I also have extreme surges of rage. I never had these until I had been
taking Keppra for about a month. It does seem to work on my grand
mals, but having a terrible, out-of-control, raging temper might could
get me into more trouble than it's worth. It doesn't take much to set
me off, that's for sure.

As to the hearing voices thing, this is concomitant with a lot of
serial (or just regular) murderers. You need to contact your doctor
ASAP and tell s/he/it about this. If they want to diagnose you (for a
goodly price), then let them also treat you and get this fixed.
Personally, if I were on that many medications, I'd be a zombie.

Good luck.

Just from looking at the list of meds, I'd say you're over-medicated.  I can
remember, as a kid being on anti-convulsants with what I know now was some kind
of anti-depressant.  All of it together acted a lot like what I've heard about
that med for kids they use these days.  About 15 years ago I tried
anti-depressants but they made me more spaced out than pulling me together.
Ditched them quick.

   When my seizures began recurring, I made it clear to my doctor I would ditch
any med completely--simply stop--if it began to plays games with my conscious
focus.  Dilantin and valproate do their job, stay out of my head except to do
what they are required to do, and endure the occasional headache, insomnia, etc.
But I think you should get a second opinion about the need for so much
medication just to be on the safe side.

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Paul J. Chiasson
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paul.chiasson@ns.sympatico.ca
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ai714@chebucto.ns.ca
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Tegretol is one of the medications used to treat Temporal Lobe seizures
(search under Complex Partial szrs.-- a newer term that includes what
used to be called T.L. on older studies). It's also used for some
post-stroke?, heart and other conditions. Lorazepam is a relaxant that
I used a few times while I was getting control. I have no info/
experience with the others.
 With the Tegretol, I assume it's a controlled release type?
(XR/CR/Retard-- depends which country you're in), but it's important to
take the dose rate the Dr. has set+ *Not stop abruptly or skip doses,
as those can trigger szrs. by doing that. Grapefruit Juice, Alcohol,
upset stomach remedies can all interfere with levels of Tegretol.  You
could try a search under Tegretol and depression? via google or ?? but
any of the other 4? could also aggravate that possibly.  Your
Pharmacist might have printouts or websites for each pill unless you
find much under http://efa.org, which has a med. site specific to
seizure pills (like Tegretol and Lorazepam).
 Mood swings are not uncommon to several of the szr. types including
our's (T.Lobe) since that is an area which controls some of the
emotions, as well as short term memory.
Are these happening during periods when seizures etc. are
'uncontrolled' for you? or do they happen other times too? If it's the
former more, I'd hope that some adjustments to med. doses to get nearer
control might help. It's worth bugging the Drs. about, as more stable
control will help with mood stuff and side effects. *I don't know e.g.
how those other meds. 2-5 you listed might interfere with each other Or
the Tegretol.  The last one is a relaxant, and few times I used it
(sublingual type) I often fell asleep within an hour or two.  G./