Hi everyone. I am 31 years old and the mother of a beautiful 5 year old daughter who was diagnosed 2 days ago with Childhood Absence Epilepsy. This was confirmed after an EEG at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital and a visit immediately after with a children's neurologist. I am relieved to know what is wrong and why she was having episodes of staring and being "on pause" as her teacher called it. I thought I would be relieved to know for sure(the diagnosis is the same as what I assumed) but it hasn't made me feel any better knowing for sure. She started taking ethosuximide(generic for Zarontin) yesterday~3 ml twice daily for 7 days and then increasing to 5 ml twice a day. It is in the liquid form but she keeps trying to spit it out on me. It is a chore to get her to take any medication without a fight. Also she will be having an MRI to check for brain abnormalities in about a month and a half. She does have an epilepsy specialist who will be managing her treatment. There is no history of epilepsy or seizures of any type that I am aware of on either sides of her family.