Hi Stephen,
Have you lucked into surgery for your seizures?
Steve
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, stephenn harrison <stephennharrison@...> wrote:
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> Hi Liz. My name is Stephen Harrison.
>            I have Absences, and I have 4 -5 per day. I live in Lancaster. &
> have been to see several specialists, and they have kept changing my tablets.Â
> But what ever they have tried me on, they have never worked on me. I
> take Lamotrigine, Keppra, clonazipam.  So seen as how they don't make any
> difference I myself think that I should stay as I am. That is the way I feel.Â
> I have had a few jobs, and they seem to finnish me. Due to my epilepsy. So
> IÂ receive benefits now.
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> From: Liz Welker <lizard110366@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 1:28:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Frustrated
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> How often are your szs? What kind(s) do you have? Do you have an aura
> beforehand? Are they long enough for you to get somewhere safe?
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> I am also a mom, but I'm the one with the epi. I know that my parents are uneasy
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> about me having szs when I'm alone, but I'm fortunate to have excellent control,
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> a long aura, and generally have them only at night, so I'm in bed, anyway, and
> my hub is with me. I have experienced some alone, and it was scary the first
> time, but I'd much rather be alone than have my kids at home. I know what to do.
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> If you have some kind of "drill" with your parents, where you can show them that
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> you know what to do and are capable of doing it, they may be more reassured and
> more inclined to allow you to be alone while they're gone. If you can call
> someone for help once you come to and protect yourself from injury, I think
> they'll feel more confident that you can handle whatever happens.
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> Good luck!
>
> LIZARD :)
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> From: Mischa <mischa25@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 1:04:11 AM
> Subject: [epilepsy] Frustrated
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> In a few months my parents might go to Las Vegas for a military reunion, and
> they don't want me to be by myself. I know it's only because they care about me,
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> but it makes me feel like such a baby. I'm 20 years old! I'm pretty sure that I
> can take care of myself just fine. I think my parents are afraid that I will
> have a seizure and something horrible will happen, like me falling and suffering
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> a head injury. They need to realize that there may be a time when I will have a
> seizure without them being around. My older sister Jan (she's not really my
> sister, but my best friend from college. She's 38) said she would stay with me.
> I talked to her about feeling frustrated and she said that if my parents went on
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> this trip and something happened to me, they would feel a lot of guilt. She was
> also telling me that no matter how old a child is, a parent will always worry
> (she's a mom to a 13 year old). When I first told Jan of my dilemma, I said, "I
> don't need a babysitter". She reassured me that my parents don't think I am a
> baby.
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