Hi everyone. My story basically is i hit my head roughly 12 years ago, i fell off stands at school. And i was diagnosed with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. It was mainly controlled for the time after that but then last year towards the end i had quite a big seizure and then they started to persist as the year itself progressed. And then i was diagnosed with complex partial focal epilepsy. I was always on Lamictin for all these years and i currently am presently. My doctor has tried Tegretol in conjuction with the lamictin but after a period of time we noticed it wasn't really doing much. I then recently +- a month now have been put on Topamax in conjunction with the Lamictin. I take this medication both in the morning and at night. Lamictin(250mg) Morning/evening & Topamax (30mg) Morning and evening. I would just like some feed back with regards to people here who are going through similar situation as me and or who know much about Topamax. I also take Xanax(Other trade names as Xanor) 0.5g Morning & at night before bed with the Lamictin/Topamax. But lately i have been getting the AURA a lot. And then not all the time but sometimes after the AURA i will get "Adversive" Seizures my eyes and head turn to one side and also a Jacksonian Seizure tingling in my hand or arm. And i feel a little bit dazed afterwards. And i also get tingling feelings in my leg and right foot. But my full blown seizures seem to have subsided. Also in my sleep i get funny awkward sensations especially in the morning where i will like feel in a brief paralyzed state and my left hand will contract and its only my left hand side that does this. And at the same time my eyes will go to the left like that of the adversive seizures. I do not drink/take drugs etc. My doctor responded this-> What happens in the brain is a type of "cascading change"
of electrical activity as you fall asleep.And it is this change in
brainwave activity that often triggers a seizure (or seizure like symptoms). I am healthy and fit at the same time. Please if anyone has any insight to this whatsoever.
of electrical activity as you fall asleep.And it is this change in
brainwave activity that often triggers a seizure (or seizure like symptoms). I am healthy and fit at the same time. Please if anyone has any insight to this whatsoever.
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