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awight1 - 07 Dec 2006 02:24 GMT
HI.  I"ve posted on here before.  I have simple and complex partial seizures
with and without secondary generaliztion.  Usually my seizures are typical-
starting with a muscle spasm and building from there, until it either stops
or I might collapse.  sometimes I laugh coming out of it, or sob like a baby
babbling.  I can't make out words very well sometimes.  Once in awhile
(mostly before I started meds) I get real dizzy in teh back of my head for a
couple seconds, then have a slight full body spaz and then collapse to the
floor and am too weak to move for a long time.  zoned out, too.  I'm on 2
meds.  But, lately, I've been getting crazy vertigo.  usually it's when I lay
down and try to go to sleep.  I had this problem before I ever knew I had
epilepsy, but not very often.  but it seems since I started meds that it
happens almost every night.  it feels like my head is spinning and my body is
spinning slowly in the opposite direction, while also trying to tick back the
other way.  it's almost a numb weird feeling, like something is alseep minus
the tingling.  it seems to last forever.  I think this is the seizure I had
in my sleep when I had a 24 hr eeg.  But recently, I've started having the
sensation while I'm awake.  When I'm sitting up, it feels like my brain is
pulling straight to the floor. sometimes, it stops.  but usually it keeps
going or only stops for a second.  And I zone out to the world and into
myself cuz it is not a cool feeling.  and it goes to a certain point.  then I
completely collapse.  I go weak and crash.  Is this a drop attack?  It's only
happened like this a couple times. and I've been sitting both times, but it's
a little more unusual than what I normally experience.  I have only been
diagnosed since this Oct.  can seizures change symptoms on you?  or new ones
add on?  I know that sometimes I have complex seizures and I only know
because my feet stop picking up when I'm walking around.  they shuffle
instead.  and I wander aimlessly.  maybe this is a new symptom of a complex
partial?  I have no idea!
G. - 07 Dec 2006 07:15 GMT
> HI.  I"ve posted on here before.  I have simple and complex partial seizures
> with and without secondary generalisation.
***************************************************
 *G* The symptoms you describe below, are part of a complex partial
seizure when it Secondarily Generalizes... That's where you can space
out, be unaware of what you do or where you are, and if it gets too
intense, can then lead to loss of consciousness.
   The Secondary Generalization is a little like e.g. Water coming
onshore (the original or partial seizure), and when it hits some rocks
at the shore, the water Splashes away and spreads outward -- well not
much of an analogy, but when my CP seizures used to Secondarily
Generalize, that was the electrical signals in the brain spreading out
there and reducing in intensity, and the **Sensation I had was like
what I described above.   /G.

 Usually my seizures are typical-
> starting with a muscle spasm and building from there, until it either stops
> or I might collapse.  sometimes I laugh coming out of it, or sob like a baby
> babbling.  I can't make out words very well sometimes.  Once in awhile
> (mostly before I started meds) I get real dizzy in the back of my head for a
> couple seconds, then have a slight full body spaz and then collapse to the
> floor and am too weak to move for a long time.  zoned out, too.
*** See above, I described what happens when your Simple Partial or
Complex Partial seizures Secondarily Generalizes (spreads).  *Sometimes
we can have a mild onset and jus the Aura, feel uncomfortable and it
passes -- Both those types are described on various websites, like
under webmd, but also at http://efa.org  and other sites.  (I posted a
note about 10 days? ago that lists 4-5 websites I use, then others
added a few other sites. If you can look back in this group around that
time-- Subject like 'Websites I've found Useful', you'll see a group of
sites we've commonly used around here to help.  /G.

