Myself and my daughter have different types of epilepsy. Mine is very well controlled being seizure free for eight years!! However, my daughter, who started having seizures at 13 is not quite so lucky, she is now 17. Although she doesn't have frequent seizures (only three in the last six months) we recently went on holiday and she had another one (this is not the first time during/following a holiday).
Anyway my real question is we increased her dose of Tegretol Retard from 800mg a day to 1000mg a day and since either this increase or her latest seizure she has been experiencing depression. She feels like she just wants to stay in bed and be on her own all the time. She can not say why she feels like this.
I'm trying to work out if this is as a result of the seizure or the increase in dose of Tegretol.
Please help as I feel totally useless!!!!
Anyway my real question is we increased her dose of Tegretol Retard from 800mg a day to 1000mg a day and since either this increase or her latest seizure she has been experiencing depression. She feels like she just wants to stay in bed and be on her own all the time. She can not say why she feels like this.
I'm trying to work out if this is as a result of the seizure or the increase in dose of Tegretol.
Please help as I feel totally useless!!!!