To go to an actual neurologist and not just a normal doctor?
After the fiasco with my Neurologist refusing to refill my medication -- or even see me at all! -- I stopped going to him. I have my prescription filled through my RN that I've seen since I was 5, I still get blood tests every few months to check my levels, my seizures are under control as long as I stay on the medication.
In fact the only time I've had seizures since I was diagnosed was when the neurologist took me off of the meds briefly as I hadn't had a seizure in two years, and it was to "See if I was okay without them". Yeah, within two weeks of being off of them I had 4 grand-mal seizures in 10 hours...but that's another story.
I thought I was okay, but when asked what neurologist I went to by a relative I replied "I don't" and you would have thought I had said something horrible by the way she reacted.
In my case, how important do you think it is from your experiences to go to a specialist and not just a normal doctor?
After the fiasco with my Neurologist refusing to refill my medication -- or even see me at all! -- I stopped going to him. I have my prescription filled through my RN that I've seen since I was 5, I still get blood tests every few months to check my levels, my seizures are under control as long as I stay on the medication.
In fact the only time I've had seizures since I was diagnosed was when the neurologist took me off of the meds briefly as I hadn't had a seizure in two years, and it was to "See if I was okay without them". Yeah, within two weeks of being off of them I had 4 grand-mal seizures in 10 hours...but that's another story.
I thought I was okay, but when asked what neurologist I went to by a relative I replied "I don't" and you would have thought I had said something horrible by the way she reacted.
In my case, how important do you think it is from your experiences to go to a specialist and not just a normal doctor?