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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / February 2004Is epilepsy hereditary?
It turns out that there are people on both sides of my family that have epilepsy. They are distant relatives who I have never met, but my Mom knows of them and knows they have epilepsy. So I was just wondering if it was an inheritable trait. I haven't read anything that says it was but I was hoping someone here might know. Sasha > It turns out that there are people on both sides of my family that have > epilepsy. They are distant relatives who I have never met, but my Mom knows [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sasha Take a look at: http://www.epilepsy.com/101/ep101_inherited.html for some information on that topic. Bob Thanks for the link. > > It turns out that there are people on both sides of my family that have > > epilepsy. They are distant relatives who I have never met, but my Mom knows [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Bob Sasha, please read the posts of the recent thread on pyridoxine. Both forms pyridoxine dependency and pyridoxine sensitivity are inborn metabolic disorders which produce seizures if nto diagnosed and treated properly Best to you, Katharina >Subject: Is epilepsy hereditary? >From: "Sasha" sasha@bye.com [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Sasha That is intersting because I have vitamin B-12 deficiency which was inherited and means my body cannot digest and absorb vitamin B-12 so I have to get shots every month. It would be interesting to know if I have another vitamin B problem. I will ask my neurologist about it. I have never heard of this and still don't really understand it though. Sasha > Sasha, please read the posts of the recent thread on pyridoxine. > Both forms pyridoxine dependency and pyridoxine sensitivity are inborn [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > >Sasha > That is intersting because I have vitamin B-12 deficiency which was > inherited and means my body cannot digest and absorb vitamin B-12 so I have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sasha Hi Sasha Hadn't you told your neurologist about those B-12 injections? How about your psychiatrist? I assume that it is your family doctor whose is giving & supervising the B-12 injections & the other doctors should have enough sense to have gotten a copy of your medical records from him, but your neurologist should be told everything about you medically. It's important! Bob > > Sasha, please read the posts of the recent thread on pyridoxine. > > Both forms pyridoxine dependency and pyridoxine sensitivity are inborn [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > > >Sasha > > That is intersting because I have vitamin B-12 deficiency which was > > inherited and means my body cannot digest and absorb vitamin B-12 so I have [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Bob I had forgaotten all about it until my shot was due recently. I get them when I get my allergy shots. I have so many health problems that I could not remember everything. I'm fine as long as I get the shots so it is easily forgettable for me. Do you think I should call my neurologist and tell him, or wait until my appointment next week? Sasha > > > That is intersting because I have vitamin B-12 deficiency which was > > > inherited and means my body cannot digest and absorb vitamin B-12 so I [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Sasha They might not make any use of the information until next week, but I see no harm in leaving a message. If your system works like mine & I would never get through to talk to the neurologist directly, you could leave a voice-mail message with his nurse. If you call his office & ask, the secretary should be able to explain their routine to you. What I always do if I have a question is call my doctor's office and ask for his nurse's voicemail. I then leave a voice message. It has worked out quite well for me as she calls back with any information and consults with the doctor as needs be before returning my call. Bob > > > > That is intersting because I have vitamin B-12 deficiency which was > > > > inherited and means my body cannot digest and absorb vitamin B-12 so I [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > Bob I decided later to go ahead and call and that is exactly what happened. I got the nurse's voicemail and left a message. Thanks, Sasha Hi Sasha > I decided later to go ahead and call and that is exactly what happened. I > got the nurse's voicemail and left a message. How did everything go with your neurologist appointment last week? Bob > Hi Sasha > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Bob Thanks for caring. The tests came out with everything being fine. The neurologist was not sure if the episodes were seizures or if it was due to a chemical imbalance. This kind of uncertainty is what I was afraid of. He put me on Trileptal anyway to see if that helps. I was so certain they were seizures. I have never heard of brain chemicals becoming so unbalance all of a sudden and lasting only a few minutes. Or going back and forth between feeling fine and having the a severe imbalance for like an hour which sometimes happens. Most chemical imbalances last for weeks or years even, not a few minutes. Anyway, I am tolerating the Trileptal well and seem to feel pretty much ok. Anticonvulsants can be used as mood stabilizers so the Trileptal should work either way, if it is seizures or a chemical imbalance. I just wish I could know for sure which it was. Sasha > > Hi Sasha > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Sasha It sounds like wait & see for the time being then. Please keep us posted! We'll be interesting in hearing how things are going with you. Bob |
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