When you say seizure free, what do you mean????

[epileric]

It's not so bad.... we got really warm clothing up here.

[Meetz1064]

I'm sure of that, sweetie, but I need warm weather, too, at least in the 70s and 80s.....

[epileric]

I'd say come on up in the summer. Just don't get scared when they tell you it's only 30 or 40 degrees, that centigrade & understand 30C. is 86F.

[hawke86]

To me seizure free means to have your seizures under control.

[Zoe]

[
Hawke,
That sounds right to me, and "under control" means not having any seizires on or off of drugs.
QUOTE=hawke86;35248]To me seizure free means to have your seizures under control.[/QUOTE]

[alivenwell]

No auras, warnings or blackouts. I've been told that a simple aura is actually a seizure.

[Zoe]

I've heard that too.

No auras, warnings or blackouts. I've been told that a simple aura is actually a seizure.

[dfwtexas]

I take only Keppra, 750 twice a day. I have not had any side effect except drowniness when I first start and then when he moved it from 500 to 750.
I have not had any seizure activity for a little over 2 months now. Dr said blood test shows I am definitely on low side of Keppra but said he would keep me on this as long as I don't have a seizure.

[Jualsy]

seizure free is not having any seizures.
Which I'll most likely never be.

Belinda

On another post I recommended half a teaspoon of Epsom salts in the morning taken with orange juice. In every case in the past this has worked. Family and friends have been seizure free after taking it.

[Bernard]

Hi Jualsy, nice to see you again. We have several threads on magnesium now (including the ones you started).

[justnotsure]

I wondered that too. I know it all depends on where you live. I think where I live it is something like 6 months without having any type of seizures. Which I have yet to succeed at. lol It is so sad to have to tell people that I am almost 27 years old and never got my license. I had my permit twice, but never was able to acquire my license since I can't go a complete year without a seizure.

Believe me, I would never want to hurt someone. I think that I would be able to stop driving if I did have a seizure but then again if I was on a highway/freeway, I am not sure if I would be able to pull over in time. So I never really pushed the whole "I need my license" thing. But the independence would be nice.

[Minkels]

It all depends on which state you live in. In my state, it's pretty liberal. I just am grateful that I didn't have the seizure in my home state, or I would STILL not be able to drive!

In Kentucky, it's "3 months or 90 days, seizure free", with "voluntary reporting" of seizure activity by the patient or the treating physician. A "seizure" here is defined as one that causes "brief or prolonged loss of consciousness".

It's been over 90 days since I've had a tonic clonic, so by the laws in my state, I am seizure free. I have simple partials once in a while, but these do not cause any loss of consciousness, so the DMV here considers me "seizure free".

I don't consider myself to be "seizure free" until all the seizures completely stop...guess I will have to see what happens on the next Lamictal XR increase...so far it's been working in reducing the number of simple partials so I have high hopes for it. Apparently, my neurologist also does not consider me to be "seizure free" or else he would not be upping the dose on the Lamictal XR.

[Endless]

Here's a place where you can look up the driving laws for your state. Scroll down the page:

http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/rights_driving

Seizure free means seizure free. Completely. No auras (which are actually seizures), no seizures. None. The docs strive for this because even a few small seizures can escallate over time.