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I'm happy to come across this forum. I know that epilepsy has changed my life in several differnt ways. As you can guess from my user name I am in the Navy. I have been for 10 years. I really don't know much outside of that.
Back in 2007 I had my first seizure. Less than one week after I was married. In the next 6 months I had 3 more. I spent a lot of time in the hospital trying to find out what was causing them. But even with all of the tests they could not find out why I had them.
They put me on Keppra. I had the worst of the side effects from it. I quit talking to my new wife, pretty much shut myself off from everything. After a month of that my Doctor switched me to Lamictal and I have been ok for since then, or at least till April.
I was an E-5 when I had my first. Once I got the news that I would be going to medical board to be processed out I buckled down in college and got my degree. Shortly after I was given the all clear to stay in. Talk about a relief. I made E-6 and 4 months (April 2009) later I was in Officer Candidate School.
So I had a good run there for a while. April 2010 I rolled my truck 4 times driving on I-95S toward Baltimore. Caused by a seizure. My wife filed for divorce a week after, because she couldn't go through it again.
The next day I was at medical on Ft. Meade and they said that they could not see me in Bethesda till August and I was given the option to see a civilian doctor. I learned a lot the first time I met with her. I did not know that I was supposed to have my Lamictal levels checked every so often, and that I was on the wrong dosage and type of Lamictal. So they are switching me from regular Lamictal to the Lamictal Xr. So far the military will get very few records from this. There has been no talk about seperation from the Navy. Very happy about that. So that's me in a nutshell.
Glad to be here. Besides all the negative things I am really a happy go lucky kind of guy. :bjump: I am an avid car nut. So that whole not driving thing sucks. I love my job, I have a very supportive family. I'm 27 (28 next month)
Back in 2007 I had my first seizure. Less than one week after I was married. In the next 6 months I had 3 more. I spent a lot of time in the hospital trying to find out what was causing them. But even with all of the tests they could not find out why I had them.
They put me on Keppra. I had the worst of the side effects from it. I quit talking to my new wife, pretty much shut myself off from everything. After a month of that my Doctor switched me to Lamictal and I have been ok for since then, or at least till April.
I was an E-5 when I had my first. Once I got the news that I would be going to medical board to be processed out I buckled down in college and got my degree. Shortly after I was given the all clear to stay in. Talk about a relief. I made E-6 and 4 months (April 2009) later I was in Officer Candidate School.
So I had a good run there for a while. April 2010 I rolled my truck 4 times driving on I-95S toward Baltimore. Caused by a seizure. My wife filed for divorce a week after, because she couldn't go through it again.
The next day I was at medical on Ft. Meade and they said that they could not see me in Bethesda till August and I was given the option to see a civilian doctor. I learned a lot the first time I met with her. I did not know that I was supposed to have my Lamictal levels checked every so often, and that I was on the wrong dosage and type of Lamictal. So they are switching me from regular Lamictal to the Lamictal Xr. So far the military will get very few records from this. There has been no talk about seperation from the Navy. Very happy about that. So that's me in a nutshell.
Glad to be here. Besides all the negative things I am really a happy go lucky kind of guy. :bjump: I am an avid car nut. So that whole not driving thing sucks. I love my job, I have a very supportive family. I'm 27 (28 next month)
My dad was in the navy for about 3 months when he was in his early 20's (he is 63 now) and he had seizures when he was a teenager and my mom leaked that info to the Navy and he got the boot 
He never did have them once he got older.
