Howdy Mike!

If I had to choose from the options given I'd choose the dropped on your
head option.

My tle started when I was about 13. It wasn't until about 5 years ago that I
discovered that I had multiple strokes when I was an infant.

Any other fever, illness or trauma to the head?

Then again, sometimes it just comes (apparantly) out of thin air.

I'm 54yo. A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with CPS. Consultant was
extremely puzzled as to why I should develop this at my age.
He blamed everything from my occasional beer or two when I was younger to
having been dropped on my head as a baby!!!!
As a child, I was held down in the school dentist's chair while most of my
teeth had fillings put in.
I still have them and wondered..............................has anyone
considered what effects the mercury amalgam from the fillings might have on
the brain?????
Could there be a connection between Hg and CPS?????

Is my mind running riot?? Is the specialist ignoring this possibility on
purpose????

cheers (sadly, without a beer!!!      :-))

Mike

 Did the Dr. in Zaire?  run either an Electroencephalogram (EEG) or a
Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) to see if there was any Internal damage that
might explain where the Complex Partial Seizures would come from?

  Skip the Mercury Amalgam stuff-> that only appears on a site called
'Quackwatch' where all the Far-out explanations are, for everything from
Polio to Zebra Mussels.
  Have you had any exposures to e.g. toxins or illness over last ?5 years
that might involve Neurology?

  Then too, you're getting pretty old! ( :-> )  I'm 57 and my szrs. started
when I was 48, from Encephalitis I had when I was 35.   You'll probably see
people here from Low 20s up to 60s or above, whose szrs. started from either
accidents, infections, unknown, and sometimes a malformation that was never
detected years ago when Medical Science wasn't as advanced as now.   That
dang 'unknown' can cover a lot of things that haven't been identified yet.

   Depending on which medications you use, Beer (within reason) might still
be allowed.  There ARE Anti Ep. Drugs (AEDs) that might be compromised or
effectiveness reduced by alcohol, and by other Over the Counter Medications.
If you haven't been Prescribed anything, yet, above doesn't apply.
 *IF* however you think you might be having either Absences (where you
drift away for a few minutes then come back --> **i.e. others would have to
witness those, *you won't realize you did it usually),  or Still have C.P.
seizures (where you lose consciousness), then I'd speak to the Pharmacist
who Fills any prescriptions.  They often have more of the Medication
Literature than most of the Doctors might have time to read.  *Or* if you
can find one of  Howdy's posts still up, he has links within his Website to
Ep. Foundation of America (something like efa.org).    Within that site,
there's a Medications Glossary.   You might need the Pharmacist's 'Geek
Name' e.g. Tegretol is Carbamazepine, if the Med. names are different in
Africa.   I found the efa.org medications directory accurate for the 4-5
pills I've been prescribed over past (10) years.  But I also found the
pharmacist has a computer printout, available with new prescriptions, that's
completely up-to-date.
  If you look through the efa site you'll find some information on Complex
Partial Seizures.  The Olde Name (used from ~1930? to 1960 or so) that some
Other sites you might find might still use, was Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
(since many of the C.P. seizures might start in one of the 2 Temporal Lobes
of the Brain).  If you do any searches and come across the Olde name, it's
likely worth reading those too, to see if any of the Symptoms or Treatments
might apply or describe any symptoms you have.   G.R.
 P.S.  If you describe any Symptoms or what happens when you have any
'events' (below) Others on the group might recognize the type of szrs., or
if they Are Seizures, from a distance.   Don't worry about the fillings.
I'd put it down to 'Age 'before that !!   //

I'm 54yo. A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with CPS. Consultant was
extremely puzzled as to why I should develop this at my age.
He blamed everything from my occasional beer or two when I was younger to
having been dropped on my head as a baby!!!!
As a child, I was held down in the school dentist's chair while most of my
teeth had fillings put in.
I still have them and wondered..............................has anyone
considered what effects the mercury amalgam from the fillings might have on
the brain?????
Could there be a connection between Hg and CPS?????

Is my mind running riot?? Is the specialist ignoring this possibility on
purpose????
cheers (sadly, without a beer!!!      :-))
Mike