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Grow out of seizures???

Sun, 05/21/2006 - 21:52
Hey, have you other parents out there heard that your child could grow out of their seizure disorder? My Zakry has idiopathic epi, so does that mean that he should be able to grow out of it? We are running one more metabolic test, but that's just to be safe (we thought he had MSUD). Has anyone else heard this? Has anyone else had an experience where someone "grew out of it?" Just looking for the positive!

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Re: Grow out of seizures???

Submitted by brittanyanngr on Sat, 2009-05-02 - 11:02
hi im brittany im 11 years old i have had seziures since i was 5 i REALLY wanna grow out of it i really really do. when i tell some people they make fun of me and treat me different and i cant spend the night at anyone houses only if their parents are a docter or in the medical field i really really wanna go out of it :_(

Re: Grow out of seizures???

Submitted by clh70812 on Mon, 2009-08-17 - 12:17
My daughter was dx with seizures when she was 15 months old, then at age 4, she was dx with idiopathic generalized seizures. She has been on many different meds, different dosages, and for about 2 yrs, she had none, then she went through a growth and high metabolism stage, the seizures begin to get worse, now she is turing ten next month, and well the seizures seem to be changing, they were really bad for a while, and now they are getting smaller, and coming less often. Her father and I both had seizures as children, and once we reached our pre-teens, we out grew them, it is hereditary for us, its in our blood lines as far as we can trace back, but I think, and I pray, my daughter is finally out growing hers. My father said that mine got worse before they got better, and then they came shorter and less often in between until they finally stopped all together. So hopefully this is what's happening to her. The doctors were we are located are not the most careing one's, so we try to keep our hopes up, and not put too much stock into the doctor we have, I just wish there was a neuro dr that cared that we could talk to aboutmy little girl!

Re: Grow out of seizures???

Submitted by Lisa Parham on Mon, 2009-08-17 - 14:58
I had seizures when i was about 5 or 6,i outgrew them when i was about 11 or 12.I was so happy when i didnt have them anymore.Thats the good news,there is some bad news to it too.You might get them back at any point in your life,i got mine back when i got pregnant with my first kid and now i cant get rid of them.I have had them for about 17 years now and they cant fix it unless i do the surgery which i dont trust cause i dont want my kids taking care of me rest of my life so soon.I hope you child outgrows them and they dont come back,good luck to you.

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