Hi,
My name is Angelo Niosi. My 2 year old son was diagnosed with epilepsy formally 8 months ago. He now takes Zonigran, keppra, and depakote. We had some success in lessening how many seizures he had a day when we started each medication. However they spike back up each time. He wears a bicycle helmet with Lightning McQueen on it. We are scheduled for a 5 day eeg at the end of this month. At this time I will be asking the doc if we should start the ketogenic diet or try a new med. Other than the seizures my son is healthy. As far as we know he is developmentally on track but I worry that if we don't get these seizures back down he will fall behind. My mother also has epilepsy but she does not have atonic drop seizures, but tonic-clonic and absence.
My name is Angelo Niosi. My 2 year old son was diagnosed with epilepsy formally 8 months ago. He now takes Zonigran, keppra, and depakote. We had some success in lessening how many seizures he had a day when we started each medication. However they spike back up each time. He wears a bicycle helmet with Lightning McQueen on it. We are scheduled for a 5 day eeg at the end of this month. At this time I will be asking the doc if we should start the ketogenic diet or try a new med. Other than the seizures my son is healthy. As far as we know he is developmentally on track but I worry that if we don't get these seizures back down he will fall behind. My mother also has epilepsy but she does not have atonic drop seizures, but tonic-clonic and absence.