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Hello everyone. I am thankful to have come across this website. Spent the morning perusing posts and they are so helpful! My Mom is Grand-Mal. Her seizures are controlled with Phenytoin and it has been very successful. Mom is 74 and we are entering a new phase where almost everything interacts with her meds, and brain fog is her biggest hurdle at the moment. I miss my mom, she is here, but she isn't. We will be looking to take her to an epilepsy specialist asap. It has been tough because she sometimes cannot communicate. I so look forward to gleaning wisdom from you all!
 
Hi Alicia, welcome to CWE!

I recommend that you write down a list of questions to take to the epilepsy specialist -- and make note of the answers you are given too. You might ask about having your mother's phenytoin levels tested and/or slightly reducing her dose. Because of slowing metabolism -- as well as medication interactions -- the elderly often run the risk of over-medication, and "brain fog" is a common result. I hope your mother has some leeway to reduce her dose, and that you can get her "back".

Best,
Nakamova
 
Thank you Nakamova! I will surely make a list and will ask him to check her levels. I hadn't thought about slowing metabolism.
 
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