 I'm on 2
> meds.  But, lately, I've been getting crazy vertigo.  usually it's when I lay
> down and try to go to sleep.  I had this problem before I ever knew I had
> epilepsy, but not very often.  but it seems since I started meds that it
> happens almost every night.
*****  Did you tell your Doctor about Above? or you could also ask the
Pharmacist if some of that can be a Side Effect of whatever the meds
are you use.  If you list the *names here, others who use them might be
able to help tell you if they've had similar effects.
 Sometimes starting newer medications is a bit of a balancing act--
too much and you feel like a Zombie and Groggy, too little and you
might have (what I called)  Breakthrough Seizures,  just Right, and
they might stop for a longer period.   *Also our bodies and Metabolism
change over time, and you might need e.g. a Blood test ( !) or
something to see if the dose you currently use is **still at
therapeutic levels *for you.
   That would be something the Doctor could advise you about. Did you
tell them you're having these sensations?  /G.

 it feels like my head is spinning and my body is
> spinning slowly in the opposite direction, while also trying to tick back the
> other way.  it's almost a numb weird feeling, like something is alseep minus
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> myself cuz it is not a cool feeling.  and it goes to a certain point.  then I
> completely collapse.  I go weak and crash.  Is this a drop attack?
** I think a Drop Attack might be an older term. Mine happened like you
just described when they Secondarily Generalized (spread through the
brain), like I described above. /

 It's only
> happened like this a couple times. and I've been sitting both times, but it's
> a little more unusual than what I normally experience.  I have only been
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> instead.  and I wander aimlessly.  maybe this is a new symptom of a complex
> partial?  I have no idea!
 ** If you've only been taking whatever the pills are since Oct., they
might not yet have reached the Ideal level in your Blood yet.  Some of
these are slow release and can take a while to reach an Ideal level in
our system.  If what you're using isn't a Time Released type pill
(Tegretol Controlled release e.g. or some of the others that depend on
a fixed dose at a fixed rate to keep things stable),  the Dr. could
decide if something like that would give you better control.  OR they
might just add half a tablet on alternate days for example, and that
might be all you need.    The Doctor could tell you that.
   If you're wondering if a symptom might be a side effect of a
particular pill, the Pharmacist who fills your prescriptions can give
you a Printout and possible www address for the particular pill.
Another source that has a Pill Glossary is the Ep. Foundation of
America website http://efa.org   find the Glossary, and either scroll
to the pill type or type in the name in the box and click on GO or
Search by the box, and it'll give you a 1-page General summary of what
a pill is for, how to use it, and what to avoid while using it (often
upset stomach remedies, alcohol, plus other things listed that might
conflict with them).
   Let us know how you make out or if you have other questions.  Not
everyone reads the group every day, so check this message thread over
next 3-5 days in case others have some ideas too.   The *pill names
(above) might get you more specific replies too.  G./
G. - 07 Dec 2006 07:25 GMT
> HI.  I"ve posted on here before.  I have simple and complex partial seizures
> with and without secondary generalisation.
***************************************************
 ** The symptoms you describe below, are part of a complex partial
seizure when it Secondarily Generalizes... That's where you can space
out, be unaware of what you do or where you are, and if it gets too
intense, can then lead to loss of consciousness.
   The Secondary Generalization is a little like e.g. Water coming
onshore (the original or partial seizure), and when it hits some rocks
at the shore, the water Splashes away and spreads outward -- well not
much of an analogy, but when my CP seizures used to Secondarily
Generalize, that was the electrical signals in the brain spreading out
there and reducing in intensity, and the **Sensation I had was like
what I described above.   /G.

 Usually my seizures are typical-
> starting with a muscle spasm and building from there, until it either stops
> or I might collapse.  sometimes I laugh coming out of it, or sob like a baby
> babbling.  I can't make out words very well sometimes.  Once in awhile
> (mostly before I started meds) I get real dizzy in the back of my head for a
> couple seconds, then have a slight full body spaz and then collapse to the
> floor and am too weak to move for a long time.  zoned out, too.
*** See above, I described what happens when your Simple Partial or
Complex Partial seizures Secondarily Generalizes (spreads).  *Sometimes
we can have a mild onset and jus the Aura, feel uncomfortable and it
passes -- Both those types are described on various websites, like
under webmd, but also at http://efa.org  and other sites.  (I posted a
note about 10 days? ago that lists 4-5 websites I use, then others
added a few other sites. If you can look back in this group around that
time-- Subject like 'Websites I've found Useful', you'll see a group of
sites we've commonly used around here to help.  /G.

