Onemorestep

I am a little worried though that now that I've stopped titrating up I'll start feeling bad again. I did go up very fast and noticed it diminishes after a few days. Last two days have been a little rough :x a few panic attacks and depression. I'll just have to wait and see I guess. Also, I've noticed it's hard to speak. Apparently that's common with keppra though.

I wanted to add that I was on a SLEW of other supplements at the same time as trying it. It wasn't a fair trial. My use of racetams in particular could have affected it since those seem to do all sorts of wonky shit to drugs. So if anyone wanted to try this don't take me as an example. Be aware it can be habit forming though. So if it works, treat it like a benzo and use sparingly.

Thiamine cocarboxylase really helped me. I noticed on the second day it gave me profound relief. Still take it everyday! I use the source naturals sublingual. It's a good brand I recommend it

Yea it sounded like you were going through some hell there for a while. Sounds like being a bit sleepy isnt a bad trade off. For me the sleepy feelings went away after some time so hopefully for you it will too. Have you ever tried a higher dose? I would say go for it! The more Im on the better I feel physically and mentally. 1500 currently and my doc said I can go up to 2000 if I want.

So recently I started doing some research into the hypothalamus because I believe it may hold some keys to some our our symptoms-- particularly those suffering from sleep and sexual side effects. The blend i bought has probably 70 ingredients in it and i was wondering if any of you have tried and had positive or negative reactions to them. I have two bottles; one contains all of the listed ingredients and the other contains just the first 13. They are: 1) L-Serine 2) L-isoleucine 3) L-asparagine 4) L-cysteine 5) L-arganine 6) L-aspartic acid 7) L-leucine 8) L-glutamic acid 9) L-glutamine 10) L-taurine 11) L-glycine 12) L-lysine 13) L-phenylalanine 14) Blue-green algae 15) Dulse 16) Chlorella 17) Kelp 18) Spirulina 19) Amaranth Powder 20) Royal Jelly 21) Honey powder 22) Apple cider vinegar 23) Betaine anhydrous 24) Aloe vera leaf powder 25) Artichoke powder 26) Ashwagandha Root powder 27) Astralagus Powder 28) Banaba Leaf 29) Bayberry powder 30) Beet root extract 31) Bilberry leaf powder 32) Black raddish root extract 33) Curcumin extract 34) Fennel seed powder 35) Flax seed 36) Fo-ti root 37) Garlic extract powder 38) Ginger root extract 39) Gingko Biloba 4:1 40) Grape seed extract 41) Green tea extract 4:1 42) Hawthorn berry powder 43) Lemon peel powder 44) Licorice root 45) Maca root extract 46) Maitake Mushroom powder 47) Milk thistle extract 48) Olive leaf extract 49) P'au d'arco bark extract 50) Pomegranite Powder Digestive enzymes: 51) Amylase 52) Glucoamylase 53) Alpha-galactosidase 54) Cellulase 55) Protease 56) Phytase 57) Invertase 58) Lactase 59) Lipase 60) Bromelain Probiotics: 61) Lactobacillus Acidophilus 62) Lactobacillus Casei 63) Lactobacillus Paracasei 64) Lactobacillus Plantarum 65) Lactobacillus Rhamnosus 66) Lactobacillus Lactis 67) Bifidobacterium Bifidum 68) Bifidobacterium Breve 69) Bifidobacterium Lactis 70) Bifidobacterium Longum 71) Fructooligosaccharides Let me know what you think! I dont really care if something has been shown to do nothing... only if it will hurt me. Sending positive vibes to you all.

How are you feeling now? This sounds just awful I am sorry you have to go through this. Your liver is not handling the Keppra well anymore? I've only done very minor research but doctors dont seem to understand why it would affect the liver correct? You probably know more about this than me.

