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I recently asked my boss for a new monitor – my migraines are constant and I know one of my big triggers is an old monitor. My boss asked me to get a doctor’s note so he could push it through faster. I said ‘No Problem! I need a new Rx for migraine meds anyway.’ Boy was I surprised when the Neuro said I didn’t have Migraines or Fibromyalgia (huh? I have had that 10 years!) – but that I have Epilepsy and the after effects of seizures. “Matter of fact you most likely have had it all your life and all those doctors have missed it up to now.”
Ok, so there was that time we went to Wal-Mart and I got dizzy and a big migraine and could hardly see and I tried to go to the car and wait for my husband and I couldn’t find the car about three weeks ago. Sure, right, 20, 30 doctors have missed it. Right. (Ex-military family – the # may be higher) But, as the neuro had suspended my driving privileges I went back for an EEG –
That is when I really had to admit he was right. I had over 20 seizures while the EEG was running. Ok, I said, I accept my fate. My brain is cross-wired. Now what? Oh – just take these meds and you should be fine in 3 weeks, we hope. Not so my friends. It appears that I have a serious drug sensitivity. I have been through 3 and they all made me react in totally different ways. None of which were fun for me or my family. Let’s just say I lost about 3 months of my life to a drug haze of crying, screaming, throwing things, numbness so bad I couldn’t hold a fork (or breathe and I like breathing) , etc, etc. Now I am feeling better but I am not taking a full dose of seizure meds – so I basically feel worse than when I went to the neuro the first time. Why?
Well at the time I was on a higher dose of Neurotin for Fibromyalgia than I am now. Not to mention my headaches are worse since the drug reactions. I have a plan though. I am getting educated. I am not taking ‘I don’t know’ as an answer. I have two additional Neurologist appointments scheduled in the next month. ( Yes, additional, I am not leaving my first neurologist – just augmenting his help with super specialists.)
The 1st neuro deals with Headaches specifically and the next is a professor at Johns Hopkins who’s online bio says he treats people like me. Hope one of them works out. Complex Partial Seizures, constantly have a headache, always have trouble with lights and patterns, vision issues when the seizures get bad, and my favorite – the seizures are the cause of my issues with speaking and writing – Now I am beginning to have a identity crisis! I have always been a dyslexic! Who am I now that I don't have migraines, fibromyalgia, or dyslexia?
I am a KOI crazy 52 year old Female, Married, Mother of 3 adult kids & 1 teenager out to ruin my sanity, 2 grandkids, 10 koi, 5 goldfish, 2 dogs, 1 cat
Anyone else out there like me?
Ok, so there was that time we went to Wal-Mart and I got dizzy and a big migraine and could hardly see and I tried to go to the car and wait for my husband and I couldn’t find the car about three weeks ago. Sure, right, 20, 30 doctors have missed it. Right. (Ex-military family – the # may be higher) But, as the neuro had suspended my driving privileges I went back for an EEG –
That is when I really had to admit he was right. I had over 20 seizures while the EEG was running. Ok, I said, I accept my fate. My brain is cross-wired. Now what? Oh – just take these meds and you should be fine in 3 weeks, we hope. Not so my friends. It appears that I have a serious drug sensitivity. I have been through 3 and they all made me react in totally different ways. None of which were fun for me or my family. Let’s just say I lost about 3 months of my life to a drug haze of crying, screaming, throwing things, numbness so bad I couldn’t hold a fork (or breathe and I like breathing) , etc, etc. Now I am feeling better but I am not taking a full dose of seizure meds – so I basically feel worse than when I went to the neuro the first time. Why?
Well at the time I was on a higher dose of Neurotin for Fibromyalgia than I am now. Not to mention my headaches are worse since the drug reactions. I have a plan though. I am getting educated. I am not taking ‘I don’t know’ as an answer. I have two additional Neurologist appointments scheduled in the next month. ( Yes, additional, I am not leaving my first neurologist – just augmenting his help with super specialists.)
The 1st neuro deals with Headaches specifically and the next is a professor at Johns Hopkins who’s online bio says he treats people like me. Hope one of them works out. Complex Partial Seizures, constantly have a headache, always have trouble with lights and patterns, vision issues when the seizures get bad, and my favorite – the seizures are the cause of my issues with speaking and writing – Now I am beginning to have a identity crisis! I have always been a dyslexic! Who am I now that I don't have migraines, fibromyalgia, or dyslexia?
I am a KOI crazy 52 year old Female, Married, Mother of 3 adult kids & 1 teenager out to ruin my sanity, 2 grandkids, 10 koi, 5 goldfish, 2 dogs, 1 cat
Anyone else out there like me?
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