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My daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy a couple months ago. Her first seizure was in November and I thought it was a partial seizure. It only affected her left side. Her face was turned to the left and her left arm and leg were shaking. This seizure was probably a minute and a half long.
Well after that she had two grand mal seizures which affected her whole body and lasted for about 5 minutes.
She has had a CT scan, an MRI, and an EEG. She is on Keppra 1000 mg 2x a day. They've increased her Keppra from 600 twice a day, to 750 twice a day, and now 1000 mg twice a day.
Well the results from her EEG indicated that she had generalized epilepsy. She has been having other seizures. I believe she is having absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, and maybe drop seizures. I am not sure about them all but she will lose feeling in her feet and just fall down. She says she blacks out.
Well here's where I am confused. I thought that you either had partial seizures or generalized seizures. Her EEG seemed to indicate generalized and the other types of seizure I've seen seem to indicate that too. But if that's so, how could she also have partial seizures? Or am I just not understanding this? I'm really confused as to why she's having so many different types of seizures.
She had another seizure today and it definitely looked like a partial seizure. She was aware of what was going on when it happened and it only affected part of her body - her left side, like the first seizure she had (well the first one I saw anyway).
So I guess I'd like to know if you can have other types of seizures if you have partial seizures and get your thoughts on what's going on with her.
Well after that she had two grand mal seizures which affected her whole body and lasted for about 5 minutes.
She has had a CT scan, an MRI, and an EEG. She is on Keppra 1000 mg 2x a day. They've increased her Keppra from 600 twice a day, to 750 twice a day, and now 1000 mg twice a day.
Well the results from her EEG indicated that she had generalized epilepsy. She has been having other seizures. I believe she is having absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, and maybe drop seizures. I am not sure about them all but she will lose feeling in her feet and just fall down. She says she blacks out.
Well here's where I am confused. I thought that you either had partial seizures or generalized seizures. Her EEG seemed to indicate generalized and the other types of seizure I've seen seem to indicate that too. But if that's so, how could she also have partial seizures? Or am I just not understanding this? I'm really confused as to why she's having so many different types of seizures.
She had another seizure today and it definitely looked like a partial seizure. She was aware of what was going on when it happened and it only affected part of her body - her left side, like the first seizure she had (well the first one I saw anyway).
So I guess I'd like to know if you can have other types of seizures if you have partial seizures and get your thoughts on what's going on with her.