So I guess I'm coming up on the one month mark for my Keppra trial! How exciting. I had not realized it had been that long. I want to thank you hippoppd. I was definitely hyper-focusing. I have a habit of doing that when Im feeling super bad. I've worked my way up to 1500 mg a day over the last few weeks. It was actually very easy to titrate up and i experienced little to no side effects (some diarrhea, slight cognitive disfunction at times (but at other times increased name recall.)) It seems when i titrate up i feel VERY good for a few days, and then that effect diminishes somewhat but i do not return to the baseline of where i was before titration. Haven't noticed much of an effect on my visuals to be honest. But i am not paying much attention to them either. Too busy at college haha Speaking of which, I have been more pro social than i have in 5 years. Maybe more even (since a head injury 10 years ago). I find myself wanting to socialize and create connections. It's truly beautiful to have that part of me back. For the first time in years I have hope that maybe, just maybe, I'll be coming out of this thing alive. Pros: 1) Decrease in DP 2) Decrease in DR 3) Decrease in depression 4) Decrease in anxiety 5) less sensitive to chemicals. I can now take supplements such as Gingko with positive effects instead of negative ones like before. 6) Pro social behavior 7) Increased academic drive 8) Severely reduced physical pain/fibro symptoms 9) a feeling of kinship with my fellow man 10) I feel able to empathize with people better. Sometimes the difficulties of my friends make me cry now. Before, I was so consumed with the intensity of my feelings that other peoples problems (breaking up with a girlfriend, failed exam, etc) seemed very small and hard to relate to. It's not that i didnt care about them... just it was hard to put myself in their shoes. Now i have a fuller spectrum of emotion-- good and bad. All of these changes are significant. I don't like putting percentages on things but i feel several times better in all categories. Cons: 1) Intermittent mild brain fog. Not always unpleasant just a little sluggish. I dont know if this is just a sympton or my old brain fog coming through. I suspect a combination. My memory is definetely affected, however my increased vigalence has made up for any shortcomings in my interactions with people and academic carreer. 2) occasional nausea 3) diarrhea (no cramps though. its not very disconcerting) 4) chills, seems to be remedied by taking b6 5) now that i care about being social, I can feel lonely in a way that wasnt possible before. A problem i welcome to be honest. I'm sure Im forgetting things... but the gist of it is this medication has saved my life and given me a second chance. I still have bad days, but i have great days too. I strongly encourage anyone at the end of their rope to give this a try. Much love to you all and thank you for you're responses. They were very helpful and if there is anything I can do-- answer questions or help in any way--- please let me know <3

Let us know how you're doing! sounds very interesting

Well I took 500mg today. Can't replicate the reaction from before. What a shame. I mean for ten days I didn't feel doom. I didn't feel on top of the world but I had a few moments where life was bearable. I'll stay on the med since it doesn't seem to be hurting but overall I feel about the same as before I started. :,(

The dp lessons I'd say about 70 percent the first 4 days and then more like 40 until today. Can't say much about DR. Anxiety has been lessened somewhat but more strides on the depression front. I've been on family property in Michigan the last few days having a blast up until last night where I suddenly became very tired in the evening and had my usual pre-keppra nightmares. A little worried. The insomnia has started to fade but so has the anti depressive effects it seems. Today was the first day since I started keppra I JD a suicidal thought. I'm bumping it up to 90mg. If the insomnia stays away I can continue going up but I fear this is going to be a temporary bandaid I'll grow tolerance to. Just have to wait and see I guess.

"CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS UPREGULATE AND ENHANCE SEROTONIN 2A (5-HT2A) RECEPTOR ACTIVITY VIA ERK1/2 SIGNALING" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552103/

Can we bump this? Diperidon do you have a link to support that claim?

L-arginine causes increases dopamine that was nice for me when I took in large doses. Only lasted a few days before tolerance set in. Was unable to duplicate response. Rock hard erections though

What dosage of Benadryl did you use?

