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Avatar n tn Hi... can anyone tell me what they use for medicines... I don't react well to the typical meds they prescribe for Chiari... My main pains are headaches,neck pain, hand pain. I've heard of people using excederin migraine.. I have been taking advil for several months and would like to stop taking it... if I could find a replacement. What anti depressants has anyone had success with? Also. how is everyone dealing with the medical bills?
Avatar n tn i have son who as carabral poisy and epelepsy he to was put on medications for his fits and as like all medicines drs are not sure if one medicine gonna stop the fits or even 20 medicines they are just trying medicines out to hope one maybe will suit the child fits as for my child no medicine suited him he was on phenitoin,which did sort of controle i would reccomen that but drs do not liek it as its a old drug and causes the gums to swell up he was also on sodaim valporate which gave my son l
Avatar n tn Thank for the feedback kindd, Kindd I have got an MRI & 2 EEG scans done in the last month. All the reports say that there is no abnormal activity in either of the reports, they are perfectly fine. The neurologist doctor i have been showing to has increased my dosage to 1500 mg Torleva, 10 mg Frisium, Met Neurobion, Melzap MD.
Avatar f tn And some of the medicines prescribed also have some very real risks to them as well. You have to communicate with your doc and you have to determine which med is the safest to take while pregnant and also what med effectively treats your seizures. Goober the pros and cons of all that's involved in your care. Good luck!
Avatar f tn i have heard you could have seizures going off these meds if not careful....how could i know if i had a seizure that might be causing these headaches....or would a seizure cause a headache,,,i didnt black out or anything im just scared...i also have chronic sinusitis,,,and maaybe my headaches is fronm that and stress from going off my meds....i just wonder about if you could have a seizure and it not affect the brain....or if im way offf on all this..
Avatar f tn My son was just diagnosed with seizures. Three days ago we witnessed the seizure after a month long of intermittent episodes of Lost of consciousness. Cardiac and neurological studies were performed and everything was negative. However he experienced an episode of LOC 3 days ago at home and he was taken to the ER. About 7 hours later my we witnessed the seizure. He initially experiences lightheadedness and a slight jerk of 1 of the upper extremities.
Avatar n tn A low activity EEG means a dormant seizure activity going on in the brain. The brain does not have a seizure, but is prone to seizure if favorable conditions are present, like high fever, sleep deprivation, etc. It will be a good idea to consider medicines, after the MRI.
Avatar f tn I believe most seizure meds have that effect. I have been on 3 different meds over the last 10 years--and I believe the side effects of not taking the medicines are worse than the side effects a person has from stopping meds. So dmzllc comment about blackberry notebook, calendar, etc is good advice...sometimes we cant plan for the problems we have...so we are forced to deal with them....(But heck... my spouse has memory problems--and isnt on any seizure meds..
Avatar m tn my dad had 5 episodes of seizure like activity starting may 2009 while asleep,the last one a week ago. his eyes were open, face and limbs rigid, and was not breathing. i positioned him on his side and performed head tilt and chin lift. this allowed some secretion to flow out of his mouth and very slowly he regained respiration. immediately he falls into deep sleep and cannot be waken up for at least 15 minutes.
1717039 tn?1308891770 As mentioned by ssuddarth, some antibiotics (most notably penicillins and tetracyclines) can decrease the effectiveness. Also, some anti-seizure medicines (sometimes also used for moods and/or migraines) can interact - so be sure to ask your pharmacist anytime you get new medicines.
Avatar f tn 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.
155701 tn?1230047101 what you are going through is probably ocular migraines along with a seizure disorder. This can occur before or after the seizure event. These headaches are temporarily related to the seizure event and occur in unison. Migraine event is not produced from the epileptiform discharges in the brain. Migraines usually last longer and are not as frequent, have other signs that distinguish them like photo and phonophobia, vascular quality(pounding), location( occipital in your case)in pain and nausea.
Avatar n tn Is this a precursor of something to come or could it be a seizure or anxiety? I have felt similar to this about a couple months ago...
Avatar n tn Most doctors will consider tapering the dosage and discontinuing seizure medicines after a seizure-free period of 2 years. Some doctors taper seizure medications over 6 weeks. There is this study that shows no difference whether the medications are tapered over a six-week or a nine-month period. One advantage of shorter taper period is that the outcome of the attempt to discontinue treatment may be known sooner, shortening the period of adjustment for the patient.(http://content.nejm.
486038 tn?1300063367 Can you have an aura without a seizure? 2 different questions, but important. Basically, I just switched to a generic seizure control medication 2 days ago- and today was the first time since last fall that I had an aura (or something) and thought I was going to have a seizure. It happened so fast- I was standing there and suddenly it just waved over me and I thought "NO!!".... it was this weird feeling of odd dejavuah (it's hard to explain) ...
