thelmonk |
Last Activity: 07-14-2009 09:28 PM
About Me
- About thelmonk
- Seizure Background
- I have a scar on my brain, the result of an auto accident 11 years ago, that was the catalyst for my epilepsy. I take 3 medications at the highest dosage to keep my seizures in check. Yet I still have seizures once every other month. I have an entire day full of partial seizures. I get a warning when I wake up in the morning with scars on the inside of mouth from seizures the night before. Those are the only seizures I have. Save the original 3 grand mal seizures I had that were the result of my accident. I have had 2 grand mal seizures since then, as a result of my foolish behavior.
I am changing medications now, to Keppra, and am possibly going to have brain surgery sometime this year. They would cut the scar out of my brain that is the impetus for my seizures.
That is pretty much it. - Treatments
- I take Phenobarbitol (sp), Topamax, and Tegratol XR. But I am dropping Topamax and beginning Keppra soon.
- Location
- New Mexico
- Interests
- I love literature and music.


