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I just need some reassurance that we've done the right thing. Our son was diagnosed with simple partial seizures, likely benign rolandic, in the spring. His EEG didn't show the diagnostic pattern, but it still could likely be BRE. With our pediatricians blessing and at his recommendation, we are not medicating at this time. He had a seizure in April and one in May, then none until the middle of September. He had 2 within 3 days, then none in the month since then.
Each seizure has been less than 30 seconds and shows the typical BRE symptoms of tingling tongue and mouth, inability to speak, cheek twitching, and lack of post-ictal confusion or fatigue.
Our pediatrician has been consulting with a pediatric neurologist at a children's hospital. He was fairly certain that if consulted again on my son, she would recommend medicating. He was against it because of brevity and self-limiting quality of the seizures. Weighing the possible side effects of meds, both medical and behavioral, he decided and we agreed that it is in our son's best interest to wait even though he's had 4 seizures in 6 months.
Now, I'm second guessing and wondering if we did the right thing. I feel in my heart that we did, but am wondering if anyone else has made the decision not to medicate for minor, infrequent seizures?
Thanks!
Each seizure has been less than 30 seconds and shows the typical BRE symptoms of tingling tongue and mouth, inability to speak, cheek twitching, and lack of post-ictal confusion or fatigue.
Our pediatrician has been consulting with a pediatric neurologist at a children's hospital. He was fairly certain that if consulted again on my son, she would recommend medicating. He was against it because of brevity and self-limiting quality of the seizures. Weighing the possible side effects of meds, both medical and behavioral, he decided and we agreed that it is in our son's best interest to wait even though he's had 4 seizures in 6 months.
Now, I'm second guessing and wondering if we did the right thing. I feel in my heart that we did, but am wondering if anyone else has made the decision not to medicate for minor, infrequent seizures?
Thanks!