Avatar n tn I thought for sure Zoloft would be the one that would really help me so I am starting to feel like these medicines are not working for me. The doctor then tried Effexor XR 300mg for about a month or two. Unfortuntately no change. Still worried,stressed, and socially timid. Then the doctor tried a combo of 200 zoloft with 150 Effexor for about a month and a half and no changes.
Avatar f tn We took her to the ER and while she was there before treatment for her nausea she had a seizure this one was none like she had before,it caused her to code. She came thru but doing the course of the day she had about 20 seizures witch resulted in her coding again. The doctor has given her eegs,ekg catscans chest xrays ultra sound,which all came out to be negative no sign of seizure!!! We have clearly seen her hands stiffing,beating her stomach,and twitching and jerking.
Avatar m tn My 1 year old son is suffering from ailment diagonesed Myoclonic epilepsy, when he was 2 month old we observed seizure inwhich he was putting his head front(slam seizure) for 10 to 12 times at a strech twice or thrice in a day.His MRI brain reavels sgnificant reduction in volume of white matter pre dominantly involving bilateral frontal temporal and parietal lobes.Medication given is sodium valporate, nitrazapam, lamtac,.
1402028 tn?1280858335 Until 4 months ago, I had never had a medical problem aside from the normal flu, chicken pox, or cold. In March I had a seizure and was rushed to the ER. I had never had one before and ever since I have been experiencing horrible heachaches and sensetivitiy to light and other things. I have been seeing a neurologist, who has tried 2 different medicines. I know it is a long process, but it is really putting my life on hold.
Avatar m tn I am so sorry,I understand where you are coming from.My 11year old son has been on medicines and have tried may different one ,and at times 4 to 5 seizure medicines.And still has seizures.He also had the VNS put in on June this year. And has been turned up about 5 times so far and still has seizures even thou he is still on medicines to.With the VNS they say it can take time to work and the longer you have it in the better chance you are to see things get better with your seizures.
Avatar f tn Opiates like codeine (hydrocodone and oxycodone) are usually compounded with another medicine, like the acetaminophen you mentioned, but also with aspirin. Among the medicines that codeine is mixed with aspirin are Lortab and Percodan, and they are short-acting. Opiates like morphine (hydromorphone) that are not compounded include the drug Dilaudid. Some other analgesics without Tylenol include Darvon and Ultram or Tramadol.
327385 tn?1378360731 Stress can indirectly also affect patients with seizure. It causes an increase in cortisol levels which influences seizure activity. Have you been investigated for your seizures? What medicines have you been taking? If you have been taking antiepileptic regularly then seizures should be controlled. You need to discuss with your neurologist if any dose adjustments of your antiepileptic drug needs to be done or any alternative drug needs to be taken. Hope it helps. Take care and good luck!
Avatar n tn I am 19 years, and I have had persistent headaches on the right side of my forehead since I was 9 years. Ordinary pain killers do not relieve the pain and I had a convulsive seizure during my sleep last month. What can I do?
Avatar f tn HI, An epileptic cannot have both a complex partial seizure disorder and a generalized seizure disroder. People with a generalized seizure disorder are usually born with it, while people with partial or complex partial get it sometime during thier life. Generlaized seizures occurr over the entire brain, while complex partial only occurr in a section of the brain. I have complex partial seizures that occurr in my right temporal lobe. They started from a head injury I got when I was three.
Avatar m tn Now, what triggers my panic attacks is that when I was in class a girl would have seizures and that scared me so when I had my first panic attack I thought I was going to have a seizure. I then had a CT scan about 2 weeks ago and they said it was normal. I then talked with my councellor and she said I wouldn't have a seizure because the ct scan was normal. I just need reassurance because I can't go throughout a day without thinking of it and then I would have a panic attack.
1413227 tn?1281795177 Your doctors are giving you the right medicines and are doing the correct tests. The 72-hour EEG is a good idea, it should confirm the low wave activity of your first EEG, and perhaps other abnormalities. Eventually the physicians should come up with a diagnosis, which may be a mixed one, perhaps secondary symptoms coming from the primary health issue, the presence of the meningioma.
Avatar n tn Aside from my seizures 4 years ago, I had no previous history of seizure disorder. There has been no seizure activity until this most recent event. Could this seizure have been associated with the use of nitrous or lidocaine? Also, I have been experiencing severe headaches and light-headedness since the seizure.
Avatar f tn her recent eeg came back showing no seizure activity. she is still currently taking lamictal but we are now dealing with attention issues at school. what are the correlations between petit mal and ADD, and if she is taking medication for something she is no longer having, does the medication (which we are now seeing the side effects; ie tiredness, fatigue) make the attention issues worse?
410903 tn?1209588402 s EEG is consistant with diagnosis of absence seizure with a chance to develope generalized seizure disorder.This is basically due to episodic increase in electrical activity of neurones in the brain.As you have a long time to consult a neurologist.Early initiation of anti epileptic drugs(for example-Valproate,Ethosuximide) would be required to contol and prevent seizures.Ask your doctor to start suitable medicines for your child. Hope for the best.