tdmitch2 0 Share Posted April 23, 2007 So I had been on Accutane for about a month and I also take Adderall XR occasionally. I had a seizure at about 2:30 AM 3 days ago, I've never had a seizure and the adderall should have been mostly out of my system by then. I know seizures are listed as a possible side effect in the Accutane literature and I'm wondering if anyone else has had any experience like this...I stopped taking the meds and I'm having to get and MRI and EEG and various other tests and I'm meeting w/ my derm on tuesday and hopefully we'll get some useful information from the tests I'm having to do.yea, any info you guys can give me would be great though...oh, and this is my second course of Accutane, the first one was about 3 years ago, so I'm not new to it, but this definitely threw me for a loop.thanks, Tyler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acne_battle 6 Share Posted April 23, 2007 OMG I didnt know that was a side effect of accutane. Im so sorry that happened to you. That sounds really scary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tdmitch2 0 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 yea, apparently it is...I'm alright now, I was just kinda out of it for a few days afterwards, but the MRI came back normal, so I guess nothing really went wrong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frogamigo 0 Share Posted April 27, 2007 You take Adderall "occasionally"?Well, visit the neurologist. A lot of things can cause seizures. Fluorescent lighting can cause seizures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acne_battle 6 Share Posted April 27, 2007 tdmitch2, how have you been lately? Are you back on the accutane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR86 0 Share Posted April 27, 2007 oh wow, i'm sorry. my friend has seizures too, but he didn't have his first one till he was 18. i didn't know you can get them from accutane, are you shure it was from the accutane? they can be caused by a lot of things if you are prone to them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tdmitch2 0 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 Frogamigo, by take adderall occasionally I mean that I am prescribed it and I chose not to take it a good deal of the time because I simply don't want to, if that answers your questionGuacamolly, I've been pretty good, really tired, but i've heard that's kinda typical after a seizure, and I'm not back on accutane, mainly because we don't know what caused the seizure yet, so I'm playing it safe for now.Jordan, like I said, i don't know that the accutane caused it, I was just wondering if it's happened to anyone else here so I could maybe get an idea of what's going on and why. I'm not prone to seizure, this is the first one i've had, and no one in my family has ever had one that we know about... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JR86 0 Share Posted April 27, 2007 maybe you are prone to seizures, but didn't know it et, like i said, my friend got his first seizure at 18, with no family history, he's on some anti seizure med now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
