Well, I've been on my medication a few days now. I'm having the strangest side effects. I'm tired all the time right now, which is normal, but when I first take the medication for about 3 hours I get...
I have had similar experiences for the past week with the tossing and turning and stuff...pretty much the whole night. My seizures have been worse and more frequent lately because I'm not getting my...
Thanx for the advice. :-) I am definitely trying to take care of my health before I go back to work. I know that the way it is right now, I wouldn't have a hope of getting through even a week of work...
The medication is something called Carbamaz. There are several other names for the same drug, I believe. It is effective in treating simple partial, complex partial and tonic-clonic type seizures....
Tracy, I'm not too sure of what all your health concerns are, but I would strongly urge you not to give up on something that obviously means a great deal to you! I have found that at least for me, I...
For those of you who don't know, I had another appointment with my neurologist today. While there is no actual evidence from the various tests that I have epilepsy (all of my tests came back normal)...
I actually remember that I was looking forward to the sleep deprived eeg tests. Before I started having seizures, I was quite the night owl, so for me, it could be one big caffeine free party! lol I...
For those of you interested, so far I have had blood tests done to eliminate diabetes. I've had 2 sleep deprived eeg tests done within the last month. I wore a holter monitor for 24 hours in December...
I am actually excited to see the doctor. Maybe I have unrealistic expectations for things. Its just that its been more than 6 months with no real results yet. And since he had this appointment set up...
Well, thanks for the support. I really appreciate this...just having someone who will listen. I didn't realize how much I just needed to be heard. I don't know if that makes any sense really. lol...
Hi, everyone. My name is Chris and I am 24 years old. I started having seizures when I was 18 years old. I guess I'm here because I need to vent. The position I am in right now I find very...