 I'm on 2
> meds.  But, lately, I've been getting crazy vertigo.  usually it's when I lay
> down and try to go to sleep.  I had this problem before I ever knew I had
> epilepsy, but not very often.  but it seems since I started meds that it
> happens almost every night.
*****  Did you tell your Doctor about Above? or you could also ask the
Pharmacist if some of that can be a Side Effect of whatever the meds
are you use.  If you list the *names here, others who use them might be
able to help tell you if they've had similar effects.
 Sometimes starting newer medications is a bit of a balancing act--
too much and you feel like a Zombie and Groggy, too little and you
might have (what I called)  Breakthrough Seizures,  just Right, and
they might stop for a longer period.   *Also our bodies and Metabolism
change over time, and you might need e.g. a Blood test ( !) or
something to see if the dose you currently use is **still at
therapeutic levels *for you.
   That would be something the Doctor could advise you about. Did you
tell them you're having these sensations?  /G.

 it feels like my head is spinning and my body is
> spinning slowly in the opposite direction, while also trying to tick back the
> other way.  it's almost a numb weird feeling, like something is alseep minus
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> myself cuz it is not a cool feeling.  and it goes to a certain point.  then I
> completely collapse.  I go weak and crash.  Is this a drop attack?
** I think a Drop Attack might be an older term. Mine happened like you
just described when they Secondarily Generalized (spread through the
brain), like I described above. /

 It's only
> happened like this a couple times. and I've been sitting both times, but it's
> a little more unusual than what I normally experience.  I have only been
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> instead.  and I wander aimlessly.  maybe this is a new symptom of a complex
> partial?  I have no idea!
 ** If you've only been taking whatever the pills are since Oct., they
might not yet have reached the Ideal level in your Blood yet.  Some of
these are slow release and can take a while to reach an Ideal level in
our system.  If what you're using isn't a Time Released type pill
(Tegretol Controlled release e.g. or some of the others that depend on
a fixed dose at a fixed rate to keep things stable),  the Dr. could
decide if something like that would give you better control.  OR they
might just add half a tablet on alternate days for example, and that
might be all you need.    The Doctor could tell you that.
   If you're wondering if a symptom might be a side effect of a
particular pill, the Pharmacist who fills your prescriptions can give
you a Printout and possible www address for the particular pill.
Another source that has a Pill Glossary is the Ep. Foundation of
America website http://efa.org   find the Glossary, and either scroll
to the pill type or type in the name in the box and click on GO or
Search by the box, and it'll give you a 1-page General summary of what
a pill is for, how to use it, and what to avoid while using it (often
upset stomach remedies, alcohol, plus other things listed that might
conflict with them).
   Let us know how you make out or if you have other questions.  Not
everyone reads the group every day, so check this message thread over
next 3-5 days in case others have some ideas too.   The *pill names
(above) might get you more specific replies too.  G./
awight1 - 07 Dec 2006 19:00 GMT
Yes, I knew that my seizures generalize.  The thing that is weird to me is
the sudden brain pulling numbness feeling and then just flat out collapsing.
ONly becuase normally I spaz out and then collapse and twice now, I've had no
spaz.  just collapse.  This just sorta bothers me because I don't know why it
happens.  I"m on trileptal and keppra.  thanks for the info.  I've looked at
various epilepsy websites.  I just dont like when new or different things
happen because they are so out of the "norm" for what I am used to and they
scare me......

