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Help Stop Sophia's Keppra Rage

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Hello, My name is Sophia Jesslien Love-Garcia, I was born on June 24, 2014 with a birth defect called Gastroschisis. Here is a link with more information about what I had when I was born (https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/gastroschisis.html). When I was 2 weeks old, my surgeons wanted to get all my intestines inside so there wasn't more risk of them getting infected. The morning after my surgery, I was really swollen and my dad went to see me before he went to work, he asked the doctor if everything looked fine with me and the doctor said yes.About an hour later I went into Cardiac Arrest and the nurses had to keep reviving me for just over an hour, causing a lack of blood flow and oxygen to my brain. They called my mom to tell her and she rushed over from the hotel and she called dad and he rushed back over from work. My Cardiac Arrest caused damage to my brain thus causing me to get diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.Fast forward a couple years, my Neurologist prescribed a seizure medication,Clonazapam, which I had very bad side effects from, so they switched me to Keppra. These medications were given to me because I had Myoclonic Jerking. Keppra was working for the past year or so but now it's really starting to bother me. I'm getting really bad side effects and it's causing me to not be able to sleep at night keeping my parents up and not getting enough sleep they need for work.Mom did some research and looked up some side effects and talked with other parents and adults that are taking/have taken Keppra and they results were not good! Some side effects are: hallucinations, anger moods, dramatic mood swings, depression, violent behavior, suicidal thoughts just to name a few. And the people mom has talked to about the medication said their kids have what they Keppra Rage. And they adults that are on it, say they all have had or are having some of the side effects I named above.Keppra Rage is when kids wake up from sleeping and start screaming and crying really now and are really angry for a reason that the parents don't know because we can't communicate with them. If you want to see what this is, YouTube "Keppra Rage". My dad has a good friend from Florida who was taking Keppra and she said she hated it and hopes we can get me off of it.This GoFundMe account is to help me raise some money so my parents can pay for a consultation so I can use CBD Oil. A more natural substance/medication that has be proven to help with any type of seizures. It will help with relaxing my muscles, help with my fine motor skills, and really just hopefully make my life better and more enjoyable.We ask if anyone can please help me with anything amount you can give, anything will help. We love you all for all the support and love you have given us the past 3yrs and will continue to love you all!I hope my story really helped some people understand what these kinds of medications can do to kids and people and will hopefully open your eyes and hearts to others like me.Thank you for letting me tell my story and more thanks to you for reading all about it.Love,Sophia Jesslien ❤️

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Joseph Garcia
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Fresno, CA

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