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I'm hoping for some of your experiences here. I've read a few times that when you have a cold/virus, change in other medications etc., your seizure threshold is lowered.
I have a virus (cold), and at the same time am ramping down my anti-depressant and suffering a migraine (six or seven weeks, but who's counting). I've been treating the migraine this week with my usual protocol, and take Topomax as a preventive for it, but just can't break it.
I'm in the interim for the anti-D's, so am on none at all. Don't read on if you don't want details of a bag of misery LOL Aside from the cold, I have a fever, am very nauseus, my head hurts like h*ll, and the cruncher for me, is that I've had much more seizure activity than normal the last two weeks, especially this week.
My nocturnal sz have been very bad, I've had no sleep last night, the "thunder and lightning show" last night, visual disturbances, and I can basically tick every box on my MyEpilepsy.com diary for sz type, and then some (why don't they allow more options???).
What are our options at this point, when this happens? I've done what has happened before when I went to hospital (migraine protocol), but I'm sinking further into the mire. I'm thinking I should phone my GP (PCP)...
I have a massive report to write for work, so am working from home today so I can have 10 hours of peace, but after 2 hours sleep and continuous seizures, it's the last thing I can face.
I guess this is a combination of the virus and change in medication, which between them led to increased sz activity and less sleep. Good on 'em. And no, I'm not stressed about the report, but I would like to be back on my medication at the moment!
Any suggestions how to handle this?
TIA
I have a virus (cold), and at the same time am ramping down my anti-depressant and suffering a migraine (six or seven weeks, but who's counting). I've been treating the migraine this week with my usual protocol, and take Topomax as a preventive for it, but just can't break it.
I'm in the interim for the anti-D's, so am on none at all. Don't read on if you don't want details of a bag of misery LOL Aside from the cold, I have a fever, am very nauseus, my head hurts like h*ll, and the cruncher for me, is that I've had much more seizure activity than normal the last two weeks, especially this week.
My nocturnal sz have been very bad, I've had no sleep last night, the "thunder and lightning show" last night, visual disturbances, and I can basically tick every box on my MyEpilepsy.com diary for sz type, and then some (why don't they allow more options???).
What are our options at this point, when this happens? I've done what has happened before when I went to hospital (migraine protocol), but I'm sinking further into the mire. I'm thinking I should phone my GP (PCP)...
I have a massive report to write for work, so am working from home today so I can have 10 hours of peace, but after 2 hours sleep and continuous seizures, it's the last thing I can face.
I guess this is a combination of the virus and change in medication, which between them led to increased sz activity and less sleep. Good on 'em. And no, I'm not stressed about the report, but I would like to be back on my medication at the moment!
Any suggestions how to handle this?
TIA