>> HI.  I"ve posted on here before.  I have simple and complex partial seizures
>> with and without secondary generalisation.
[quoted text clipped - 86 lines]
>next 3-5 days in case others have some ideas too.   The *pill names
>(above) might get you more specific replies too.  G./
G. - 08 Dec 2006 00:07 GMT
> Yes, I knew that my seizures generalize.  The thing that is weird to me is
> the sudden brain pulling numbness feeling and then just flat out collapsing.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Message posted via MedKB.com
> http://www.medkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/epilepsy/200612/1

 That *might be described under Rapid Onset seizures (if that's the
term).  I had those often in the last ~year after I got control of my
older type Complex Partials where I'd first get an Aura (feeling of
strangeness, picture out of focus, then loss of Full Awareness of what
I did or said until I regained consciousness, usually in Hospital or on
a Floor somewhere).
  As I got nearer full control (although it sure didn't Feel like it
was nearer), I had about 3-4  that came on without the Aura, and I
hated that, since I formerly had at least the weird feeling that told
me to move to a sidewalk or ?? when I might be about to collapse.  The
last 2 of those I had I was at the Target dose the Dr. was heading for,
but had only been there about 4-6 weeks.
 I haven't had a Dose change since about 1996, and the last full
seizure I had was June 1998...  sure I remember, we all remember the
last one. (Someone here a few years ago said it was like a bratty
younger sibling who follows us around, waiting for a chance to sneak up
on us... )
  I've had a few Auras after that but by that time was able to clear
those by getting some fresh air or a Cold Drink of Water or Sprite/
7Up.
  They might be out of the Norm for you if you were used to stronger
seizures? but are getting closer to where they'll stop?   I could never
predict when mine would happen at First, then after the Auras (simple
partials) stopped, I didn't have any warning and started to miss having
that too...    But now I don't have either and *that I don't miss.. :-<
  Hopefully that could be what's happening with your Dose levels?
  I expect you know, but both those pills, like my Tegretol CR, are
intended to be taken when due plus or minus ~4 hours, and not to miss a
Dose if you can help it.  That way you always have a therapeutic level
in your blood that works for your type and metabolism.  I haven't
needed a dose change now for more than the 8 years since my last szr.
G./
awight1 - 09 Dec 2006 04:08 GMT
That's interesting....I don't know what "target dose" my dr. is looking for.
He doesn't really say much to me.  These "rapid seizures" are weird.  Though,
I dont think I get them everyday.  I don't know.  Maybe I do.  Sometimes I
get the brain pulling thing and don't collapse.  sometimes I do collapse.
the other day, I had the brain pulling thing at Barnes and NObles.  nothing
more.  Then a couple hours later at home is when I crashed to my floor.  Then
at night I had the brain pulilng thing like crazy and I hated it.  I don't
know if I collapsed or not.  I actually can't remember.  Today, I had one
seizure.  I'm pretty sure it was just a simple one.  I don't really know how
to describe it but I know it's feelings I usually get before I spaz or maybe
while I spaz.  this time was minus the spaz.  So, maybe your suggestion is
true.  I do know that coming from October to now, they are getting better for
sure.  In Oct I was having multiple seizures in a day and some were bad.  And
now, I am only having one, maybe 2 but they are fairly discreet.  They are
shorter.  If I happen to collapse, It's not all the time like before!  I
guess this is a good thing:-)
I'm slightly worried about tomorrow because I'm getting up at 5am to go w/a
friend a couple hours away to sit at a judging course all day long and
recertify my judging for tumbling and trampoline.  I do know that really
early mornings and going nonstop all day, even if it's just sitting there
listening, usually triggers a seizure whether I'm ready for it or not.  It
doesn't matter if I take meds or not.  Heck.  Maybe I'll wake everyone up if
it happens cuz most of us are falling asleep anyway!  Maybe it'll be more fun
if I just brain spaz and collapse because at least I'll be on crash mats.
and Yes, they are called crash mats! haha.  good for crashing?  
What I don't really understand though, is why do I get these brain spazes and
collapsing things if I am on meds and have been on them since the end of
october?  becuase it seems to me that if I'm going to have this episode, a
lot of times it's after i take a dose.....hhmmm.....

