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Hi. :hello: Before I post this, let me first apologize because this is very long. I am soooo sorry but I do need help.
So I'm 38 years old and just diagnosed with epilepsy. Though I am a little confused about this whole thing.
I had two tonic clonic type seizures within a 4 week span. These are my first two ever. My neuro had me do a brain MRI, it was fine. She said I have epilepsy and put me on 500mgs of Keppra twice a day. After the initial week of side effects wore off (jeeze, that was fun) I'm doing pretty good on it. I will say though....I came here because my neuro is not very good at discussing this...she's pretty cut and dry, not a good bedside manner. I don't need my hand held but I also don't like to feel rushed as if she's in a hurry to get to the next patient. She pretty much talks very rushed and then says, 'Do you have any questions?' But looks as if she's about to dart out the door so she gets me all anxious, like I'm keeping her from something and I forget my questions. Oh, she also reported me to the DMV and now I can't drive for six months. Yay. Anyhoo I digress...
So here's what I'm confused about. How can I all of a sudden have epilepsy if I have A-only had two, and B-lived 38 years without ever having a seizure? I mean...why out of nowhere? And is it permanent??
Also, I think, I may be having simple partials. In between the first and second grand mals, I was not medicated. Over and over, this happened - I would be reading and all of a sudden everything went Greek on me, nothing made sense. It was like all of a sudden, I had no clue how to read. It would last a couple of minutes. I thought I was overtired. (I do have insomnia so this is why I thought this) So this happened 2 or 3 nights per week within the 4 week span of not being medicated. Once on Keppra, (and I've been on it now almost 4 weeks) it has only happened twice. Once while reading, the ole 'can't read or comprehend' thing...and then last week I believe it happened when I was talking to my teenage son. I think it was the same thing only I happen to not be in front of a book or the computer. I was talking to him, I knew exactly what I was meaning to say but I couldn't get it out. He said I was saying broken type words that didn't go together or make a lot of sense. It was very frustrating to me, as also the reading thing is as well because I am totally conscience that it's happening but I can't control it. Then poof....it's all over.
I started researching this because like I said, my neuro speaks two words and then rushes me out the door so I have to figure this out myself. The 'simple-partial psychic' seems to be maybe what it is, but I tell ya, before I researched this, I really and truly thought I was growing stupid! I literally feel dumber than a doornail when this happens. Now it's only happend twice since being on Keppra, before Keppra, like I said, it happend 2 or 3 times per week.
Does this sound at all like I may be right?
And then going back to my first question...Could I really have epilepsy after all of these years of...well not having it? Or could insomnia have caused this?
So I'm 38 years old and just diagnosed with epilepsy. Though I am a little confused about this whole thing.
I had two tonic clonic type seizures within a 4 week span. These are my first two ever. My neuro had me do a brain MRI, it was fine. She said I have epilepsy and put me on 500mgs of Keppra twice a day. After the initial week of side effects wore off (jeeze, that was fun) I'm doing pretty good on it. I will say though....I came here because my neuro is not very good at discussing this...she's pretty cut and dry, not a good bedside manner. I don't need my hand held but I also don't like to feel rushed as if she's in a hurry to get to the next patient. She pretty much talks very rushed and then says, 'Do you have any questions?' But looks as if she's about to dart out the door so she gets me all anxious, like I'm keeping her from something and I forget my questions. Oh, she also reported me to the DMV and now I can't drive for six months. Yay. Anyhoo I digress...
So here's what I'm confused about. How can I all of a sudden have epilepsy if I have A-only had two, and B-lived 38 years without ever having a seizure? I mean...why out of nowhere? And is it permanent??
Also, I think, I may be having simple partials. In between the first and second grand mals, I was not medicated. Over and over, this happened - I would be reading and all of a sudden everything went Greek on me, nothing made sense. It was like all of a sudden, I had no clue how to read. It would last a couple of minutes. I thought I was overtired. (I do have insomnia so this is why I thought this) So this happened 2 or 3 nights per week within the 4 week span of not being medicated. Once on Keppra, (and I've been on it now almost 4 weeks) it has only happened twice. Once while reading, the ole 'can't read or comprehend' thing...and then last week I believe it happened when I was talking to my teenage son. I think it was the same thing only I happen to not be in front of a book or the computer. I was talking to him, I knew exactly what I was meaning to say but I couldn't get it out. He said I was saying broken type words that didn't go together or make a lot of sense. It was very frustrating to me, as also the reading thing is as well because I am totally conscience that it's happening but I can't control it. Then poof....it's all over.
I started researching this because like I said, my neuro speaks two words and then rushes me out the door so I have to figure this out myself. The 'simple-partial psychic' seems to be maybe what it is, but I tell ya, before I researched this, I really and truly thought I was growing stupid! I literally feel dumber than a doornail when this happens. Now it's only happend twice since being on Keppra, before Keppra, like I said, it happend 2 or 3 times per week.
Does this sound at all like I may be right?
And then going back to my first question...Could I really have epilepsy after all of these years of...well not having it? Or could insomnia have caused this?
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