Having good days and bad days and good moments and bad moments. Haven't had any extreme doom/crying spells that I was getting before. I am much more social. I laugh more! These things are good. The bad though.... Such bad insomnia. I think the majority of my negative side effects are just from lack of sleep. I'm BEAT. I'm inly taking 50mg and it feels like I'm on a shit ton of caffeine. Tempted to try trazadone again but the 5ht2a antagonism scares me. I've taken it for long periods of my life but not since I got fucked by piracetam and entered HPPD stage 2. I am much more sensitive to drugs now. Sigh.

Definitely talk with your doctor and if he doesn't respond call a pharmacy asap. Or go to a hospital. I sincerely hope you feel better soon. Ask your doctor about maybe trying a low dose of baclofen to combat withdrawals. Or take benzos. Keppra has some weird effects on GABA indirectly and to me it feels a hell of a lot like baclofen. Just much longer lasting.

I'm very happy for you! It really is an interesting and unique drug. I loved it when I was taking it.

Didn't feel much of that keppra Magic I had been experiencing the last few days (increased urges to do things, excitement, feeling normal love and affection). Was fairly cranky but idk if it's keppra a MOA or just sleep deprivation. Sitting in bed wondering if I'm going to get any sleep tonight. This is brutal and I'm only taking 100mg a day. I'm no longer suicidal/feeling doomed but I do feel flat and I can't sleep. Slightly sociopathic maybe. Idk. This drug is strange.

Oh man I love that stuff. If you really want to have a fun one try thuoc lao (pronounced toe klOW). It's Vietnamese and man it packs a fucking punch.

Yea I'm certain it was the phenibut. Classic GABA withdrawal stuff. Anxiety, inability to quiet the mind, racing thoughts. It was intense. But no one should base their decisions off my experience tbh I've never had normal reactions to drugs and they seem to work on my mind for much longer periods than others. Can't explain it tbh. I believe phenibuts half life is only like 5 hours but I know it can modulate GABA activity for long after it is excreted. Strange drug. It just seems to modulate mine for much longer. Is my brain more plastic? Idk. I've often wondered if the reason I got HPPD is because my brain doesn't know how to return to homeostasis well.

Things are going pretty well except for one big exception: I cannot sleep. I've noticed it getting worse and worse and last night I feel like I barely slept at all. This is starting to feel eerily like when I was on Baclofen for 9 months a year ago. Started off sleepy then led to insomnia and slightly manic feelings. That unfortunately ended in some extreme cholinergic dominance (certain GABA agonists can cause this). I really hope this isn't like that and it poops out after 9 months and I'm left emotionally crippled. Has anyone else here had insomnia with keppra? Any tips?

The depression lifted at about 6:30 and I felt pretty good.... It's been all uphill since then!!!! Man. I'm starting to feel emotions that I haven't in so so soooo long. I have urged to DO things. I find myself actually excited for events in my future. For someone who's suffered from intense anhedonia for over a year this feel downright amazing. And I'm only taking 80mg a day right now! No change in visual symptoms (snow, after images, shifting objects) Side effects, occasional sleepiness and loose stools. Periodic decreases in reading speed. Possible decrease in libido/sexual function but I got supplements and a butt load of Indian cialis to take care of that Am going to up the dose again to 110 or a bit more. Excited to see where this takes me.

Man I'm sor sorry to hear you are feeling bad I empathoze strongly with you. Perhaps start an extreme probiotic regamine? I took probiotics when my HPPD wasn't as extreme but o can't say if it made it worse or not. I was drinking and smoking large amounts of pot. Who knows then... I sincerely hope you feel better.

Woke up feeling pretty bad. Irritated and groggy. Slept a lot more than usual. Took B complex with lots of b6. Not sure if it helped. Depression is worse than yesterday and so is anhedonia. Cant say all those are from the Keppra but i do believe it is making me feel worse than i normally would. Had a strange emotional flashback that was just awful. Waking nightmare feeling. Only took 25mg this morning. Maybe will take another 25 tonight. I do not think i can go above 50mg until some of the lethargy and bad ju ju fades. Shame.... yesterday was a great day for mood and energy.

Also 0 side affects so far. Heavy legs earlier was either placebo or the magnesium I took to quell some anxiety about starting the new med.