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My name is Jeanne and I'm 28 years old. I have two sons. Alexander is 4 months old and Maddox will be three years old next month. A few months ago Maddox started having these twitches, myoclonic jerks. He has them a lot and everytime I would see it, I would get this bad feeling. I knew it wasn't right. So, we took him to a neurologist. He had an EEG, which came back abnormal. The dr. said it wasn't just abnormal, it was highly unusual. Whatever that means. The EEG suggests that he has primary (idiopathic) generalized epilepsy with myoclonic seizures. I guess idiopathic just means they have no idea yet what is causing them. The dr. has us lined up to do genetic testing and an MRI. They are also testing him for an enzyme disorder. He actually thinks that none of these things will tell us anything and we just may never know what is causing the epilepsy. That is hard for me to accept. The dr. prescribed keppler for now. I don't know much about it except that it is new and I was hoping that someone could tell me more about it if they have had any experience with it.
My father has epilepsy, but his epilepsy came from having menegitis as a baby. His fever was so high it left scar tissue on his brain. He actually had surgery to remove it by lazor about 10 years ago and he has only had one seizure since.
My father is a very closed off unemotional person. I've always felt that he was cold. He has been a bachelor since my mom left him when I was a baby.
Will my son be like that? I want him to have a normal life. The dr. doesn't think that he will be able to outgrow it. Will he ever be able to drive. I really have a lot of questions. Does anyone have a child his age with epilepsy. I've done research and the children are usually older.
I'm also courious what possiblilites are there for the cause of his epilepsy if it isn't genetic.
He is a very intelligent boy although he has been slow in the language department. He talks a lot, but mostly he repeats things he hears. He has some behavior problems, but not really unusual for his age. He likes to line things up too. He has an obsession with numbers and letters and he repeats words over and over again. He might say sandwich, sandwich, sandwich or one one one one. He tears paper up or books into little pieces. He also has night sweats and is very pale with white hair and eye lashes and brows (looks almost albino, but he is not). We origionally thought he was autistic, but he passed the screening. He is very affectionate most of the time and gives kisses and makes good eye contact. He responds to his name and calls me mommy and his father daddy.
We are still trying to wrap our heads around this any advise or support would be great.
My father has epilepsy, but his epilepsy came from having menegitis as a baby. His fever was so high it left scar tissue on his brain. He actually had surgery to remove it by lazor about 10 years ago and he has only had one seizure since.
My father is a very closed off unemotional person. I've always felt that he was cold. He has been a bachelor since my mom left him when I was a baby.
Will my son be like that? I want him to have a normal life. The dr. doesn't think that he will be able to outgrow it. Will he ever be able to drive. I really have a lot of questions. Does anyone have a child his age with epilepsy. I've done research and the children are usually older.
I'm also courious what possiblilites are there for the cause of his epilepsy if it isn't genetic.
He is a very intelligent boy although he has been slow in the language department. He talks a lot, but mostly he repeats things he hears. He has some behavior problems, but not really unusual for his age. He likes to line things up too. He has an obsession with numbers and letters and he repeats words over and over again. He might say sandwich, sandwich, sandwich or one one one one. He tears paper up or books into little pieces. He also has night sweats and is very pale with white hair and eye lashes and brows (looks almost albino, but he is not). We origionally thought he was autistic, but he passed the screening. He is very affectionate most of the time and gives kisses and makes good eye contact. He responds to his name and calls me mommy and his father daddy.
We are still trying to wrap our heads around this any advise or support would be great.