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My 7 year old daughter has epilepsy. She was Dx in November 2004, while she was in Head Start. I do now believe that she was having them already in 2003, but we didn't know.
It all started one night when we were eating supper. She asked me to pass her the corn, and in the time it took for me to grab the bowl she was 'spaced out' I said her name a couple times and she took the food. I thought nothing of it... Then I noticed she was rolling her eyes A LOT, but I do that in response to people so I thought okay, she has my take on life in general. The next week her teacher called with her concerns. She said that she was noticing the episodes about 40 times in the 2 hours that she was there. I made an appointment with her Ped. From there we went to see an adult neurologist, who pushed drug upon drug onto her. I now had a 4 year old who slept 19 hours a day!! I would call and my concerns were dismissed like I was stupid. This went on for 14 months.
In March of 2006, we were able to connect with a Ped. Neuro. She did a complete med wash, and started us all over again. Right now she takes Depakote, and we are trying to get her on Zarontin and off the Depakote, but she can't swallow things yet.
It all started one night when we were eating supper. She asked me to pass her the corn, and in the time it took for me to grab the bowl she was 'spaced out' I said her name a couple times and she took the food. I thought nothing of it... Then I noticed she was rolling her eyes A LOT, but I do that in response to people so I thought okay, she has my take on life in general. The next week her teacher called with her concerns. She said that she was noticing the episodes about 40 times in the 2 hours that she was there. I made an appointment with her Ped. From there we went to see an adult neurologist, who pushed drug upon drug onto her. I now had a 4 year old who slept 19 hours a day!! I would call and my concerns were dismissed like I was stupid. This went on for 14 months.
In March of 2006, we were able to connect with a Ped. Neuro. She did a complete med wash, and started us all over again. Right now she takes Depakote, and we are trying to get her on Zarontin and off the Depakote, but she can't swallow things yet.