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Hi Everyone,
New here, my background is having seizures after a brain tumor was removed from my head few yrs back. After being on a few medications, i'm now on Gabapentin, i take 3 x a day, 600mg each time.
Well i've noticed something very interesting with this new drug, i'm having seizures early in the mornings.
11 of my 12 seizures last yr were all like 40 min after i woke. I seem to have on average 1 seizure per month. So roughly it takes 30 days for the electricity to build up to the point where the electricity overloads causing my seizures. Well the reason I think why the seizures are happening in the morning is because of Gabapentin, the medicine i’m on. I take it 3 times a day, 600mg each time, morning noon and night, 7am, 1pm, 7pm. This medicine only seems to work for 6 hrs, so in the mornings the medicine is not covering me anymore when I wake at 6am. I normally get up at 6am and do my wake up routine. So basically since the med only works for 6 hrs, between 6-7am i'm not being covered. Since i am not covered in that 1st hour between 6-7am I have my seizures during that time. I take my medicine normally around 7am. I could take the medicine as soon as i wake up, but i think it's great to have the seizures in the mornings, then going through the day worrying if one will happen.
Schedule my seizures for the morning please. Is this a new concept? Would you like to schedule your seizures for early morning?
Has anyone had any similar happenings? Or any studies been done on this type of scenario? Maybe it's just me and the way my seizures are, but i thought i'd pass this info on to others. And no, i do not work for a drug company or any ties to the medical field.
New here, my background is having seizures after a brain tumor was removed from my head few yrs back. After being on a few medications, i'm now on Gabapentin, i take 3 x a day, 600mg each time.
Well i've noticed something very interesting with this new drug, i'm having seizures early in the mornings.
11 of my 12 seizures last yr were all like 40 min after i woke. I seem to have on average 1 seizure per month. So roughly it takes 30 days for the electricity to build up to the point where the electricity overloads causing my seizures. Well the reason I think why the seizures are happening in the morning is because of Gabapentin, the medicine i’m on. I take it 3 times a day, 600mg each time, morning noon and night, 7am, 1pm, 7pm. This medicine only seems to work for 6 hrs, so in the mornings the medicine is not covering me anymore when I wake at 6am. I normally get up at 6am and do my wake up routine. So basically since the med only works for 6 hrs, between 6-7am i'm not being covered. Since i am not covered in that 1st hour between 6-7am I have my seizures during that time. I take my medicine normally around 7am. I could take the medicine as soon as i wake up, but i think it's great to have the seizures in the mornings, then going through the day worrying if one will happen.
Schedule my seizures for the morning please. Is this a new concept? Would you like to schedule your seizures for early morning?
Has anyone had any similar happenings? Or any studies been done on this type of scenario? Maybe it's just me and the way my seizures are, but i thought i'd pass this info on to others. And no, i do not work for a drug company or any ties to the medical field.