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Do seizures cause pain?

Thu, 06/08/2006 - 17:29
Hi I am the mother of a 5 1/2 year old who is progressively getting worse. His name is Danny. He has many types of seizures. He has at least 10 notable seizures a day and probably many more. he often requires interventions such as oxygen, suctioning, extra clonopin or diastat. he is on several medications clonopin, keppra, felbatol, phenobarb, and vigabitrin and several others for gi issues. Danny has tried all the other meds to no avail. We recently were told that there are only options left are to do a surgery that splits the 2 hemispheres or to do nothing. We feel this child is in pain and requires more sedation to be comfortable. The neurologist says that seizures are not painful. Danny is currently functioning at a 0-3 month level. He did progress when he was a baby. He did sit, stand and smile all of that is now gone. I am wondering do seizures cause pain? I think they do.

Comments

Re: Sol "You have to bring

Submitted by solis on Mon, 2006-06-19 - 10:00
Re: Sol "You have to bring the problem up to your doctor. I always found a different doctor, if I felt they were not helping me or could not find answers." Gee, thank you so much for the information. I have only had epilepsy far longer than you (49 years) and have already seen far more specialists as I'm nore than aware of your 'advice'. Please don't talk down to me..I'm NOT your inferrior! ~sol

Re: Re: Sol "You have to bring

Submitted by angel_lts on Tue, 2006-06-20 - 08:39
This is a support group not a battle field. We are both her to support each other and others. To compare and compete against each other about epilepsy is just too ridiculous. I am just trying to place the facts that I know and learned and give web sites to back that up. Please dont treat me like you did in this segment again! Lisa

Re: Do seizures cause pain?

Submitted by angel_lts on Fri, 2006-06-16 - 19:36
Spiz, Dansmom3, and Sol Here are some other web sites that may help with your questions http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_simplepartial.html http://www.laredopain.com/BurningPain.htm http://www.webmd.com/content/article/77/95370.htm Lisa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/epilepsyapproach/

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