I have grand mal epilepsy, well controlled, but the blackout time never returns to my memory. For at least a few minutes before and well after, 2-3 hours are GONE. Made me nuts because I wanted to...
300 or 299 mg day is a very low dose, hardly adequate in most for control, phenytoin is the OLDEST drug out there, it does have sedative side effects in many and with most you become tolerant of the...
I have a bad tendency to ignore symptoms on occasions, so staying prepared with meds, food, whatever keeps me from dealing with ones I hope do not set in but usually do. I have learned to be very...
thanks for the link, I went thru my bio-feedback trng at Baylor pain mgmt. about 10 years ago, sometimes helps a lot and other times it is hang on and hope for the best...
Here is where bio-feedback is key. Unlike other pain in our bodies, example..broken leg, yep hurts like hell, but you KNOW it will be ok, and you will not die. Take a migraine, the sense that you...
greetings and best wishes for a ciggie free year, I am 57 and picked up my first cig 6 years ago. Granted, I had had a REALLY bad day. I truly hated smoking and never had a desire before, but first...
Sorry for your suffering, hope this info along with the above post help. I have had migraine, severe and chronic 20+ years. First declined, I turned my SSI app over to atty's who said they never had...
Thanks 4 reply, wish I could say how long I was on Topamax...but it was foggy,,lol, Seriously though, it reacts somehow with my Dilantin which I must take for epilepsy. I have begun several times and...
Hi there, I also have grand mal epilepsy and migraines. We are not the docs here, but from what I have learned in the last 20 years of dealing with this combo is the migraines can be aggravated by...
Please, NO on combining the alcohol with anticonvulsants. Your brain is already fighting a condition and then you double dip it? You must make a choice, and the biggie is the realization that in many...
Hi, I had the release done several years ago and now have the same hand, ring finger scheduled next week. Depending on the extent of your condition, the release can be a big relief, even though the...
Hey there, this is my first post, but I also have the combination of epilepsy and migraine. Since I already take anti-convulsants for grand mal epilepsy, the addition of Topamax for the migraine is...