Leonie, I haven't a clue what to suggest.
Can you ask for a very slow start at a lower dose, like Couthy suggested?
I have just received a letter from the locum neuro. My eeg has been cancelled, as apparently I do not fulfil the criteria. I could have told him that, I have sporadic/irregular, unpredictable episodes, which are more prevalent around a week before my unpredictable and irregular period. 
It says 'the patient will be reviewed in the clinic to review her clinical history and arrange further management plan".
So, we're back to square one and he will probably just stick me back on a 12 month review or discharge, like he wanted to at the last appointment. The only other avenue they have left is a sleep deprived EEG, which would be more appropriate, but still stands a chance of not catching anything.
Stupid thing is, I only got the letter confirming my EEG at the start of this week.
I'm wondering if he has been over-ruled by someone senior or if it was because he asked when I have most of my seizures and I told him they always happen between 4.00 am and 6.00 am.
I have had lots of episodes this week, kicked off by a god awful migraine last Friday, that ended up with dh having to come home from work to have the dcs. I am premenstrual again though, so it is seeming like there is almost definitely a link there.
Only problem is that I have been so rough and so busy simultaneously that I haven't managed to keep a proper record of what's gone on over the past week.
Dog is still hanging in there, but it's very stressful keeping her safe and comfortable. Saw a different vet last week and he really messed with our heads suggesting it wasn't osteosarcoma but could be a bone infection, curable by amputation (at a cost of £500 plus pre-op xrays and tests that would cost about £200 and may mean the op wouldn't go ahead). Seeing the original vet again on Monday evening. I'm pretty sure she has lung mets as she's coughing, her breathing isn't right and we keep finding blobs of blood here and there that we can't trace a source for - so probably as a result of coughing. Still haven't a clue what to do though, because despite it all she still wants to play with her toy and is happy and pretty much herself and comfortable on her pain meds.
Ds2 went on his first ever residential trip today - after being up in the night sobbing and saying he didn't want to go. 
He went off on the coach happy enough, but ds1 spent the whole day sobbing about it and unfortunately was able to watch the coach leave from the playground at lunchtime. He came out of school sobbing just can't handle ds2 not being here.
Not looking forward to this weekend, ds1 and dd fight at the best of times, but have been much worse recently. Ds2 is usually my little peacemaker and absolutely golden with dd, so it's going to be a looong weekend without him.