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Grow out of seizures???
Sun, 05/21/2006 - 21:52Comments
My son had idiopathic
Submitted by Lesley jane barlow on Mon, 2018-03-12 - 19:58
Re: Grow out of seizures???
Submitted by bri_nagle143 on Tue, 2011-03-29 - 00:47
Hello All~ I'm not sure if this will help anyone but here goes...
My name is Briana and I am 27 years old, my last siezure was when I was 11. Unfortunately I no longer am in touch with my mother so I do not know what type of Epilepsy I was diagnosed with, but I do know I had a grand mall seizure shortly after being born (minutes). Recently a classmate at the University did a presentation on Epilepsy and it made me wonder what if any evidence there was to support me 'growing out' of my Epilepsy. I didn't find much but I can give hope to everyone on here. I stopped taking my medications for siezures when I was 2, so I know that is not what caused them to stop. I can't tell you how or why but slowly my siezures turned into migraines until I was free of all. At that time my nuerologist said it was something that did happen for some cases of Epilepsy. I now have no symptoms of either seizures or migraines and live a very full and active life. It can happen, you CAN grow out of it! I don't know how or why but I am living proof that it can happen. I don't normally comment on threads like this and I'm not sure if anyone will read this but thought I could give some of you hope and something to look forward to because it does happen. :)
Hello All~ I'm not sure if this will help anyone but here goes...
My name is Briana and I am 27 years old, my last siezure was when I was 11. Unfortunately I no longer am in touch with my mother so I do not know what type of Epilepsy I was diagnosed with, but I do know I had a grand mall seizure shortly after being born (minutes). Recently a classmate at the University did a presentation on Epilepsy and it made me wonder what if any evidence there was to support me 'growing out' of my Epilepsy. I didn't find much but I can give hope to everyone on here. I stopped taking my medications for siezures when I was 2, so I know that is not what caused them to stop. I can't tell you how or why but slowly my siezures turned into migraines until I was free of all. At that time my nuerologist said it was something that did happen for some cases of Epilepsy. I now have no symptoms of either seizures or migraines and live a very full and active life. It can happen, you CAN grow out of it! I don't know how or why but I am living proof that it can happen. I don't normally comment on threads like this and I'm not sure if anyone will read this but thought I could give some of you hope and something to look forward to because it does happen. :)
Re: Grow out of seizures???
Submitted by jbauer on Thu, 2009-04-02 - 23:31
It all depends on the type of seizure your child has. My son was diagnosed two years ago with Absence seizures. He was also having grand mal seizures. The doctor said that 80% of children outgrow Absence seizures in puberty. My son took depakote which stopped the seizures and we recently weaned him and he's seizure free now.