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absance seizures and emotional changes in 6 year old
Tue, 07/03/2007 - 22:40Comments
Re: mood changes in 6-year old
Submitted by scarfnoogan on Tue, 2008-10-14 - 19:54
my daughter haileys case is very simlar to yours she is also seven and i started noticing the seizures more once school had started she would walk into things and seem as though she couldnt hear me a certain points of the day she is also on zarontin a very high dose i think it has made the seizures subside but she still has a few daily but most of all i have notices the ever so characteristic mood changes the doctor said they would stop but i have yet to see any change in the 3 and a half years on the med nor has a doctor done follow up bloodwork or an eeg i am very concerned and havin issues getting someone to explain this very complex problem to me or to look after it as i see fit please someone help me i am a the end of my rope and want my daughter to have a normal life
my daughter haileys case is very simlar to yours she is also seven and i started noticing the seizures more once school had started she would walk into things and seem as though she couldnt hear me a certain points of the day she is also on zarontin a very high dose i think it has made the seizures subside but she still has a few daily but most of all i have notices the ever so characteristic mood changes the doctor said they would stop but i have yet to see any change in the 3 and a half years on the med nor has a doctor done follow up bloodwork or an eeg i am very concerned and havin issues getting someone to explain this very complex problem to me or to look after it as i see fit please someone help me i am a the end of my rope and want my daughter to have a normal life
Re: mood changes in 6-year old
Submitted by jimipasta on Thu, 2008-01-24 - 01:06
Hello. I just joined and I realised that I am a year behind everybody else with my comment.
My son turns 6 in a couple of months and have been on Zarontin for absent seizures for 7 months. I think that he might have had those seizures since he was about 2,5 years old, only that I thought that he was not paying attention. Not until I started working with people who suffered from petit mal seizures did I realise that he was seizuring and got him an appointment with a neurologist.
After starting the medication I haven`t seen any seizures. I was (strongly) recommended to start my son on this medication before Kindergarten because it would benefit him in school, allow him to follow along in class better. What I am seeing now however, is that he is very moody, can`t handle disappoinments, hyper and unfocused, has problems following instructions etc. His teacher has commented that his attention span is very short compared to other baoys, and also alot more active, moving around constantly. He is not as tired as when he first started the medication but he is very often tired (he always falls asleep in the car but will bitterly fight having a nap at home), and when he is playing with his friends he seems sometimes to get overwhelmed and will just lie down quietly or refuse to talk to anyone. I feel like the medication, although apparently working for the seizures, is hurting him. The neurologist says that he probably suffers from adhd but that she can`t say for sure because what we see can be side-effects of the medication. But that we could try some medication for the (possible) adhd... I was hesitant to start him on the Zarontin to begin with, and I am not willing to start him on this road of medication after medication for side-effects of medications!
I`ve heard somewhere that omega 3 works for some people with seizures (and adhd). Has anyone here tried itÉ I would greatly appreciate any personal stories or links to reliable research.
Anna jimipastaATyahoo.com
Hello. I just joined and I realised that I am a year behind everybody else with my comment.
My son turns 6 in a couple of months and have been on Zarontin for absent seizures for 7 months. I think that he might have had those seizures since he was about 2,5 years old, only that I thought that he was not paying attention. Not until I started working with people who suffered from petit mal seizures did I realise that he was seizuring and got him an appointment with a neurologist.
After starting the medication I haven`t seen any seizures. I was (strongly) recommended to start my son on this medication before Kindergarten because it would benefit him in school, allow him to follow along in class better. What I am seeing now however, is that he is very moody, can`t handle disappoinments, hyper and unfocused, has problems following instructions etc. His teacher has commented that his attention span is very short compared to other baoys, and also alot more active, moving around constantly. He is not as tired as when he first started the medication but he is very often tired (he always falls asleep in the car but will bitterly fight having a nap at home), and when he is playing with his friends he seems sometimes to get overwhelmed and will just lie down quietly or refuse to talk to anyone. I feel like the medication, although apparently working for the seizures, is hurting him. The neurologist says that he probably suffers from adhd but that she can`t say for sure because what we see can be side-effects of the medication. But that we could try some medication for the (possible) adhd... I was hesitant to start him on the Zarontin to begin with, and I am not willing to start him on this road of medication after medication for side-effects of medications!
I`ve heard somewhere that omega 3 works for some people with seizures (and adhd). Has anyone here tried itÉ I would greatly appreciate any personal stories or links to reliable research.
Anna jimipastaATyahoo.com