Hi Bel,

There are some doctors who say that having seizures makes it easier to have
more seizures and there are some who disagree. Whilst I'm certainly no
doctor, in my opinion the first group is right. I believe that each seizure
you have burns a path within your brain and later seizures use the same
path.

If that is the case, it may be that although you were free of seizures for a
time, when you reacted to the codeine and it triggered your seizures to
begin again it then became more likely that you would have yet more
seizures. It may be necessary to address your anti-epileptic medication
levels to get your seizures under control again and hopefully they will
eventually go away.

Just my opinion for what it's worth.

I just did a search on google and found this site:
http://www.drugs.com/codeine.html
On that site it said the below:

"Who should not take codeine?
    .  Codeine is habit forming and should only be used under close
supervision if you have an alcohol or drug addiction.
    .  Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you have
        · kidney disease;
        · liver disease;
        · asthma;
        · urinary retention;
        · an enlarged prostate;
        · hypothyroidism;
        · seizures or epilepsy;
        · gallbladder disease;
        · a head injury; or
        · Addison's disease"

By the way, the asthma steroid is called Symbicort.

Darryl.

  I was told I could use Tylenol, if I ever needed to, for headaches.  (I
use Tegretol CR and Clobazam (Frisium) for CP Seizure control.)  I don't
know if  Tylenol describes the product you can get without a prescription
for colds or headaches.  I'd expect it would be a similar name where you
are, since that is the Patent owner's product name.
 The only stuff I've used above is the Tegretol.  In case you missed an
earlier post, I show all medications that. I buy for colds (I rarely have
now) or headaches, to the *pharmacist who fills my prescriptions.  She told
me that some use Alcohol as a carrier and that can mess up Tegretol levels.
  Also by accident I found that Grapefruit Juice will also interfere, in
case you've used that recently, with Tegretol.  One of the acids in G.Frt.
conflicts with the Tegretol.  Other juices don't have that problem.
   I had the numb arm effect you describe at top once or twice during the
first year or two I was using Tegretol CR. (I've used it now since about
1994- in 1996 we lowered the dose but added Frisium (Clobazam) that had just
been approved in Canada.)   Last CP seizure I had with that combination and
same med. strength was June 1998.   (But I don't take the other pills you
have to.)
   Did the Dr. or Pharmacy say anything about the thyroid meds. you had
been using, vs. how fast it should be removed?  In other words, if that was
recent,  did they stop those abruptly or slowly reduce them?   I know some
of the pills (like my former Dilantin and Tegretol)  if I lower doses, that
was done over periods of 2-4 weeks rather than a few days.     G.