Hi
Just want to introduce myself...Angela from the western suburbs of Melbourne Australia but born and raised in Arkansas USA....Age 35....diagnosed with Temporal lobe epilepsy in Dec last year.....I've been having Aura's for ages but I never knew what they were just thought I would have to get over it whatever it was......Nov last year I had an aura @ work but they are normally not too bad so I would just go to the bathroom or something and let it pass....this time it all went wrong...I blacked out and fell and smashed my head against the floor and ended up with a huge hematoma (sp?) on the left side of my head....co workers rang 000 and the ambulance got here and took me to St V in the city....after a CT scan and about 8-9 hours in the emergency room they let me go home but advised me to see my doc the next morning and get a referral to the Neuro clinic there @ the hospital....I made an appt to see the doc the following morning and somehow through some sort of luck they were able to see me @ the neuro clinic the following monday....the waiting list is normally 2-3 months long but I got lucky....the neuro took down my "history" and said he thought best if I went for an MRI and EEG but best to stay away from the meds unless I had another seizure....so back into life I went....then the evening of Dec 6th I had another seizure....felt it coming of course b/c of the auras and back to St V's I went....spent another 5-6 hours being poked and prodded....I sent a message to the neuro the next day and he rang me and said he wanted me to start on Tegretol 100 mg x 2 a day and then see him in March....since the Tegretol I've had no more aura's or seizures....I was able to drive again about 3 weeks ago as I went to a driving assessment clinic they have @ the hospital and they felt I was responding well and should be ok to drive....he did up my dose of meds to 200 mg x 2 a day and changed it to CR (controlled release) but I'm still responding well I think....of course I feel the same as I'm sure u all do....a bit loopy and tired most the time but considering what I could be feeling I'm ok with that....happy to be amongst others who understand what I'm feeling in this situation....hope to speak more with you all soon
Ang
Just want to introduce myself...Angela from the western suburbs of Melbourne Australia but born and raised in Arkansas USA....Age 35....diagnosed with Temporal lobe epilepsy in Dec last year.....I've been having Aura's for ages but I never knew what they were just thought I would have to get over it whatever it was......Nov last year I had an aura @ work but they are normally not too bad so I would just go to the bathroom or something and let it pass....this time it all went wrong...I blacked out and fell and smashed my head against the floor and ended up with a huge hematoma (sp?) on the left side of my head....co workers rang 000 and the ambulance got here and took me to St V in the city....after a CT scan and about 8-9 hours in the emergency room they let me go home but advised me to see my doc the next morning and get a referral to the Neuro clinic there @ the hospital....I made an appt to see the doc the following morning and somehow through some sort of luck they were able to see me @ the neuro clinic the following monday....the waiting list is normally 2-3 months long but I got lucky....the neuro took down my "history" and said he thought best if I went for an MRI and EEG but best to stay away from the meds unless I had another seizure....so back into life I went....then the evening of Dec 6th I had another seizure....felt it coming of course b/c of the auras and back to St V's I went....spent another 5-6 hours being poked and prodded....I sent a message to the neuro the next day and he rang me and said he wanted me to start on Tegretol 100 mg x 2 a day and then see him in March....since the Tegretol I've had no more aura's or seizures....I was able to drive again about 3 weeks ago as I went to a driving assessment clinic they have @ the hospital and they felt I was responding well and should be ok to drive....he did up my dose of meds to 200 mg x 2 a day and changed it to CR (controlled release) but I'm still responding well I think....of course I feel the same as I'm sure u all do....a bit loopy and tired most the time but considering what I could be feeling I'm ok with that....happy to be amongst others who understand what I'm feeling in this situation....hope to speak more with you all soon
Ang