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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / December 2004Non-epileptic health news
I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic attacks some. Two weeks ago I was sent to the emergency room by my mom since both of us thought I was having a heart attack. I had all the symptoms of a heart attack - pressure on chest, pain by my heart, left arm going numb, and not being able to breath well. After many tests, the doctors figured I had had a major panic attack and just sent me home. I have had some of those symptoms before - so I think I have had several panic attacks here lately. I was wondering if anyone here has had this problem with their medications. I am on Dilantin and Keppra - could they cause someone to have panic attacks? Now it's the news group :) Just speaking of heart attacks, my daughter says that she thinks I had a mild stroke along with the last seizure I had as my speech, memory, balance and other things that the dr's wouldn't notice but a daughter would have changed. The dr's at the time just blew it off as part of the seizure. Today I went to my primary care dr for the first time and he mentioned something connecting seizures with strokes. My daughter was smiling that she knew me well enough to know that I probably has a small stroke along with the grand mal (see the postings ya gave me taught me to spell the type anyways!) (I think) but not happy that the drs didn't see it........................ > I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic > attacks some. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > medications. I am on Dilantin and Keppra - could they cause someone to > have panic attacks? Hi Dawn, I have had panic attacks in the past. My neurologist indicated that they could be a type of seizure. I finally got over them after my medication was upped to a therapeutic level. Take care, Julie > I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic > attacks some. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > medications. I am on Dilantin and Keppra - could they cause someone to > have panic attacks? > I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic > attacks some. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > medications. I am on Dilantin and Keppra - could they cause someone to > have panic attacks? Hi. Two other things that can sometimes affect some of the seizure types, but also? Panic Attacks might include Lack of Sleep and Stres.s.s.s . If you have more of those right now than e.g. mid August, those can also affect our tendency toward being somewhat weaker than when we're not stressed. I think you have Julie's First Aid for seizures links, and she just did a post to you yesterday on this thread too, where her Idaho Information address is usually at the end. Some of what you describe can be under the Auras or *Simple Partial seizure symptoms. But I thought first that with some people here starting New School/ Univ. Year and New People etc. in their lives that some of what you *could be feeling are Real but aggravated by the excitement or stress (depends on our mood) of a New Year starting.... Just another thought of where the Roots might be. If they persist though or become bothersome, like Julie said, a slight adjustment to Med. Levels might be all that's needed. (Some types can wear off over time Or get flushed quicker by higher heart rate etc. Last Med. change I needed was 95/96, but 93-5 we had to tinker with doses several (5-7) times as we got to optimum dose.) G./ > > I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic > > attacks some. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > persist though or become bothersome, like Julie said, a slight adjustment > to Med. Levels might be all that's needed. She *appears to not have listed her www address of the Idaho site on earlier post.... { :-< -- so these are them. First is the General site, the **Second one is the First Aid chart no. 1 of 2 (only here). Check some of the symptoms of Simple Partial. Usually as I got closer to control for Complex Partials, I had occasional Aura or S.Partial but they got wider apart between events, but often mine were triggered by Stress, and Crowds of new people. These are the sites I referred to--> Main Site address http://www.epilepsyidaho.org and First Aid chart 1 http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/seizure.htm . Gordon, Yeah, I do have Julie's first aid site saved in one of my favorite folders - would have to look to see which one it is bookmarked in. I haven't had time to look at many sites about the panic attack - just pulled up a few to see what other symptoms might persist. I am not in school - basically just sitting around a lot. I do admit I am under a lot of stress - though most I won't mention - and I rarely sleep over seven hours a night. So, you may be right on that affecting me. Hmmm...more to think about - LOL. ---Dawn Hi Dawn, I am taking Dilantin, Keppra, Epilim and Clonazepam(Klonopin in the USA I believe?) Keppra could be contributing; do you have any skin rashes on your body you cannot account for? One side effect of Keppra.I have onbly suffered the drowsiness associated with such a massive dose of drugs; four separate ones-:) I have heard - not gospel? - that Keppra was developed for bi-polar disorder, but was not successful? Did you tell doctors at the ED you attended of the drugs you were taking? I can only suggest you keep a diary of these events to present to your doctor? Sincere regards, Rich. >I do have one health update on myself. I seem to be having panic > attacks some. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > medications. I am on Dilantin and Keppra - could they cause someone to > have panic attacks?
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