One seizure was enough

Wow. I thought I was the only one! The same exact thing happened to me. It started off with migraines in the fifth grade so, of course, they did multiple MRIs. All clear. Eighth grade year and all the sudden I'm in the hospital. It took several months for them to find the spikes on the EEG that were enough to let them (Specialists who work ONLY on epilepsy patients and seizures.) see that I had epilepsy. The scary thing is that whenever I have these vision issues, it is actually a mini seizure happening in my brain. I am now fourteen and have been seizure (Grand mal seizure, per say) free for an entire year. I know I'm a little late on this considering it is 2010 and you posted this in 2006, but I would for sure reccomend a second opinion. If you have done a lot of research you'll find out that most people have one and never have one again. As I said earlier, I went to a specialist who works only on this part of the neurology (Spelling?) department. I wish you the best of luck! :)

I dont know if anyone will respond to this as this thread is pretty old...anyway I had my first and so far only tonic clonic seizure last month.I am 31 years old. I went to the hospital and they did an mri, ct and eeg..everything was clear..they put me on Keppra a small dose but it has had major side effects especially mood swings and headaches. I cant get in to see a neurologist for almost another month..the doctors said they didnt really know for sure what caused the seizure..they said it was possibly because I was taking alot of Ambien and then I ran out but I have been doing that for years and always running out..also I have had head injuries in the past and have 3 family members with epilepsy..also last week my regular doctor changed me from Keppra to Dilantin but that one was even worse..I didnt sleep hardly at all for four days and when I did I had very vivid and scary nightmares..I couldnt get ahold of my doctor so I switched myself back to Keppra..I dont want to be medicated but I am so scared of having another..it was very scary for my kids and husband..at first they thought I was having a heart attack because I was blue and not breathing..I bit my tongue really hard and smashed my face on my nightstand and popped my shoulder out of the socket. Anyways have others had only one seizure and never another without being medicated for the rest of their lives? Also if I have another one, are they very often fatal? Because they seem so bad for you..