Believe it or not, I have an even more important situation concerning notifying medical professionals. I have metal electrodes implanted deep in my brain and generator/stimulator units in my chest to control a non Parkinsonian hand tremor as a result of taking Depakote for ten years. If anyone puts me in an MRI machine and flips the switch, I die. You can bet your butt I carry cards and anything else I can to make sure that doesn't happen! No, it does nothing for the Epilepsy. But I only have seizures when going to sleep/waking up. And, I have to be really stressed (Now retired. What a stress relieving thing that is!) I know now not to let myself get really exhausted no matter how much I am enjoying myself, or how engaged in completing a task I may be, and now I recognize my aura, which I denied for many years. It must be working. With my last medication adjustment, I have gone just shy of one year with no seizures and no aura. After 25 or so years with three or four Monster Mals a month, that is one monster relief. I hope I haven't just jinxed myself!