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I am not sure why you are being asked to take anti-seizure medications—did you have an abnormal EEG? Most of these medications (diazepam, lamotrigene, phenytoin, diazepam etc) cause dizziness, drowsiness, depression etc and generally people on these drugs are asked to avoid driving. Sometimes these drugs are prescribed if you are having headaches and tremors following head injury. These drugs are not stimulants. Infact they depress the high stimulant activity of the brain.
The choice of med depends on the type of seizure disorder, and some people require two meds (polytherapy) to achieve good seizure control. Meds are really the only way to reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures, though some people have seizure triggers (flashing light, for instance) and so avoiding triggers is important for them.
Note there is a difference between the cause of a seizure and a trigger. Seizures can be caused by head injury (at any time in your life), diabetes side effects, a high fever as a child or a virus/bacterium like meningitis.
Triggers are things like alcohol drinks, flashing lights (like driving a car through shade/shadow or watching window blinds flickering the light from a breeze, or for some people anything raising the adrenaline level. In women, PMS is usually a trigger.
Please, Please make sure she takes her medicine like she is supposed to. I am not trying to scare you,(only make you aware). I had a friend that stopped taking her dilantin for whatever reason and I came home one day and she had passed away on my couch. Medical Examiner ruled it Sudden Death Associated with Seizure Disorder. Now this is VERY rare and from what I have read about it happens when they stop taking their meds. Remember it is VERY rare. You can read about it online.
The get has given Rosie my border collie a full bill of health physically...just waiting for results of blood test,but I know they'll say ok..got to see if these fits start again..she's prescribe some diazipan just in case...going back in two weeks...started making a journal and made a list of things to do.
Unfortunately he will have to take medications for the rest of his life. Just not in such large a dose, for over time he'll get better and the doctors will start reducing the dose. Until then, thell be increasing it to stop the seizures, so be prepared for some memory problems. The medications calm everything in the brain down, so you could tell a real funny joke and he'll probably wonder why that's supposed to be funny.
For anyone who reads this reply, if you are unaware… – of the names of seizures being changed and expanded back in 1981, along with the variety of epilepsies being updated in 1989; – that there are over 40 different types of seizures and epilepsies; - that one of the steps of providing first aid for someone who's having a 'tonic clonic seizure' (old name 'grand mal seizure') is to NOT put anything in the person's mouth; …then you are not up-to-date about the medical cond
I am sorry, but most antibiotics can cause seizures as complications and some like erythromycin and related antibiotics affect the efficacy of seizure medications. But if you need to take antibiotic, augmentin should be ok, but please take a multivitamin B with it. There is no antibiotic (in my knowledge) which can be considered 100% safe, but like I said earlier, the incidence of seizures with augmentin is pretty low. Hope this helps.
She has had 8, and in 4 of them, she was wearing a seatbelt and it was tight across her neck. She would come right out of the seizure as soon as she was laid down and had complete memory up to the moment of seizure along with alertness and wakefulness afterward---not typical seizure response. She remained upright during one seizure and went blue, then gray. Only after I pulled her from the car and lay her on the ground did she start breathing again and the color returned to her face.
The thing is, i have been put on almost all of known anit seizure medications, none seem tobe as effective as it should be, i beleive at one time i was close to depression while on depakot, then i met a specialist who then put me on Zonegran, it worked for a couple years or so, then i moved to Las Vegas back in 03, it started again inspite the drugs, perhaps a combonation of stress, and lack of sleep could be the cause of it all?
PLEASE dont take old meds or another persons medications ever. Many drugs have very similar names. There can be mix ups, etc.... So please dont ever do that. It could be a big problem. In the mean time, chew some peppermint gum or drink some peppermint tea, or a seven up. Sometimes that gets rid of the nausea.
My husband is a type 2 diabetic and is 70 years old. Out of the blue a few months ago he had an episode in the night that I didn't witness but the symptoms were that of a seizure according to the Doctor who saw him in the hospital (he had a fall at the time and had superficial facial wounds) The doctor put him on dilantin and they did an EEG. Then he was taken off the dilantin because the EEG didn't show anythin g.
Since you have it since childhood, it can either be a congenital heart condition like a leaking valve or something similar. Compression of cervical spinal nerves is another possibility. It can also be some type of epilepsy or seizure. Please discuss these possibilities with a doctor who is treating you.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
I have stage 4 Ovarian. There are medications like Lyrica for Neuropathy. There are also anti seizure drugs such as Neurotin which are used for nerve pain.
I would then talk with his neurologist about trying differnet types of medications and also if he or she thinks that having a Vagus Nerve Stimulator (vns) would be helpful.
I hope everything works out and do not give up.
The pain appears to get worse following seizure events. He has be having a run of CPS recently and the pain is becomming intollerable for him. No one can tell us why he is having so much pain or what is causing it therefore nothing is done for it. I have tried drugs like brufen and panadol and panadeine. He claims these do nothing and refuses to take them for that reason. I need to stop his pain somehow.
I did a bit of research and found the following information on the ADA's website;
To ease the discomfort/pain of neuropathy you should keep your bg's in your target range, manage your pain, protect your feet, take medications for depression caused by the pain and seek counceling if depressed. Medications to relieve pain and reduce burning, numbness & tingling are available.
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