me know what side effects they have if any. I’m on a pretty low dose of briviact but I feel like it has some weird side effects. Ever since I’ve been on it I occasionally have this thing happen where right when I’m going to sleep I wake up in a panic that I haven’t taken my medicine - it’s not a typical event like being unsure whether I’ve taken my evening dose and it wakes me up from… read more

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I am on Briviact and Vimpat. I am not feeling so well I am titrating up on vimpat and down on my Broviact. Today I am having double vision, nausea, with a slight headache. I too feel little weird. I… read more

Loss Of Appetite From Xcopri

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Cypress, TX

Has anyone who is taking the drug Xcopri lost their appetite and the desire to eat?

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My appetite has decreased since taking Xcopri..my system seems always full..

Vivid Dreams And Nightmares

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Canberra, AU

When I went on the Briviact about 3 or so weeks ago I started to have such vivid dreams a lot were nightmares
I took myself off it after a week. I couldn't function at all even having people helping me to use my ATM or make coffee. I also got very down in the dumps. I do have depression
Since then I am still having them. Not really depressed either After my brain tumor was removed 9 years ago I had them and very bizarre . it settled and I was presuming that my brain being so mucked around with… read more

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I am on Briviact and seizures now are monthly which is very unusual for me. I want to get off its not helping

Briviact

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Michigan, MI

Hello,has anyone made the switch from keppra to brivact?I'm thinking about switching and would like to hear thoughts.

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I was doing better on Briviact for a long time but this past summer I had terrible mood swings ,very depressed, and many thoughts of suicide. I would never do because God doesn't want you to take… read more

Trliptal User

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Suwanee, GA

Hey friends,

Has any one/ been taking triliptal with briviact ?
Currentaly, im taking out tegretol to replace it with triliptal? Or any other med with triliptal with no interaction?

One more thing, does any one knows or goes to good epilepsy specislidt in georgia?

Thank you,
Feras

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Ever since I had been put on Briviact 2 years ago, I haven't had any seizures and an aura once in awhile.

Does Anyone Here Take The Medication Briviact?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Westminster, CO

I'm about to start taking it. It's a fairly new medication and I'd like to know more about it

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I'm glad the Vimpat and Brivact are working for you @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member. They're working for me too