Hello Debbie, I just wanted to say how the problems my monthly cycle seem
to happen exactly how Julie describes them above.

I only have about 2-3 single tonic-clonic seizures during the month, but
when I get my menstrual cycle, they seem to come in mega-amounts. I can
have anything between 3-6 seizures, in a space of 4-5 days.

I've been getting periods since I was 11 years old - which was also when I
was first diagnosed with having epilepsy after having a tonic-clonic in
the school playground, but the seizures still only seem to multiply in
number during my cycle, and the only explanation my neurologist can give
me is that it is a combination of extra stress around this time of the
month, together with the female hormones sort of going haywire just before
your cycle, and until it finally gets back to normal again.

Happy new year

Sofie