Jeileen193 |
Last Activity: 11-20-2008 10:22 PM
About Me
- About Jeileen193
- Seizure Background
- Eight years ago, at age 16, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. At the time I had two grand-mal seizures and since than I have not had another grand-mal seizure. For five years after being diagnosed I was doing very well on Tegretrol. However, in February at age 21, things all of a sudden took a sudden turn. I was informed by my neurologist that there was a chance that at age 21 that I could outgrow epilepsy at age 21 because your brain shifts unfortunately at age 21 things ended up going worse. What started out as a simple headache ended up resulting in double vision every day along with the headache for an entire year. My doctor added a three medications, took me off one, and changed the doses on them more than i care to count, i felt like his little guineau pig. The side affects took over my life that year, I was unable to walk at times, people had to be my eyes, i couldnt drive a lot and i lost a lot of friends because they just gave up on me. In Janurary I ended up having a petit mal seizure and that upcoming February it became clear that all my problems were a result of one medication that i had been put on one year ago. Since going off that medications, my side affects went away slowly but not totally, i still havent been the same since that year. Recently i had just experienced another problem with my medications. As for the first time one month ago I finally got myself on track with my meds, taking them exactly 12hrs apart. However, by doing this i became intoxicated with my meds this past weekend. Therefore, my doctor, has reduced my medication 100mg and it's taken a little toll to get use to. I know how lucky i am that my medications control my seizures but the side affects i experience from my medications have taken such a toll on me both physically and emotionally and thats been so hard.