DRichard1987
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Hi my name is Dan i am currently 21 but have had epilepsy since the age of nine due to a head injury i was crossing the street on my bike and was hit by a pickup truck by all accounts im lucky but i fractured my skull in 3 places and had a bleed in my brain among other things shortly after i got out of the hospital i started having grand mal seizures and they have proven it to be from the head injury the past few years ive also had many absent seizures where i just blank out those i dont even pick up on but family members did like i said a few years ago i have a vagul nerve stimulator which has helped a great deal and am on keppra zonegran and lorazepam for after my grand mals unfortuanetly i also have diastat which i refuse to even fill i would rather be at the hospital then be degraded like that at 21 yrs old for those who dont know what diastat is please dont ask. Ive never been able to relate to anyone hell ive never even met another epileptic I had no idea there was as many people with epilepsy as there are its also very hard for me at times to distinguish between whats normal for me and what would be normal for another epileptic because of my head injury. I have had severe tremors in my arms but mainly my hands for as long as i can remember my neuorologist says its from my medicine but this new doctor im seeing doesnt think so and im wondering if anyone else has a similar situation i can definetly live with the tremors i just want to make sure there really from my meds or a product of the epilepsy. Anyway I know that wasnt much of an intro but im kinda new at this whole talking about feelings thing but im hoping that this website can be a positive for me because im definetly in a rut.