Hi,
My son Dave is 17. He started having seizures when he was nine. He had the drop and absense types of seizures. The seizures were brought under control by Depakote. A few years later he began to develop nocturnal seizures. He is currently on Zonagran and Keppra. He was seizure free for about ten months until he had a seizure about a month ago and since then he has had a few episodes of confusion--he says its just like after a seizure without the seizure. The neurologist increased his Zonagran about two weeks ago. He is already taking the maxium dosage of Keppra.
It is impossible to get him to wake up in the mornings. He has a 504 plan to excuse the tardies, but he falls behind in school because he frequently misses his first period class.
He is very bright and wants to go to college. I am looking for resourses to help him with the transition from high school to college. The meds have always made him tired but lately he has been very forgetful also. I think he may depressed also and I'm looking for a good counselor. Please share anything that might help him.
Thank you
Kim
My son Dave is 17. He started having seizures when he was nine. He had the drop and absense types of seizures. The seizures were brought under control by Depakote. A few years later he began to develop nocturnal seizures. He is currently on Zonagran and Keppra. He was seizure free for about ten months until he had a seizure about a month ago and since then he has had a few episodes of confusion--he says its just like after a seizure without the seizure. The neurologist increased his Zonagran about two weeks ago. He is already taking the maxium dosage of Keppra.
It is impossible to get him to wake up in the mornings. He has a 504 plan to excuse the tardies, but he falls behind in school because he frequently misses his first period class.
He is very bright and wants to go to college. I am looking for resourses to help him with the transition from high school to college. The meds have always made him tired but lately he has been very forgetful also. I think he may depressed also and I'm looking for a good counselor. Please share anything that might help him.
Thank you
Kim