thanks! you have me laughing.......
Thanks Shauni that does help! so i'm not crazy after all :) after i started taking the dilantin years ago that's when mine stopped too but my doctor last year changed my meds to lamictal monday -...
Ginny, i know what you mean... had a bad panic attack while i was getting my hair done!!! that should not be an anxiety type thing... i'm glad you responded because i too was starting to wonder if i...
i'm exactly the same way. the other day i'm having lunch with my boss and 2 co-workers we all have a good relationship you know and here i'm having a panic attack for who knows what reason i'm trying...
Thanks Shauni!! I appreciate that -- i'll check with my dr. on that med i go to see him the 8th of march had another bad one today at work (panic attack) i fought it for about an hour then finally...
i'm not sure if it's because i fear having a seizure because i have a panic attack... i didn't have them for about 10 yrs. while on dilantin and this yr. my dr. changed my meds and the last few...
Hey Dark Shadow... welcome! i was on dilantin for years. they just recently changed me. let me tell you dilantin is a very good medicine. i was on 300 mg a day also. my dr. had me take it at bedtime...
Hey Jen! welcome! i was on dilantin for 10 years. they had me taking 4 pills at night and i was also walking around like a zombie. after a month of that - i told my dr. i couldn't function - and he...
Wow! you continue to amaze me!!!! what else could possibly have happened to you? do you still have problems with the diabetes also? that epidural thing - had me wincing what an idiot nurse! i had an...
Wow Michael!!! you have been through way too much - to be only 23! when i read that they had stapled your lungs - eeeeech! bless you! stupid question probably - but could that be some of the cause of...
Michael, when did your seizures begin? and what triggered them initially? my friend who got one of the dogs, kept falling on the same side, and had her shoulder in a brace or something most of the...
Cindy - no, i haven't noticed the car giving me any problems. i think one of the worse problems i've had is with ceiling fans that are place under lights - it creates a pattern that at first just...
Cindy, i have lots of aches and pains - but its from my chronic myofacia pain also... about the dilantin i was on it for 15 years or so i believe and really didn't want to change but my neurologist...
MegLin, i'm glad you feel that way. that's great! i also like to tell those and only those who are close to me about my seizure disorder - or people i work closely with, etc. the only thing i always...
oooo... Mystic Dreamer - how terrible for you! was anyone with you at the time? what type of seizures? i know with mine i'm out for the count for a couple days afterwards? how did you get home,...
Hi Simply Cindy! when i first went on dilantin i was really "spaced out" also. i asked my dr. to bring my dosage down a bit so i could function. with some arguement he did - which helped a lot! and i...
oh, that's super! so glad to hear it!!!!...
Hi RanMan! I've been on dilantin for about 10 years or more. Did have some slight swelling of gums - but not bad or noticeable, in fact, always had to remind dentist of it when i went in. and he...
Sparkles, bless your heart! i have grand mal seizures. they can be quite embarrassing also. although i'm totally out when mine hit, i lose bodily control. and it's really upsetting when you wake up -...
Oh that's wonderful! what a super age!!! I remember those kind of things with my boys.......
so so true. we have to be able to laugh at ourselves!!! i made some crazy mistake at work the other day, and my boss was asking something about it, i look him in the eye, and say " do you know how...
he he!!! what's really bad is when you forget about that black hair for a few wks and all of a sudden one day you happen to catch a glimpse of it - and shock goes thru you - how long has THAT been...
I hope not either. For a while there I was getting a weird black hair growing on the inside of my arm. But after I plucked it like a hundred times - it finally didn't come back. LOL...
Yes, I have slight gum swelling also from dilantin. Some people do get it much worse though. My dentist says he can't tell mine are swollen until he does that test to see how deep the gum tissue is...
my aura is a slight dizziness and a cold clammy feeling like you feel when you're getting ready to pass-out and then my vision starts going - like i'm looking through a pin hole, after that my...
I can understand your feelings about[b] being yourself for a while after going thru that! [color=blue>I] Things will get better. When we are weak, he is strong. ...
Hi Julia, I understand exactly what you mean. It can be a scary thing to get back out there driving after learning you have seizure-disorder. In my state you have to be seizure-free for 6 months...
I've been taking dilantin or the generic in recent years for maybe 10 years. I have grand mal seizures - so when i have one i'm out for the count! and can't even go back to work for almost 2 days....
Sharon, what Jennifer said is soo right on - he's got to find the right meds. a good neurologist, definitely. i've had seizure disorder since i was 4, and live a very normal life. It takes a little...
I am no expert, but have had seizure disorder since I was 4. Couple years ago, 2 I think, the pharmacy started giving me Phenytoin Sodium (hope spelling is right) in place of dilantin, so I'm...