Seizure medications epilepsy
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After the seizure ends, place the child on one side and stay with the child until he or she is fully awake. Do not try to give food, liquid, or medications by mouth to a child who has just had a seizure.
If the diagnosis is indeed a seizure, discuss the best treatment option for him. Regular intake of medication will help prevent recurrences. Take care and do keep us posted.
Are you on seizure medications? If not it may help control them better. If you are on them having seizures is not your choice just like someone with diabetes or other problems. If anyone says anything bad to you them that. I have a migraine variant and my EEG has a migraine seizure pattern. During the time I was getting diagnosed people made me feel bad too because I was throwing up and sick alot they would say it is psychological, maybe she needs a man or is pregnant.
It sounds maybe like epilepsy. Usually they control it with medications to stop the seizures something like phenobarbital. Hope she is under the care of a doctor.
Have you been prescribed anti convulsants for the same? Have you been seizure free post medications or is the therapy and the dosages well titrated? if so, you could travel with the airway authorities apprised about your medical condition. You could also have a medic alert to generally make the onlookers more careful in case you throw a seizure during travel. If your seizures are not well controlled despite drugs, you must not travel.
This last seizure was only 6 months apart from the seizure in August that I mentioned. She is now taking her first medications for the seizure disorder and is extremely tired. She's on 250 mg once at night. Next week we will add 125 mg to her mornings. Then we will increase that to 250 in the morning and I'm not so sure I want to increase her more than absolutely necessary because of her low tolerance to all medicines. Could 500 mg daily maybe be effective?
My question is with him taking these two type of medications he is still having seizure and cant sleep. Me as a mother do know what to think and do to help him. Can someone help me with this. My son loves to go out and dance and maybe has a couple of beers is the beer causing the seizures or is the body heat causing the seizure? What should I do when he falls on the floor and jurks? He comes out of the seizure within 5 mins.
Diagnostic tests such as EEG may be normal especially if it was done after the seizure episode. It is important that you take your medications regularly and as prescribed. Missing a dose may lead to breakthrough seizures and increases the chance of getting an attack. Having an an attack does not necessarily mean you also have a brain tumor.Imaging studies such as Ct scan will help rule this out. Take care and best regards.
Hello everyone, I am 20 and was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 18 and was put on Depakote then taken off due to weight gain and put on Topamax, which is what I'm currently taking. Just recently I had a new diagnosis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and was put on Folic Acid and Keppra. So now I'm taking three medications.
You really need your pediatric neurologist to evaluate your baby for the type of seizure. My newborn had seizures during his first week and is on seizure control meds (phenobarbitol) to control it. Seizures were different, however. Try not to worry, you probably need medications to control them. They might want to do an MRI and CT scan to verify any brain damage...
sometimes, several EEGs are needed prior to any abnormalities being detected.
The vet did blood work and diagnosed him with idiopathic epilepsy. She put him on 500 mg of keppra ER twice a day. He had a seizure every two weeks for the next month. When we went back to the vet she put him on 64.8 mg twice a day phenobarbital as well as adding another 500 mg keppra to what he was taking. He has been very drowsy and started stumbling and falling into walls. He is also dragging his back feet like he's not picking up his feet. I'm very worried about my baby.
Is your daughter taking any anti-seizure medications? If so, preventing or limiting the number of seizures is dependent on finding the right anti-seizure medication for her and taking it at the right levels, which your neurologist will help you do. While taking the pill might help even out her cycle, this is often not a preferred method to address this problem.
Memory and concentration may become poor in few people. They may feel stressful to go out or swim for the fear of having a seizure. Taking medications daily and if they are told not to drive can affect them a lot. It is important to cope up with the condition and accept it. Take your medications regularly. Exercise daily and have a balanced diet. This will increase your energy levels and boost your immune system which reduces risk of seizures. Do write to me again.
Best luck and regards!
Hi there, I have been on Topamax since 2003. It is the best out of all drugs to be on. Other drugs have way more side effects and trust me I am very sensitive to medications that is what caused my seizures to begin with. I am not epileptic but two different medications prescribed to me over the past 20 years caused me to have seizures so now I have to take this topamax every day now. Once you have a seizure you bodies tolerance level is to having another is quite high.
I'm not the Vet, but wanted to say that there is a thread going over in The Pet forum, under Dogs, that may have alot of your answers. It's on the first page titled: "Seizures....Epilepsy?" There are also web sights listed dealing with the subject (On this thread). Maybe this will help you....Good Luck...
With Keppra she will improve. Generally epilepsy medications are taken life long. Epilepsy is not a debilitating disease and on medication a person can lead a normal life.
Dog allergy has got nothing to do with her symptoms. Infact the dog can make her life easier.
my 16 yr old son who suffers from autism cerebral palsey ocd servere to profound hearing loss and epilepsy has suffered 3 seizures in 2 weeks, 1 tonic seizure may 2, 1 grand mal may 7 and 1 grand mal may 17. he is now taking 1000mg depakote. his depakote level is 105 (he weighs 98 lbs) since his last seizure on may 17 he now cries for hours before he falls asleep, and wakes during the night crying. i think his meds r affecting him. can u please give me an idea to help him?
Headache associated with epilepsy is called a postictal headache or headache that occurs after seizure activity. Majority of people with epilepsy have postictal headache. Less commonly, a headache may also be a sign that a seizure is approaching. These are called pre-ictal headaches because they occur before the seizure activity starts.
Migraines not necessarily cause seizures but it shares some common features with epilepsy.
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