Hi.  The range of pills you list below won't get to your Kidneys or Liver?
where ever they start getting absorbed for 2-4? hours after you take them.
Taking them at 8 AM and thinking they're 'working' at 830 or 9 AM (below
suggestion) is not them starting to work.  They just can't start that quick.
  If you're having breakfast etc. with the first pills, it's likely the
Blood Sugar or other effects starting to work first thing in the morning.
That's just a guess but I'd be *very surprised if any of those pills, *even
the Dilantin, would start to do anything much before it was past the
Stomach...
  Most of the anti ep drugs depend on taking them at a rate the Dr. sets
out and keeping to that rate to keep stable med. levels in your blood.

  We've only had one other woman here (1997) who used marijuana to control
her type of szrs. since none of the medicines that were out at that time
would help *her type (that I don't remember).
  I haven't seen anyone *else here combining Above with Anti Ep *PILLS
they're already being prescribed, so I don't know if they are interfering
with each other or to what degree they will.
  (More at ***s)

**** If you saw earlier posts that list Julie's Idaho website, at First Aid
for Seizures site, check what it says about Simple Partial Seizure Auras or
just Auras. Those *might be warning of a Pending Seizure *starting up.
 The stronger seizures often end in **loss of consciousness* so it's good
you put it out, as you could start a fire.  I worry about absences that
could be happening that you're not aware of (that's why they're called
'absences' -- we are conscious, but lose awareness of being awake or what
we're doing).  Those are ones where we could pose a danger to ourselves or
others. I don't know if those only happened to some of us, like my Complex
Partial ones in 1993-7, or if they also happen with Other types like Grand
mal.  But I could tell my the 'strange writing'  that *I had to have written
some stuff I had since I was the only one home that day.   *I found those
types the most Scary to deal with, as they meant *I* didn't know when they
started, what started them, or what could have happened while they were
happening.  (That's One reason some of the sites you might see suggest
getting Kettles or Auto Cookers that have an Auto Off setting, so we don't
have to worry about leaving them running if we pass out or have an absence
after they've started up.)   /

i noticed them before a seizure err it sucks but it

******************* SEE ABOVE ABOUT "within minutes" *****

G.  Do you remember Pill times and Which pills to take without help?
  Drugstores sell a 7-day Plastic Pill casex, if you sometimes forget if
you took one of the pills or not.  *I also had to keep a Diary page with 3
columns with the Date/day ,  Pill One (where I write the time of first 3
pills), and Pill two (where I write time of Night time (one)  Pill).   I
used to take these pages to Doctor appointments before my seizures were
controlled.  Since I had written when I had seizures and other auras or
feelings I had been having before the seizure happened I thought that might
help him, with my treatment.    *As it turns out, it helped me (remember to
take doses, watch my reactions etc.).  He already knew what the Aura of a
Complex Partial (what I had) looked like and the feelings *I Had at startup
were all described in Medical Literature, and most of symptoms are also
described in that First Aid site above,  or under the U.S. ep. foundation
site by seizure type -- http://efa.org.  .   G./

Hi Nikki,

It's great to have you on board, but without trying to sound like I'm
niggling - it would be much easier to read your posts if you use some
punctuation.....the occasional full-stop at the end of a sentence, a few
commas here and there. Lol.
However, it's great to have your input and you're a most welcome addition to
our group.

Cheers
Darryl.