Hi,
I am new here and very new to epilepsy / seizures. I have just started Lamotrigine today and from what I can tell I have a whole host of side-effects to look forward to!
So far my seizures don't have a pattern with regards to the time of day I have them since I've had first thing in the am, last thing at night and also in the afternoon. They usually start with a buzzing in my left ear, followed by a fuzzy / surreal feeling across my whole body coupled with the inability to talk. After maybe 10 seconds of this I blackout only to wake up anywhere between 5 - 15 minutes later very confused. My average seizure lasts for about 3 - 5 minutes (generalised tonic-clonic) and then I remain unresponsive for 5 - 10 minutes after. I am 27 years of age and hadn't experienced anything like this before so it's a bit of a shock to the system and it sucks majorly losing my drivers licence and for now not being able to take my kids out alone. Things you just otherwise take for granted.
Another thing that has developed since my first seizure is that I stutter quite a lot, something I never used to do.
I look forward to talking around the forums and getting to to know more about epilepsy.
See you all around
I am new here and very new to epilepsy / seizures. I have just started Lamotrigine today and from what I can tell I have a whole host of side-effects to look forward to!
So far my seizures don't have a pattern with regards to the time of day I have them since I've had first thing in the am, last thing at night and also in the afternoon. They usually start with a buzzing in my left ear, followed by a fuzzy / surreal feeling across my whole body coupled with the inability to talk. After maybe 10 seconds of this I blackout only to wake up anywhere between 5 - 15 minutes later very confused. My average seizure lasts for about 3 - 5 minutes (generalised tonic-clonic) and then I remain unresponsive for 5 - 10 minutes after. I am 27 years of age and hadn't experienced anything like this before so it's a bit of a shock to the system and it sucks majorly losing my drivers licence and for now not being able to take my kids out alone. Things you just otherwise take for granted.
Another thing that has developed since my first seizure is that I stutter quite a lot, something I never used to do.
I look forward to talking around the forums and getting to to know more about epilepsy.
See you all around