>> Yes, I knew that my seizures generalize.  The thing that is weird to me is
>> the sudden brain pulling numbness feeling and then just flat out collapsing.
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
>needed a dose change now for more than the 8 years since my last szr.
>G./
Sofia - 10 Dec 2006 01:09 GMT
>   I haven't had a Dose change since about 1996, and the last full
> seizure I had was June 1998...  sure I remember, we all remember the
> last one. (Someone here a few years ago said it was like a bratty
> younger sibling who follows us around, waiting for a chance to sneak up
> on us... )

Yeah, it's hard to forget your last seizure when your still getting
several types of them... including Complex Partials, if they're ones
awight really is talking about. Mine don't get any auras like yours
Gordon, so it's hard to tell if I'm having a seizure but I've been told I
get approx 2-3 of these per day by my hubby.

Can I also take this opportunity to tell awright that I'm not sure if a
seizure can turn into another on it's own, but from my own experience,
they sort of seemed to have multiplied and change with age. I began
getting just simple absences at 9 years old, which then added my Grand mal
tonic-clonics at 11, followed by my Complex Partials sometime in my mid
twenty's, which were finally followed by my tonics in my early thirty's.
I'm 40 now and I still get the lot of them without any warnings - and most
of them (including absences) also come with incontinence, so don't be too
surprised if you aren't getting them already! I've taken several mixtures
of meds, by my neuro's to try and control my condition, all without much
success, but nowadays I take tegretol, keppra, and zonisamide.

I don't think this pulling you describe you have in your head could be a
drop attack though, as I'm sure I've felt it several times before, and I
don't even know what a drop attack is! I wouldn't say you're seizures
aren't taking another new addition though, as I haven't a clue. I'd be
very interested to hear what this feeling is myself as I'm pretty
mystified, so keep in touch and let us know what your neuro' has to say
about it.

Sofie

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G. - 10 Dec 2006 03:39 GMT
> >   I haven't had a Dose change since about 1996, and the last full
> > seizure I had was June 1998...  sure I remember, we all remember the
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> about it.
> Sofie

  I had thought that Drop Attacks describe a rapid onset seizure where
I wouldn't have time to realize I was having an Aura or look for
somewhere safe to lie down until it passed.  A couple of times I was
'there' and OK and next thing I'd just drop to the floor as it
generalized that quickly to a full seizure.   Several times I'd lose
consciousness for 4-10 minutes, often with incontinence, but *most
times with complete lack of any memory of what I did while I was
'away'.    (That lack of awareness was a symptom I'd have with most of
my Complex Partials Seizures before they got closer to full control.)
   It's often possible for a seizure to start with e.g. a Simple
Partial (aura) and as the waves of electrical firing spreads across the
brain (that's the part the Doctors refer to as it Generalizing),  it
was like an Electrical Breaker tripping and the neuron firing got so
erratic that I'd just fall where I was.
   Once I started to get nearer full control, I'd only have an Aura
(dizzy swirling feeling and taste or aroma of Lemon)- characteristic of
a Right Temporal lobe Focus, where the szr. started from.  When I knew
what those were I was able to clear them usually by getting fresh air,
or drinking something cold -- juice or water.
   After I had been at the target dose more than about 6 months, my
szrs. stopped.  I still use medication daily to control mine.   G./
Sofia - 15 Dec 2006 00:44 GMT
>    I had thought that Drop Attacks describe a rapid onset seizure where
> I wouldn't have time to realize I was having an Aura or look for
> somewhere safe to lie down until it passed.

Hmmm, but I don't get aura's with *any* of my seizures - I just wake up!:(

I can't count how many cookers I've ruined as I've woken up lying
unconscious at the bottom of them with smashed teeth, bruises, and in need
of stitches over my face and body, how many cars I've walked in front of
and woken up lying in the middle of a high street, how many supermarkets
I've stolen goods from that I didn't know I had till I got back home and
found in my pocket or handbag.

