Hi all. My name is Denise and I have a 5 year old daughter who had a grand mal seizure in June of this year. We moved to another house and the very next morning she had it. I knew what it was because she had had a febrile seizure when she was 3. We had to call 911 since she had never had another one since the febrile one and didn't really know what to do. Well from the ER we took her to a ped. neurologist and he stated "Clearly the child has epilepsy." My husband and I were totally floored. the ped. neuro immediately put Janae on Trileptal in the morning and evening. We didn't want her on a heavy drug so we sought out another opionion. the other neuro stated that if we wanted to wait to see if the seizures get more frequent then we can put her back on meds. so we started weaning her off. It took about 6 weeks. By the end of July she was off her meds. We also began seeing a nutritionist who was giving her a calcuim lactate supplement 4 times a day. She hadn't had another seizure until the 13 of November. We had to move again. (back to our old house, so it was a familiar place) The very next day at she had a seizure only it wasn't a grand mal. More like an absence seizure where her eyes fluttered and she didn't shake at all. Anyways, these seizures have happened every day since then about twice a day. And only when she wakes up. So in the morning she will probably have one about 30 min. to an hour after she wakes up and at school(preschool) she has one after her nap. They are very minimal(if you can call them that, they are still nerve racking) and not like the one she had back in June of this year. My husband and I truly felt like it was the move and her eating habits had been poor that week of the move. and she also had a ear infection. Well after 17 days of this, my husband and I feel like we have no choice and have started her back on the trileptal. We wanted to see if the seizures would stop before we put her on the meds. NOw we are worried about side effects. Yes she has only been on it for a day but I am still a worried mom. I am still going to take her to the nutritionist because I feel he can still help her through supplements and idiet. I have a question though. Would her seizures get worse if not treated? And are these little 10 second seizures she is having now harming her in any way? I am sorry this post is so long but ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.