Hi.  I don't have experience with most of those meds. or that type of
seizure location. I *do know though that we all need a certain amount
of 'REM Sleep'  (Rapid Eye movement, usually present during dreaming
while we sleep),  to relax and rest us properly.
  If the types of disruptions she had was disturbing that REM sleep or
preventing her from having it (REM relaxation), she could easily become
a 'Bear' during the daytime, as she hasn't fully rested.   It can then
also affect schoolwork and learning since she's not fully rested.     I
hope they're better able now to suggest what to do or prescribe
something that will work properly to allow her to get a full night's
sleep.
   Keep us posted as several people who have similar symptoms or
children with early onset types of seizures might read here and benefit
from your successes.  Good luck with finding something that will work
for her.    G./

Hi April E.

I have epilepsy and I am taking the children's dilantin 200mg. two tabs in
the am and two in the pm. I hope that your daughter is feeling much better.
Epilepsy at times is very difficult. One important thing is that a person
with epilepsy needs plently of rest. I have a girlfriend that wants to go all
of the time she never rests. She is not the best friend for me. She takes
medication herself and has not learned what it means to relax and rest. For
me no TV or Phone  in my bedroom not a lot going on the in the room.  Pretty
blue drapes and a bedspread, beautiful lavendor vase with white flowers. One
big picture on the wall and that it is. This really helps epileptics to
decorate this way. Very calm. The other problem that I am having is that I
have two cats. As of late we have to put them out of our bedroom, because
cats like to play all night long. So that has helped me to sleep and rest and
sleep are very important. Your daughter has been on a lot of medications, I
hope that she gets well. It sure is hard to have epilepsy and it is hard to
be a parent of a child that has it. Interesting my two boys did not get the
epilepsy.
Can your daughter take the children's Dilantin. It is a very old medication
and I have noticed that the new doctors always want to put me on the newer
medications. I just tell the doctors that I have been on this since I have
been 23 and I am now 59. So it has been a long time.  The medication works
well.I am sure you know that you do not just go off a seizure medication. It
takes a year to introduce the new and some of the old medication. Because I
have epilepsy, it can make you irritable at times especially if you are not
on the right medication or if you are taking too much. I use to take 300mg.
of dilantin now I take 200mg. I have Grandmal. I hope this may have been some
help. Kathy1