Hi,
I'm glad I found this site. This is all kind of new to me and reading other peoples experiences tells me I'm not crazy or alone.
A bit about me:
I was hit by a car in 1979 and was in a comas for 2 weeks. During that time I had a couple of seizures. I was on Dilantin for about a year or two then weaned off of it.
Fast forward to January 2005. I had a seizure. My drivers licence was suspended 6 months, I had all kinds of tests. They could see scar tissue on my brain from the head injury in 79 but couldn't explain why I had a seizure. I got my licence back Aug 17, 2005. Only problem, I had a seizure Aug 12, 2005. I am back on Dilantin. After a year and a half and juggling dosage, I got my licence back.
I bought a new car (I'd always had used) in August. September 15, 2years 1 month and 3 days I had a seizure!
Talk about frustrating. I figured that the medication would do the trick, I wasn't 'really' an epileptic.
My neurologist, husband and I have been trying to figure out why this happened. We have adjusted the time of day I take my med - the seizures happen at the end of the dose when the levels are lowest? I was exhausted having worked 11 out of 12 days, I was going through a management change at work. I was going through a stressful situation at home.
Now I'm trying to get it together, try and figure out how to avoid triggers, how to not get frustrated with Dilantins side effects, you all know the story....
Thanks for listening
I'm glad I found this site. This is all kind of new to me and reading other peoples experiences tells me I'm not crazy or alone.
A bit about me:
I was hit by a car in 1979 and was in a comas for 2 weeks. During that time I had a couple of seizures. I was on Dilantin for about a year or two then weaned off of it.
Fast forward to January 2005. I had a seizure. My drivers licence was suspended 6 months, I had all kinds of tests. They could see scar tissue on my brain from the head injury in 79 but couldn't explain why I had a seizure. I got my licence back Aug 17, 2005. Only problem, I had a seizure Aug 12, 2005. I am back on Dilantin. After a year and a half and juggling dosage, I got my licence back.
I bought a new car (I'd always had used) in August. September 15, 2years 1 month and 3 days I had a seizure!
Talk about frustrating. I figured that the medication would do the trick, I wasn't 'really' an epileptic.
My neurologist, husband and I have been trying to figure out why this happened. We have adjusted the time of day I take my med - the seizures happen at the end of the dose when the levels are lowest? I was exhausted having worked 11 out of 12 days, I was going through a management change at work. I was going through a stressful situation at home.
Now I'm trying to get it together, try and figure out how to avoid triggers, how to not get frustrated with Dilantins side effects, you all know the story....
Thanks for listening