Surely not myself or anybody else who doesn't get aura's, are getting
just drop-attacks. I name mine the all same names as you name your's, just
without any warnings!

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G. - 15 Dec 2006 01:49 GMT
> >    I had thought that Drop Attacks describe a rapid onset seizure where
> > I wouldn't have time to realize I was having an Aura or look for
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> without any warnings!
> Sofie

 That was what I thought Drop Attacks were. I guess I should go look
at the US Ep. Foundation site http://efa.org  or Julie's Idaho site and
see if they're different somehow.
  I used to *hate those auras (lemon taste or aroma, deja vu feeling
that I'd done all this sometime already, etc. -- that are the Aura of a
Right Temporal Lobe onset).  I guess I was lucky at the time as they
gave me time to move to safety, or away from anything dangerous.

  Did you ever see some of the stuff in Julie's Idaho website on
Safety and Seizures?  I don't know if they'd help as much when your's
appear to have such rapid onset or at least without an Aura to warn one
might be starting.
   I think it was on that site where they had Electric Kettles that
Auto-Off when the water boils, so it won't keep boiling if we're away
on an Absence or in a seizure.  For cooking, a lot of people around
here (the group) use Microwaves versus regular stoves, as most times
once a Microware is set up and started, they run for the programmed
time then stop, whether we're there or 'away' in mid-seizure.

   It wouldn't help much with the Supermarkets though, I'm afraid.
Most things in Canada are now Bar-coded for rapid checkout and set off
an Alarm if someone leaves the store without having it scanned...  I
don't remember seeing bar-codes on Fruit.  But if John Cleese is
standing around the door, he knows how to defend himself from a Banana
!!  :->    G./
awight1 - 15 Dec 2006 03:04 GMT
You guys are funny.  I used to work at a grocery store.  customer service.
good thing I didn't have this problem a couple years ago! I would've been
demoted to "bag boy" instead of working with the money!  Anyway, I've
recently discovered that when I have a huge lack of sleep for whatever reason,
is when I spaz before a seizure.  Lately, I haven't been totally spazzing and
I think it's because the meds are doing something, but still with the huge
lack of sleep I do spaz.  It's actually kind of a relief to not totally go
tense and contract everything, believe it or not.  Because, yea I do like to
work out in general and I'm a work out fanatic but man, static poses for
strength training were never fun to me.  I must say though, my forearms are
rather nicely toned.....

Anyway, I seem to recover quicker when I have the pull/numb feeling and then
drop right away too.  Although earlier tonight, I did leave quite a bit of
DNA all over my face and my floor when I decided it was time to come back to
reality:-)  Last night I just started laughing out of nowhere in my friend's
room, well after a surprise seizure a couple minutes beforehand, and I ended
up with my head in her laundry basket! I didn't leave any DNA there though.
I tend to leave my DNA everywhere.  When my muscles decide to go on a
vacation, my jaw doesn't like to close, either and I drool. Hence, the DNA.
Sometimes I drool like a water fountain!  Ok anyway, I have 1-2 seizures a
day now.  which is better than before.  And, they are quicker/shorter/not so
bad, etc.  so I think if my meds are upped some, eventually I will be alright.
That's what I'm shooting for!

>> >    I had thought that Drop Attacks describe a rapid onset seizure where
>> > I wouldn't have time to realize I was having an Aura or look for
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>standing around the door, he knows how to defend himself from a Banana
>!!  :->    G./
G. - 17 Dec 2006 02:56 GMT
> You guys are funny.  I used to work at a grocery store.  customer service.
> good thing I didn't have this problem a couple years ago! I would've been
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> I think it's because the meds are doing something, but still with the huge
> lack of sleep I do spaz.
*** Many of the Anti Ep Meds. are set to be taken on a routine rate,
and might take e.g. 3-4 days at the target dose before our bodies
settle into absorbing it at the rate that works for us.   Each of us is
different (by weight, rate of metabolizing foods/pills, and szr. type),
and once we reach the ideal dose the seizures reduce or stop.
  Many of the szr. types are aggravated by lack of sleep, as it lowers
our seizure threshold --the point where we might have a seizure, and
being more rested reduces that risk./

