Homer Taylor
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I have endured epilepsy for years.I suffered from spinal meningitis at 4 which resulted in seizures maniifesting at age 18.They were grand mal,My doctor put me on Phenobarbital 3OOmgs,Dillantin 3OOmgs and tegretol 6OOmgs daily.They ultimatly reduced the seizures to partial complex,I finished college and went to work in the Insurance Industry,I was always the number 1 agent in production for a huge Texas based company ending up as their national sales trainer,and chairman of the United Fund Speakers Bureau,and a member of Toastmasters International winning the national speech contest,so you can become a useful contributer in spite of a seizure challenge.I retired as a vice pres. of a large eastern insurance co.
As I have grown older the seizures have becume more frequent and seem to rack my body more.I have them in clusters.I will have two or three days where I will have 4 or 5 a day and then go for two to four weeks with infrequent occurances (maybe one every other day)They are all petit mal where I will say a few words in Spanish and have that ' stare' that looks right through you without knowing your there.It lasts for a few seconds and then I'm back without any recollection of what happened.
My current doctor suggests that if I want to change meds going into the hospital and having them deprieve me of my meds so they can observe seizure activity in order to make the correct medicine changes.That doesn't make sense to me.There must be a better way.I don't look forward to another grand mal during this process.Am I missing somthing?
I am a chrisitian and take my problem to God but could use some help.
As I have grown older the seizures have becume more frequent and seem to rack my body more.I have them in clusters.I will have two or three days where I will have 4 or 5 a day and then go for two to four weeks with infrequent occurances (maybe one every other day)They are all petit mal where I will say a few words in Spanish and have that ' stare' that looks right through you without knowing your there.It lasts for a few seconds and then I'm back without any recollection of what happened.
My current doctor suggests that if I want to change meds going into the hospital and having them deprieve me of my meds so they can observe seizure activity in order to make the correct medicine changes.That doesn't make sense to me.There must be a better way.I don't look forward to another grand mal during this process.Am I missing somthing?
I am a chrisitian and take my problem to God but could use some help.
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