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hi all, my son had a grand mal seizure at 4. he did not have a fever or was sick, he simply woke up in the morning and had a seizure. He's never had another one. He is now 9 years old and weighs 65 pounds. He's on trileptal twice daily, 150 mg morning and another in the evening. anyway, we do EEG's 1x a year. they always come out w spikes. so i went to the neuro today and he said we had 3 choices 1) stop giving him Trileptal and hope that he doesn't have another seizure since he only had 1 and has not had a recurrence in 5 years 2) keep doing the same thing since he has not had another recurrence which is 150mg Trileptal in the morning and another in the evening or 3) increase his dosage to 300mg in the morning and 300mg in the evening which is the dosage he is supposed to be taking. he said either decision would be fine since he has not had a recurrence in 5 years. it's a tough call bc his EEG still shows spikes. it's a risk to take him off the meds bc he may have a recurrence but we'll never know if we don't try. from my side, i don't want another seizure, but i also don't like him on meds. he's been on the them 5 years and he's never had another seizure. it's a difficult decision for me. just wanted to get your advice. thanks!