How I did it: I changed epilepsy medications and dropped 70 pounds in the course of a year.  I'd been on the same epilepsy medication for over 20 years and when I first went on it at age 14 I gained 60 pounds. I'd tried other epilepsy meds over the years, but nothing was ever as effective in stopping the seizure activity until Zonesamide came out.  This has been like a miracle drug for me, with minimal side effects and my only breakthrough seizures coming when I miss medication. Solution to that: don't miss meds!  And of course, the extra added benefit... dropping 70 pounds in a year.  I went back to see my neurologist and she said she wouldn't have recognized me!  :)

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Dec 14, 2009, 05:03PM PST | 1 comment | 2 cheers