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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?
A grand mal seizure is often followed by a period of confusion and delirium for a few days. You doctor is right in saying that you must not drive because you may have such seizures again. You should not drive unless you are free from seizures for a period of 6 months after taking treatment. Please take proper treatment. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!
In her late teenage years she had absent seizures about once every 1 to 2 months. Then in 2007 she had a grand mal seizure due to some of the scar tissue had broken off or moved.. The Dr started her on 300 mg of trileptal. Then Aug 2008 she had another grand mal seizure. So, they up the meds to 900 mg. Her absent seizures went completely away. But, she had another seizure in Feb 2009. So, they up the meds to 1200mg.
You say your daughter has seizures now that she's on bipolar medication and not before? That seems kind of strange. Does she have a history of passing out of fainting? If so, the seizures could have simply progressed with age. I was diagnosed with Grand Mal seizures recently and they told me that if they weren't treated they would get worse over time. You simply may have overlooked it, as I did and mistook it as blood sugar or diabetic problems.
Those are basically what are considered to be grand mal seizures. Petite mal seizures can be anything from a twitching of the head to a state of catatonia for a brief time, which sounds more or less like what your girl had.
Please let us know what the vet says when you do get to take her in.
Good luck to you! It's very scary when something is wrong with one of our furkids and we don't know what it is.
Eight months ago I suffered a Grand Mal Seizure. It was my first one and I have no family history of seizures. I find that I am now dealing with memory loss. I am frustrated because my memory was pretty sharp prior to the seizure. My doctor never really said that I'd experience this and I was wondering if anyone else is dealing with this as well. I'm not on any type of meds. for seizures or anything else.
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.
I am 37 years old and had a grand mal seizure in March 2008 and then 2 in the same day in July 2008. After the first seizure I had all the standard tests which came back normal. They have now put me on 300mg. of Dilantin and have not had any grand mal seizures since, however I have experienced other types of seizures. My husband seems to think that I have had these other types of seizures between the times of the grand mal seizures, we just didn't know what they were then.
My son has congenital hydrocephalus and started having grand mal seizures when he was 8. He was also diagnosed with autism at age 3. In the beginning, he had one or two a year. We tried various medications, but Keppra seemed to work the best for him. Fast forward to today, he’s still having them but more frequently, every 2 months or so. He is always hospitalized for 48-72 hours as more times than not, has to be put on a ventilator. After each episode, his Dr.
I am a 15 year old girl (5'4" 114lbs) and I have uncontrolled absence and grand mal seizures. I went to the neurologicalist and as usual when I went in they only upped my dosage on my medications. Though, my doctor mentioned a VNS (Vagnos Nerological System) I feel like this is my only hope at this point seeing as I'm on so much medication and it is still not helping.
Some people may have a focal seizure which may then secondarily generalize into a grand mal seizure. Others may have multiple foci for seizures, but this is less common.
The majority of seizures can be effectively managed with medication. If you are on a medicine and it is maxed out, another medication can be added. Once you have failed (either by not being controlled or not tolerating the medication) several medications, epilepsy surgery may be an option.
My 6 year old had a grand mal seizure for the first time ever two weeks ago. She ended up at the Children’s Medical Hospital in Dallas. All test game back good, except for the EEG, but it was only slightly abnormal. Last weekend, she fell while playing and hit her head on the table. She was very upset (unusual for her) and started having shaking seizures several hours later that lasted 5-20 seconds. She throw up with each seizure. She probable had about 10 of these over 3-4 hours.
Nathan was started on a diet for Seizure control...Ketogenic Diet. He had his last grand mal seizure the 3 day on the diet. His muscle and drop seizures ended 2 months later completely, but we noticed they were less harsh with each one he had til they just stopped." - excerpt from KetoGenic Diet for Seizures.
im kind of confused now, because my gp said he thought id had a grand mal seizure, but i went to A and E coz of my headache and the doc said he didnt think id had a seizure at all and that its normal to make jerking movements. i think its coz i told him i thought i was conscious through it, but i dont really know anymore because noone else was there and i think i was thinking unconscious as in shut eyes unconscious and not unaware unconscious.
Finally one day at work I had a grand mal seizure witnessed by several co-workers. I went to the ER and it was confirmed I had a grand mal seizure. My neurologist put me on Lamactal and said there isn't always a reason people have seizures - does this mean it could be epilepsy? I now have short term memory loss and am in my final 30-day PIP plan for poor performance at my job due to my memory loss. I fear I'll lose any job I obtain because of my medical condition.
Deep deep depression and grief. On Oct 20th I experienced my 1st grand mal seizure. Last week I had 2 more 7 days apart. EEG came back normal, MRI showed what could be scarring on the left side of my brain. DR said retest in 3 months to see if its a tumor. He says I have epilepsy,I disagree. Is it possible this is caused from severe trauma and grief? Each seizure I have had has been shortly after I awake in the morning and before I eat breakfast.
Hi, my 17 yro son was found last week, on the ground, across the street from his HS. Apparently he was having a severe Grand Mal Seizure. EMS reported he had been seizing for at least 15 minutes. Verset was administered to stop his seizing. However, he has a history of neg reaction to Versed as well as many other medications. This is due to a medobolic disorder, which causes various reactions and poor metabolizing of all drug's.
Since I have had that I suffer from Grand Mal Seizures due to scar tissue. Is this something that is common? Also after my seizures I am confused as to the year and even not remembering people in my family.On one occasion this has lasted 2 hours. I am not concerned about it but my family is very concerned about it. Any help or advice I can get would be of great help.
Absence seizures usually can be controlled with anti-seizure medications. Some children who have absence seizures also have grand mal seizures. Many children outgrow absence seizures in their teen years.
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If you think this is what is happening, definitely talk to her pediatrician.
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