Hi there,
Has anyone ever chosen to take NO medication and see what happens? Just curious because my husband has decided to do this.
Mike had a seizure last Feb. - his first - and he was put on a low dosage of medication while his tests were going on. So he went for 3 months with no seizures. Then the doctor decided to raise his pills to get him into the proper 'level' and 5 weeks later he had another seizure - she raised the meds - 5 weeks later he had a seizure - she raised the meds again - 5 weeks later he had a seizure. Not only that his blood platelets started dropping to a dangerous level. Soooooooo - every time the seizure meds were raised, he had another seizure. I wonder what would have happened if she had just left him on the low dosage where he went for 3 months with no seizures. Anyhow - the neurologist had to wean him off his meds to get his platelets to rise and sure enough - his platelets are back to normal.
So Mike has gone 5 weeks with no seizures and he met with his neurologist today. He asked if he could go with no meds and see if he has another seizure since his have all been nocturnal. She said to go ahead and try it.
Has anyone ever done that??? I'm kinda of scared for him but at least I'm with him in bed everynight so I can watch him.
Sue
Has anyone ever chosen to take NO medication and see what happens? Just curious because my husband has decided to do this.
Mike had a seizure last Feb. - his first - and he was put on a low dosage of medication while his tests were going on. So he went for 3 months with no seizures. Then the doctor decided to raise his pills to get him into the proper 'level' and 5 weeks later he had another seizure - she raised the meds - 5 weeks later he had a seizure - she raised the meds again - 5 weeks later he had a seizure. Not only that his blood platelets started dropping to a dangerous level. Soooooooo - every time the seizure meds were raised, he had another seizure. I wonder what would have happened if she had just left him on the low dosage where he went for 3 months with no seizures. Anyhow - the neurologist had to wean him off his meds to get his platelets to rise and sure enough - his platelets are back to normal.
So Mike has gone 5 weeks with no seizures and he met with his neurologist today. He asked if he could go with no meds and see if he has another seizure since his have all been nocturnal. She said to go ahead and try it.
Has anyone ever done that??? I'm kinda of scared for him but at least I'm with him in bed everynight so I can watch him.
Sue