PJ,
You and I are very mch alike in that respect. We're similar in age, I started having seizures at 4, and I had been on the same meds at about the same times you did. I also had the same kind of side effects. I found it very hard to keep up with my schoolwork because I was so drowsy and my reaction time was much slower then. I mean, I knew the subjects, It was just getting the info from my brain to my hands at a slower pace than it should have been. I think I would have been a better student if I hadn't been on those meds. I also think I about drove mom crazy because I couldn't get my homework done. I can't say I was too argumentative, probably because I was too slow to argue.
Mark
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> Phenobarbital was actually the first med that I was put on when I was diagnosed at around 6 years of age. My mother (who is a nurse) said that I was a zombie most of the time and that while the grand mals were mostly controlled, the smaller seizures weren't.
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> Later when my parents got out of the military, my pediatrician had his brother (a childrens neurologist) look at my records and said that Tegretol was a better bet. This was in the -very- early 80's so I personally don't know what was available back then.
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> I don't remember too much from back then (it's been 30 years now) but I do know that I was tired a lot. I also went from being a really active kid to being a total couch potato.
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> Hope that helps some.
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> PJ
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> > About one month ago our neuro put my 21year old son on Phenobarbital,
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