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VEEG/ CONTINUE TAKING MEDS/NOT TAKING MEDS.
Fri, 11/02/2007 - 01:34I AM VERY CONFUSED. UP UNTIL THE TIME I READ A COUPLE OF BLOGS THAT STATED THEIR MEDICATIONS WERE DISCONTINUED WHILE HAVING A VEEG, I NEVER KNEW THE MEDS WERE DISCONTINUED. WHILE I HAVE HAD VEEGS, MY DOCTOR WON'T EVEN REDUCE THE VALIUM I TAKE BY 5 MG.......BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID I WILL HAVE A SEIZURE. I TAKE 20 MG A DAY.
AT THE SAME TIME, I AM TOLD THAT VALIUM WILL STOP A SEIZURE FASTER THAN ANYTHING, AND I HAVE A STINT PUT IN MY ARM THE DURATION OF THE VEEG.
THIS MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL TO ME. I TOLD HIM I WOULD STOP THE VALIUM COMPLETELY, BUT HE SAYS NO. SINCE THE PURPOSE OF THE VEEG IS TO CAUSE A SEIZURE, AND I AM TAKING MEDS THAT STOP A SEIZURE, HOW IS HE GOING TO FIGURE ANYTHING OUT? DOES VALIUM PRODUCE FALSE SEIZURES WHEN STOPPED? DO E. MEDS PRODUCE REAL SEIZURES WHEN STOPPED? I AM NOT BOTHERED WHEN I MISS A DOSE OF VALIUM, BUT I AM WHEN I MISS THE IBUPROPHEN. PERHAPS THE IBU. SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY?? JOKING!
ANY HELP IN UNDERSTANDING WOULD HELP AND BE APPRECIATED. THANKS, JAN
Comments
Re: Re: VEEG/ CONTINUE TAKING MEDS/NOT TAKING MEDS.
Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Mon, 2007-11-05 - 01:37
HI SUNFLOWER, YES, I AM TALKING ABOUT INPATIENT VEEG. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF OUTPATIENT VEEG, SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME! SO, THEY DON'T TAKE ME OFF THE VALIUM BECAUSE IT MIGHT CAUSE AN ABNORMAL SEIZURE. I HAD THOUGHT THAT, BUT STILL, IT MAKES NO SENSE, WHEN I AM GETTING A STINT IN MY ARM FOR AN INJECTION OF VALIUM, IN CASE I HAVE A SEIZURE. DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? QUITE FRANKLY, I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM STOPPING VALIUM. THE PILL I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, EVEN IF I MISS ONE DOSE, AND STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, IT IS IBUPROFEN. I START GOING THRU WITHDRAWALS RIGHT AWAY. I USED TO STOP AND START VALIUM WITH NO PROBLEM, AND STILL SKIP DOSES OR FORGET DOSES AND DON'T EVEN NOTICE!!!AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE SEIZURES. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TELL I WAS TAKING ANYTHING WITH VALIUM. YES, I KNOW......I AM A BIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY! THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I AM STILL CONFUSED. ONE TIME MY DOC CUT OUT 5 MG A DAY, WHILE IN THE VEEG LAB, AND I DIDN'T NOTICE AT ALL, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULDN'T DO THAT OR EVEN MORE AGAIN.
Re: Re: Re: VEEG/ CONTINUE TAKING MEDS/NOT TAKING MEDS.
Submitted by SunflowerPower on Tue, 2007-11-06 - 22:10
Maybe you should get a second opinion.
Re: VEEG/ CONTINUE TAKING MEDS/NOT TAKING MEDS.
Submitted by SunflowerPower on Fri, 2007-11-02 - 21:16
RocknRoll, They only take you off or reduce the meds for in-patient vEEG where you stay in the hospital for several days as an in-patient in an epilepsy monitor unit. Is that that kind of EEG you are having done? Even in these cases they don't always take people off meds because they can get abnormal EEGs without doing so.