Hi group
My wife was seizure free for abt 8 years. She was on tegretol all this time doing abt 200mg per day and did not have any issues. About a month ago we went on an amusement ride that was really horrible that spun both of us around pretty violently. Since then she kept telling me that she felt tingling sensation on and off. She was still doing 200mg /day. All of a sudden 2 weeks ago she had a seizure. It was mild and she was conscious. Both of us were completely shocked because we were not expecting the seizure to return after 8 years. After the first attack 2 weeks ago, she went from 200mg to 300mg / day and was on it for abt a week and she got another seizure (also mild). Now she went from 300mg to 500mg after discussing with Neurologist. The neurologist did not ask for any EEG or anything but just asked her to increase the dosage to 500mg. She has been doing 500mg for the past 1.5 week without any problem, but today she had an attack again. For the past 2 week, apart from tegretol she also has been taking ½ teaspoon of Epsom salt in juice in the morning and 1 teaspoon of ionic magnesium at nite, 60mg of B6 and a multi vitamin. We are completely lost. Our lives were smooth for the past 8 years and now everything seems to be slipping away. I & my wife are trying to find what went wrong but are not able to. Our neurologist is not of much help. Can some one pls share heir experiences in such cases and how you guys dealt with it. She has taken off from work for 2 weeks but have to go back next week. They do not know at work as it was well under control for the past 8 years. Now we don’t know what to do. Pls help.
thanks
rsk
My wife was seizure free for abt 8 years. She was on tegretol all this time doing abt 200mg per day and did not have any issues. About a month ago we went on an amusement ride that was really horrible that spun both of us around pretty violently. Since then she kept telling me that she felt tingling sensation on and off. She was still doing 200mg /day. All of a sudden 2 weeks ago she had a seizure. It was mild and she was conscious. Both of us were completely shocked because we were not expecting the seizure to return after 8 years. After the first attack 2 weeks ago, she went from 200mg to 300mg / day and was on it for abt a week and she got another seizure (also mild). Now she went from 300mg to 500mg after discussing with Neurologist. The neurologist did not ask for any EEG or anything but just asked her to increase the dosage to 500mg. She has been doing 500mg for the past 1.5 week without any problem, but today she had an attack again. For the past 2 week, apart from tegretol she also has been taking ½ teaspoon of Epsom salt in juice in the morning and 1 teaspoon of ionic magnesium at nite, 60mg of B6 and a multi vitamin. We are completely lost. Our lives were smooth for the past 8 years and now everything seems to be slipping away. I & my wife are trying to find what went wrong but are not able to. Our neurologist is not of much help. Can some one pls share heir experiences in such cases and how you guys dealt with it. She has taken off from work for 2 weeks but have to go back next week. They do not know at work as it was well under control for the past 8 years. Now we don’t know what to do. Pls help.
thanks
rsk