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Eyelid fluttering

Hi everyone!

I was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy 10 years ago and have been on 200mg of Lamictal twice a day since then. Last year, I started having really bad myoclonic jerks. I started seeing a new neurologist last October and he prescribed me a small dose of Klonopin as well to help with the jerks. It worked for a while, but a couple of months ago, I started having more jerks than normal again. He had me increase the Klonopin a little. I’ve been getting headaches recently and I’ve noticed a lot of sensitivity to my eyes (light irritates them when it didn’t before and I sometimes get dizzy if I move my eyes to the side without moving my head). I told him about the dizziness at my last visit but he didn’t seem concerned about it. Tonight, I felt really weird (something I just can’t put into words) and when I laid down to close my eyes, I had some major eyelid fluttering that I couldn’t stop. That has happened a couple of times before, but this was pretty bad. Is this something I should tell him about or just monitor? I feel like after he wasn’t concerned about the dizziness when I move my eyes, he’ll think I’m just being overly concerned. Thanks!

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