Sunday, August 30, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] driving with medicne

 

I keep one or 2 doses with me at all times in my purse -- just
in case I forgot to take them before I rushed out the door.

Millie

>
>  Of the 30 years I have had my driving privledges, only 24 months I was
> not allowed to drive. That started 4 months after my surgery. The doctors
> thought then I was having non-epileptic seizures then, but I still was not
> allowed to drive. So for 28 out of 30 years I have never had a fear of a
> Grand Mal except for the one time when my lobelia saved my life that I
> thanked God I had lobelia that day. Lobelia I use to carry with me for a
> long while before my surgery. It goes to work faster than any medicine
> ever could do to stop a Grand Mal from happenning.  If cops see that, they
> would  have no idea what it is and used for.  I use to have auras while
> driving, and 99.5% of the time when I had them, I would be in a state like
> Maryland where I had room to pull off the road. While driving in PA auras
> never seem to have happen and it was rare when they did. That told me God
> was watching over me in those times.
>  
> I wondered over the years and wonder still today, if I was involved in an
> accident where someone else was at fault, and I get a cop to want to
> search everything, What will happen if they find seizure drugs in the
> glove box or under the arm rest ?   To prevent that and WW 3 from ever
> starting I have never carried medicnes no matter what my sister tells me.
> She worries 24/7 for no reason at all. Of couse if I go away for several
> days, or to her place, I carry it in my suitcase or some other package. 
> Maybe I would do what the majority rule would be on the issue in here. I'm
> 50-50 on the issue. Otherwise just local driving from point A to B does
> not make much sence to keep medicine in a glove box or arm rest. For
> anyone who fears the idea of driving, as long as you stay on medicines and
> the condition is controled, you can drive as well as I can or better. The
> people on cell phones are worse than the drunks driving today, but who
> restricts them ?
>
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