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Choosing a treatment center??

Sat, 07/12/2008 - 19:56

I had my first seizure 5 years ago - age 35 - for unknown reasons. Spent first 3 months struggling with a horrid local neurologist until my family doctor finally sent me to a doctor at Indiana University medical ctr - Indianapolis. He has been better than the first guy, but has taken a very laid back approach to my treatment. My seizures are atypical (long story), so he just kind of shrugs his shoulders. I am currently on Tegretol XR and Neurontin.

 My family is urging me to get this evaluated further/better. At the current time, my family doctor said he could refer me to Mayo in Minnesota or Vanderbilt in Tennessee (much closer). But how do you know which is better? Should we go 10 hours to Mayo or can we get good treatment at Vanderbilt? How do you choose???

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Re: Choosing a treatment center??

Submitted by wenko on Thu, 2010-01-21 - 08:38
St Vincents up north of you has an epilepsy center and they are very patient orientated That is where I would go And after that I would go to Unv of Mich that is where I go and it so far works out for me Call up any hospital you go to first to get the insurance info first

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