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parents of young children with petit mal
Fri, 09/30/2005 - 18:21Topic: Family & Friends
My 10 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with petit mal. She's been on Zarontin for 1 week with increases each week for 3 weeks. I would love to chat with other parents in the same situation. I've got lots to talk about and would like to find some sort of support system.
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Hi everyone. I have a 5
Submitted by knittingmommy on Fri, 2007-10-19 - 07:39
Hi everyone. I have a 5 year old son. I didn't know what he had until I started researching on the internet. I often thought it was daydreaming but then sooner realized that he didn't snap out of it. I have three older children and we are always alert when we go outside, bc he can walk right into the street. Some kids would eat his lunch sometimes or take his juice. He was in his brothers class and he was fine because his brother would keep a eye on him. But when they changed his class I had to take him out. I went on Elixers.com a homeopathic website. I had a phone conversation with the consultant of the website. She was able to give me a combination of homeopathic medicines that decreased the seizures to about 10 a day. I thought that was not bad at all. I remember he was getting them every 3 seconds but not all day. No side effects. I know that he might not ever grow out of them. I just hope I can enrich his life enough bc there will be things he will not be able to do. Hope to chat with all of you. Take care.
Re: parents of young children with petit mal
Submitted by mommy_b1 on Tue, 2006-04-18 - 21:26
I just found this site. My daughter is 5 and she has Absence Seizures. She's had them since she was 3. It is so bizarre. She's not on any meds. The neurologist said not necessary at this time. I understand what you're going through with your daughter. I'd like to chat with you sometime. Take care. Mchele B.