Experiences with

Zonisamide

Back to Zonisamide…. This drug is not good for RLS nor is it good for you. Side effects are not good. Look forward to everyone’s thoughts. Even on my writing skills!! Lololol

Hello, My son has recently been prescribed Zonisamide. His epilepsy has not been controlled with other drugs although both Lamotrigine and Oxcarbazepine kerbed tonic clonic seizures. Introduced to Keppra and tonic clonic returned...so now suggested to stop Keppra and introduce Zonisamide.

I'm being put on Zonisamide. 30mg gradually increasing to 300mg daily. I've been reading reviews and it's 50/50. Some swear by it!

I'm being put on Zonisamide. 30mg gradually increasing to 300mg daily. I've been reading reviews and it's 50/50. Some swear by it!

I'm being put on Zonisamide. 30mg gradually increasing to 300mg daily. I've been reading reviews and it's 50/50. Some swear by it!

Anybody else try Zonisamide for the fatigue? I'm to start it too. *edit: Zonisamide is for the headaches, I can't find the one he was supposed to order for the fatigue. Hm. Will have to check back with neuro!

He gave us a choice between Lamictal and Zonisamide. We chose Lamictal. Again, anyone taken the journey to step outside of the matrix? Thank you in advance. Rick

According to the article it significantly reduces the off-time and also results in the improvement of overall UPDRS score https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/zonisamide-for-epilepsy-may-ease-parkinsons-motor-symptoms-study/ I was wondering that this drug (discovered in 1970 in Japan) is much less

Anyone taking Zonisamide experience bad reactions of weakness and shacking?

After my initial seizure on 1 Feb 2017, I was given a diagnosis of left temporal lobe Epilepsy, But it took 10 months before I was put on Zonisamide which was slowly increased over a period of several weeks until is was taking 250mg twice daily.

Cutting the timeline short, after a diagnosis period of 9 months and numerous test I was told it was ‘most likely epilepsy’ and started on Zonisamide to control absence seizures.

I’m currently on zonisamide, clobazam & Keppra which I have fully been on for 2 1/2 months. Hadn’t appreciated the possible side effects of Keppra which I experienced & still have moments, having switched from lamotrigine (happy pill feeling).

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's after going through a harrowing switch of seizure meds (from Zonisamide to Lamictal, and back to Zonisamide) which may have been the catalyst for my thyroid issues.

In adult patients, a significant increase in the serum levels of zonisamide (P=.02) and eslicarbazepine (P=.04) was observed with increasing CBD dose. No other drug interactions among the 19 AEDs were noted.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20502722

The only drug I take now for the tremor is zonisamide, plus I take wellbutrin and lexapro (anti-depressants).

Hi all, Are any of you on Zonisamide? and if so do any of you suffer from heartburn and indigestion in the evenings? I seem to be suffering from this and wondered if it may be related to taking zonisamide as the time scale of when i started taking it seems to match when the problem started...

I had this response to Sinemet, Amantidine, and all those drugs, then Neurontin, Zonisamide, and Artane.

The drug zonisamide has been suggested as the next option but in the same breath, our consultant has said it's unlikely to have any benefit. I'm not sure whether our consultant is particularly pessimistic or realistic but I'd like to feel more positive about the future than I currently do.

The neurologist prescribed it yesterday to help mitigate the shaking. However the list of side effects, including "common" and "very common," are terrifying. I don't know which is worse!