In 2006 I was 18 and was 5mths prego when I had my first seizure, since then I have been on way to many different combinations of AED's and in 2010 I went ahead with the right temporal lobe resection with the 80% chance of being seizure free, 2 months after surgery I was back to having them, most of the time they were in clusters like 3 in a row in the same day or spread out though the next day, so with me and my boyfriend really studying and experimenting I have been in the last 3 years seizure free for 1 year 6months off meds and now almost 6months on keppra and Diamox.. the one thing that I have the issues with is that it seems that i only had seizures when I ovulate. and I have no aura only really bad mood swings before a seizure. now that I am controlled I dont have the seizure anymore but we sure can tell when it would have been a seizure day because of me just being so off balance is that controllable without more meds???
1st complex first partial seizure at 18 and 5months preganant...
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This is just my opinion. I first experienced "deja vu" feelings when I was pregnant with my last child in 1980. No other symptoms. My obgyn sent me to neurologist (remember this is 1980) he just did a cursory exam and said that if I had any more symptoms to come back. I was 27 at that time. Over the next 2 decades experienced some more auras but learned to live with them because they didn't affect my life. Zoom to 2006, started menopause, lots of stress, back to school. Auras, again. This time neuro dr. says epilepsy and puts me on Keppra. Notice a pattern. I really think that for females it is directly related to hormones. What we can do about it? Don't know. I went last week to a new dr. and he said I can stop meds totally because I haven't had anything since 2008. In 2008 my husband of 38 years passed away and I think I had a breakdown, not seizure. Just keep in touch with your dr. is all I can tell you. Good luck to you!
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For females, hormones play a huge role in E. For some, they are called catamenial seizures. Estrogen can increase seizure activity and progesterone can reduce it. So what you can do is keep in check with your ob/gyn. Keep check on your hormone level and let your neurologist know, too.
And check out these informative websites for women:
http://www.epilepsy.com/info/women_menstruation
http://www.epilepsy.com/info/women_menopause