Thursday, February 26, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] New Here...Introduction & Question

Robert,

what kind of szs do you have that you can talk
yourself out of them? When I had grand mals I made
a weird noise and landed on the floor. I knew
nothing for a couple hours.

Now they are more like complex partials. My girls say
that my brain is scrambled for a couple days. I do not
pass out now-- but I also don't know that I am not
acting my usual self. I have to be told.

Millie

> My name is Robert, and I have had seizures since 16 months old, as the
> direct result of the removal of a baseball-sized, benign tumor from my
> left temporal lobe.  They have decreased over the years both in frequency
> and severity, but I doubt I will ever lose them altogether.  I have
> however,learned to control them as they occur.  I focus on a single
> individual, all the while refusing to give up control to the seizure. 
> Sounds weird, but it works for me.
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> --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Wendy Baur <wendy.sue@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Wendy Baur <wendy.sue@gmail.com>
> Subject: [epilepsy] New Here...Introduction & Question
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 5:59 PM
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> First let me tell you that I am not here for myself I am here for my
> 18 month old daugher Julia. She was diagnosed with a Choroid plexus
> papilloma (Brain tumor) when she was 4 months. We discovered the
> tumor when Julia had her first sezirue we now know it was an infantile
> spasm (associated with an abnormal brain pattern). Julia's tumor was
> taken out at John's Hopkins in Baltimore MD but, she still had
> seizures after surgery. We recently (actually our Christmas persent)
> got rid of the infantile spasms and now have a multifocal seizure
> disorder. When Julia has a seizure her movement repeats itself left
> arm out, right leg up, head turns to right and eyes roll I believe
> this is considered a clonic. Julia still has daily seizures because
> her medication is for infantile spasms and we just started Lamictal.
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> My question...have any of you had seizures since you were an infant?
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> What are the best medications for focal seizures?
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> Wendy
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