 It's actually kind of a relief to not totally go
> tense and contract everything, believe it or not.  Because, yea I do like to
> work out in general and I'm a work out fanatic but man, static poses for
> strength training were never fun to me.  I must say though, my forearms are
> rather nicely toned.....
**** If you didn't tell the Dr. that you also work out, they *might
adjust your pills (up) to compensate for the rate you're burning off
the medication, as well as the calories.  Or they might add a second
(different) pill to help give you balance with the first for above
workout. It's not unusual to take e.g. 3-6 months after onset of a
seizure type to reach the combo that works.  It took me from Jan.1993
to late 1995 to reach mine, from first pill type (Dilantin), on to
Tegretol CR then Tegretol and Frisium, adjusting doses by half a table
each time up or down...  kind of like adjusting the tuning on a car.
  Some of us have more complicated motors (neuro firing +seizure type)
that might take more tinkering to get the mix that will work best.  /

>   Ok anyway, I have 1-2 seizures a
> day now.  which is better than before.  And, they are quicker/shorter/not so
> bad, etc.  so I think if my meds are upped some, eventually I will be alright.
> That's what I'm shooting for!
*** I hope that works for you. IT does for many of us.  Some of these
pills are absorbed in the Kidneys or Liver, so it can take some
fine-tuning to get to the target dose that works best.  Once you're
there though, it's often the case that the dose you reach will remain
stable for a long time.  *I haven't needed any dose changes for 10
years now-- 1996 (onset was 1993).  /
G. - 17 Dec 2006 02:58 GMT
> You guys are funny.  I used to work at a grocery store.  customer service.
> good thing I didn't have this problem a couple years ago! I would've been
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> I think it's because the meds are doing something, but still with the huge
> lack of sleep I do spaz.
*** Many of the Anti Ep Meds. are set to be taken on a routine rate,
and might take e.g. 3-4 days at the target dose before our bodies
settle into absorbing it at the rate that works for us.   Each of us is
different (by weight, rate of metabolizing foods/pills, and szr. type),
and once we reach the ideal dose the seizures reduce or stop.
  Many of the szr. types are aggravated by lack of sleep, as it lowers
our seizure threshold --the point where we might have a seizure, and
being more rested reduces that risk./

 It's actually kind of a relief to not totally go
> tense and contract everything, believe it or not.  Because, yea I do like to
> work out in general and I'm a work out fanatic but man, static poses for
> strength training were never fun to me.  I must say though, my forearms are
> rather nicely toned.....
**** If you didn't tell the Dr. that you also work out, they *might
adjust your pills (up) to compensate for the rate you're burning off
the medication, as well as the calories.  Or they might add a second
(different) pill to help give you balance with the first for above
workout. It's not unusual to take e.g. 3-6 months after onset of a
seizure type to reach the combo that works.  It took me from Jan.1993
to late 1995 to reach mine, from first pill type (Dilantin), on to
Tegretol CR then Tegretol and Frisium, adjusting doses by half a table
each time up or down...  kind of like adjusting the tuning on a car.
  Some of us have more complicated motors (neuro firing +seizure type)
that might take more tinkering to get the mix that will work best.  /

>   Ok anyway, I have 1-2 seizures a
> day now.  which is better than before.  And, they are quicker/shorter/not so
> bad, etc.  so I think if my meds are upped some, eventually I will be alright.
> That's what I'm shooting for!
*** I hope that works for you. IT does for many of us.  Some of these
pills are absorbed in the Kidneys or Liver, so it can take some
fine-tuning to get to the target dose that works best.  Once you're
there though, it's often the case that the dose you reach will remain
stable for a long time.  *I haven't needed any dose changes for 10
years now-- 1996 (onset was 1993).  /

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