Hi Tim,
Good luck with your changes. Gosh it is so hard making changes,
but time usually finds the right combination. Let us know how it goes. Take care.
Doris :-)
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, TIMOTHY BALDWIN <tbb1@...> wrote:
>
> Doris,
> On 2/7,went to NYU,&told Dr.Devinsky that on 6/13/10 my last unconscious seizure
> which gave no warning before clicking me off in .0001 sec..It was 6.75 months
> till I had what appeared to be an aura of a complex partial,never
> progressed.Remaining just a simple partial seizure.Keppra XR was changed.It had
> been 500mg tablets x 3 taken at bedtime each day (10pm).Was changed to 500mg x 2
> tablets TWICE a day (10am&10pm).(1500mgs per day,became;2000mgs per day)I hope
> this eliminates seizures.Vimpat,had no change. Tim Baldwin (tbb1@...)
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> ________________________________
> From: DorisY <dorisellen@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 8:48:28 AM
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: 1st seizure just after driving begins
>
>
> Hi Tim,
> Just a quickie. Noticed your next appointment is Monday and
> want to wish you super luck with this one. I bet after finding
> results through the tests will be positive. If you get chance next
> week, please let me know how it went. I will add you to my list
> of special intentions this weekend. Take care.
> Doris :-)
>
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "TIMOTHY" <tbb1@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Doris,
> > At the stsrt of 11/09 I began to see Dr.Orrin Devinsky at NYU,then
> >11/31-12/5/09 had a 5 day-Video EEG.I began to change into Keppra XR with my
> >currento NYU Vimpat.Had Wada test in 8/10 both at NYU Langone Hospital.At
> >beginning of 12/10 had a 72hr.Ambulatory EEG,I wasn't aware of any seizures
> >during it.This Monday (2/7/11) I have appt.
> >
> > and am interested in anything different in results from recordings of that
> >test,viewed by doctors.Maybe there was none or some at night or -some quick ones
> >that I'm not aware of. And wouldn't be if driving and the road turned,and never
> >noticed that my eyes shut for 1-10 seconds
> >
> > till after I hit a tree and wonder what caused this.FACES (Finding A Cure
> >Epilepsy and Seizure)is wrote ever few months at New York Univ.. Timothy Baldwin
> >
> >
> >
> > > ---In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "DorisY" <dorisellen@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tim,
> > > Hope all going more positive now for you. I can relate to
> > > what you are saying. My first seizure was when I was 17 and
> > > I was driving. The result was that the car went off the road
> > > and into a tree. One person in the front seat was seriously
> > > injured. This was before using seat belts as we do today. I
> > > had seizures post this for about 35 years. Then I had left
> > > temporal surgery and day seizures stopped completely, however
> > > nocturnal ones began. Since seizures are still just when asleep,
> > > I was able to get my driving license back. It was still the right
> > > step getting the surgery and if seizures continue with you, I'd suggest you
> >look into the possibility of this. I do not know
> > > where you are living now, but if near New York, NYU is a great place to find
> >good doctors. Good luck Tim, and please fill us in on how this goes. Take
> >care.
> > > Sincerely, Doris
> > >
> > > --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "TIMOTHY" <tbb1@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I never thought,about driving having begun just before my first seizure.I
> >just saw a comment that she started to drive when 18 then had first seizure at
> >19.I began driving when 16,had two seizures,and;was diagnosed with epilepsy at
> >17.I wonder if the shock of seeing all those new areas was strong enough to
> >begin epilepsy.My last seizure was bicycling past an old memory and
> >thinking,I've Got To See That Again.I became conscious again in a ER when my
> >face was being sutured.I wonder if that sight caused a strong enough shock to
> >cause that seizure and if all of those new sights I remember cause as much a
> >shock at that age.How many other people had their first seizure just they began
> >to drive? Timothy Baldwin
> > > >
> > >
> >
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