Newbie with question

[reuben12]

LOL,

Yup, I got them all. Must be MS even though my only symptom was seizures. Must be low electrolytes even though I had taken months off of working out and I'm sure the 2 weeks in hospital would have fixed it. Must be extremely high iron, even though I rarely eat beef.... But they did it all because they care at least.

I'd definitely check as I don't know what it's like in the states. In Canada it's illegal to have an uninsured car parked on the street. Therefore they have a specific insurance created just for that. Then I can downgrade to it, and upgrade later without going through any process, just a phone call to accomplish it. No need to reaply, etc. Would be handy if you can do that too and save a few dollars.

[darkdreemer]

Ann,
No apologies necessary! That is what I have been thinking about for the past few days. Plus, now that the medication is really starting to kick in, my husband barely lets me take a shower by myself let alone drive. These meds have me so stupid I got lost in WalMart the other day! The doctor says that this will pass, but I have unfortunately had to take some days from work in hopes that the side effects do subside.

Is there anyone in here that only had a handful of seizures before being put on meds? I am truly thinking about asking my doctor if I can go off the meds (or just going off them myself, considering I have only been taking them for 5 days) and seeing what happens. 2 seizures just does not seem like a lot to me in a month and a half. What do y'all think?

[epileric]

Is there anyone in here that only had a handful of seizures before being put on meds? I am truly thinking about asking my doctor if I can go off the meds (or just going off them myself, considering I have only been taking them for 5 days) and seeing what happens. 2 seizures just does not seem like a lot to me in a month and a half. What do y'all think?

It may not seem like a lot but just having had those 2 seizures tells you that your seizure threshold is low. Also every time someone has a seizure it increases the probability of having more. For that reason I think it's best to try to control the seizures you have first before stopping the meds.

My advice would be to try a secondary treatment
first & see if that helps. If you get to the point that the seizures have completely stopped, Then slowly reduce & eventually stop the meds.

[Cint]

HI darkdreemer,

After reading through your posting and all the replies, I decided to give my perspective.

2 seizures just does not seem like a lot to me in a month and a half. What do y'all think?

First, I agree with Eric's last posting. Just having two seizures may not seem like much, yet, but seizures beget seizures. Mine started as complex partial and, like you I didn't think it was that big of a deal until they progressed to tonic clonic's and I was severely burned, so I realized I would need to do something to take charge of the seizures.

And like Ann, I once zoned out while driving, and willingly gave up my license after hitting the other car. Fortunately, no one was injured as I was driving slowly. Accidents can and DO happen!

I know the meds are a pain and so are seizures, but then again so would be hurting someone else on the highway. The choice is yours.

[darkdreemer]

Thank you all, again, for your input! It has been quite enlightening. It truly amazes me that my doctor could not have told me any of this, but I am very appreciative to have all your knowledgable advice.

I suppose accepting my new life-style (as this diagnosis seems to permeate through many of my livlihoods) is the start to getting better. I must admit, it is much easier to mediatate whilst on this medication, however it is much more difficult to clear my chakra when I cannot focus.

Anywho, thank you all very much!

[Danielle219]

hey im from PA also. My neurologist said the same thing about the license. He said hes willing to see what happens if I promised not to drive for three months, i agreed. After my seizure and the tests this was the only thing that made want to cry. How can I not drive? What a disaster right? But he was cool about it. So we'll see what happened in a few months.

[Endless]

Is 2 complex partial's a big deal? I'd listen to the folks in here whose seizures have progressed. They've been there. And they are right about driving.

Me? I am happily back in denial again. I have a complex partial about once every 4 months, and now Lamictal has me down to about 8 simple partial's a week. I think that's no big deal. Mostly because I don't want my doc to increase my dosage of Lamictal.