Seizure therapy
Common Questions and Answers about Seizure therapy
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I have a friend who had a random seizure one morning after she had been vomiting and had diarrhea all night before. She also had not been sleeping well or at all some nights the whole month before. I took her to the emergency room and she had blood work done and a CT scan done both came back just fine. The doctor told her it was probably that she was dehydrated, and had lack of sleep that put too much stress on her brain. He also told her to consult a family doctor.
so to say, until a month later. At that point, she had been in physical therapy for a few weeks to try and relieve the intense muscle pain she had been experiencing in her back, shoulders, and especially neck, which had been occurring since the start of a sports season, but had increased dramatically since May. Then, upon receiving the first "deep-tissue" massage, she once again had a seizure, this time only one, if my memory serves me correctly.
She had EEG at that time and it showed some minor abnormal activities on her brain even though she has never shown any sign of seizure. She has been on phenobarbital for about 7 months but she has not have any seizure. Her neurologist says she has to be on phenobarbital for 2 years. My questions are 1)if the EEG shows some abnormal activitries, does it nessecerly mean it is seizure? and 2)if there is no sign of seizure, shoud we still give phenobarbital?
Lately I've been having some pretty bad anxiety accompanied by panic attacks and am wondering if therapy may help. I've tried therapy before, but felt as if he just wasn't doing what he was charging for. Does anyone have any experience with therapy?
I'm not shy but I'm very reluctant to really talk about what is wrong. I (myself) know that I need some form of help to calm my mind but I'm reluctant in actually admitting that i may need some guided help.
Last night I was 45 minutes late to giving my dog the phenbarbatol ( sp), and his thyroid medication. This morning he had a mild seizure, first one that I am awear of since 3 months. Could being late have caused it this morning?
I added a quarter more medication today to each of his dose ( twice a day). I called the vet and they want to recheck his blood levels, which I will do next week.
I have a son who is 5 months old, had seizure 3rd day after he born. Then he was in ICU for a month. After that, he was advised to take phenobarbitone. But since seizure is not controlld, neurologist suggested to take Levipil along with that. It decreased to a level, but not completely controlled. So he advised us to take EEG and result was abnormal. He said, my son have too much electrical charge in brain which is affecting brain, so there will developmental delays.
My sister has had shock therapy, and is now sounding "totally helpless", has selective memory, etc. I was under the impression that this therapy is supposed to help "erase things" in the past..so you can handle the present and future better. Is this true, or am I misinformed?
I was taking Lamictal (anti-seizure medicine) while getting ECT treatments. SHOULD I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF LAMICTAL BEFORE THE INDUCED SEIZURES? I am experiences extreme memory loss and cognitve function. Unable to speak articulately since the ECT. It doesn't make sense that I would be on an anti seizure medicine. Would this require more electricity to be used to induce the seizure? Would more electricity risk brain damage? Which I feel I have.
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.
High powered lasers (Class IV) can be very dangerous and ineffective. Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) are used to reduce pain and accelerate healing. You will often hear of these being used by professional athletes, Olympians and others who want a drug-free, effective, non-invasive safe solution without side-effects. Take a look at www.MultiRadiance.com for more information, studies and applications. LLLT may be an option for you.
PEG-IFNα-2b plus ribavirin therapy was continued in 2 patients following seizure and neither experienced a recurrent seizure.
CONCLUSIONS: Seizures occur infrequently in patients receiving PEG-IFNα-2b plus ribavirin, and appear to be associated with other risk factors including antidepressant use
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
I have recently started meditation and plan on trying cranio sacral therapy. Although I realize that these are not traditional treatments, I am at my wits end and refuse to take seizure meds, sedatives or dopamine meds. Has anyone heard of these therapies being helpful. Since I know that bfs is really overexcitability of my nervous system, I'm hoping these treatments will calm my nervous system down. My calf muscles have had it.
for 30 years, with excellent results. During that time I have had only one breakthrough seizure, and that was 18 years ago. My question regards folic acid. I have done some research and found that dilantin can lower folic acid levels, but I have also read that folic acid can interfere with dilantin, lowering the blood level, and setting one up for a possible breakthrough seizure.
i am 22 and have an eight week old baby i had a seizure 3 days ago this was my first what could it be
I have been on Keppra and Lamotrigene for many months for seizures. No problem with seizure meds but began having terrible oder issues ,everything smells horrible - skin, food , lotions, shampoos etc. Could this be interaction with these meds . ?
t find it anymore . Every EEG that I have had i never have a seizure on them . I recently got a letter saying that there was more slowing on my right temporal lobe and i needed to be treated for depression . So can depression cause my seizures . I have taken 400mg of Dilatin and 500mg of Keppra XR a day and I still can't get them controlled. If anyone has any advice it would help .
I have olfactory hallucinations too ... mine are seizure auras and they warn me of an impending seizure. Mine are always unpleasant smells ... most commonly an electrical burning smell, but occasionally rotting cabbage. It's really bizarre. However, the fact that you say you are smelling it "constantly" makes me wonder if it may be something other than a seizure aura. Because you would definitely know if you were having seizures "constantly.
so to say, until a month later. At that point, she had been in physical therapy for a few weeks to try and relieve the intense muscle pain she had been experiencing in her back, shoulders, and especially neck, which had been occurring since the start of a sports season, but had increased dramatically since May. Then, upon receiving the first "deep-tissue" massage, she once again had a seizure, this time only one, if my memory serves me correctly.
and was told it was caused from the alcohol and from skipping my seizure med dose...so if ur husband does drink make sure he takes his anti seizure meds if he takes any...nways thats my experience with mixing drinks and brainsurgery....bad mix!!! I completely stoppd drinking now...it felt like somone had used my head as a punching bag the morning after drinks after my surgery...so no more it just hurts to much!!!
s still significantly goofed up or worse, the doc can try moderate treatment, which is pain meds, physical therapy, and perhaps a cervical collar, plus professional massage therapy to rub out those frozen and spasming muscles. If her neck does not imrove after a while with that, then surgery is an option, to fix those discs and align the vertebrae, to free up any trapped nerves and release any tensed-up muscles.
I have no experience with the breed, and age seems too young for old age problems...but I can say a 10 yo Golden we had had a spinal seizure that caused some rear leg paralysis. We used water (dog paddling) therapy to get him back on his feet. He lived for two more years, had some problems getting around but was not in any apparent pain.
I heard the words "spinal stroke" as the possible cause.
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