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I have seizures and they affect my speech
Tue, 01/25/2005 - 16:10Hi,
I am 33 years old and I have been having seizures now for about 3 years. It happened shortly after a toxic reaction to topomax. I was in the hospital for a week then and every since then I have had minor seizures off and on. When I do it affects my speech and I stutter bably and lose my thoughts and words. I feel so weird when this happens. I don't know anyone else like this. I have bipolar and dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality). I heard people with these illnesses can have seizures, I just don't know what type. I hate being like this. It makes me more depressed. I am getting so frustrated. I have two young boys and they don't understand why all of a sudden I loose my words or thoughts or I sound funny as they call it. My oldest one is 7 and he does ok. He helps me with my words and he answers the phone for me when I am having trouble talking. I just don't know what to do. My therapist wants to know more information about why it affects my speech but I have nothing to offer because I have been struggling to find information myself. Does anyone have suggestions?
Kym
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Submitted by pongosmommy on Tue, 2005-01-25 - 16:10
Oh Kym do not Give Up!,I am down to 25mg of Topamax a day, my head is still hurting but the have put me on Depakote, we are not sure how my body will handle this one...but we are going to try it.What I found that helps me when I am down and feel like I am about to spontaniously combust is...I go take a long bubble bath. I know I am supposed to take showers not baths...but I swear it is the only thing that helps my head sometimes. I can just barely float my head in the tub...for a couple minutes before someone is trying to make sure I didn't drown...but it does help,at least for me.