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Falling Down
Thu, 12/09/2004 - 03:55My 2 year old son has been diagnosed with absence seizures during the past 3 weeks. He has been on meds only for 2 weeks. We are currently increasing the dose because the seizures are about the same. But now the big difference is that the seizures are causing such a loss of balance that he falls/tips over. Because he is in the process of seizing, he does nothing to break his fall! I am crazy paraoid because he is always climbing something! I have caught him at the top of the slide, on chairs, and at the steps. Does this seem like a normal progression in this illness? It just seems to have escalated so quickly! I am exhausted just from watching him all the time! HELP!
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RE: Falling Down
Submitted by monalisa on Mon, 2004-08-23 - 09:44
This might help in figuring out what's going on here.I hope it does and that your son soon gets over this.Trying and have a word with his medical advisor's might not be a bad idea as well if you get anymore really worried about this.
It's tough right now.Understatement I realise and I'm sure we all hope this passes quickly for your son.
We all realise meds do have to adjust within the system when first introduced and that time can vary.What seems to be forgotten though is,children are different than adults, and can react quite different to dosages when introduced into the system.
Musculoskeletal System: Hypertonia muscle.
Nervous System: Aggressive reaction, amnesia, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aphasia, aura, convulsions aggravated, delirium, delusion, depressed level of consciousness, dysphonia, dystonia, emotional lability, euphoria, extrapyramidal disorder, feeling drunk, hemiplegia, hyperkinesia, hyperreflexia, hypoesthesia, hypokinesia, hyporeflexia, hypotonia, hysteria, libido decreased, libido increased, manic reaction, migraine, muscle contractions involuntary, nervousness, neuralgia, oculogyric crisis, panic disorder, paralysis, paroniria, personality disorder, psychosis, ptosis, stupor, tetany
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This might help in figuring out what's going on here.I hope it does and that your son soon gets over this.Trying and have a word with his medical advisor's might not be a bad idea as well if you get anymore really worried about this.
It's tough right now.Understatement I realise and I'm sure we all hope this passes quickly for your son.
We all realise meds do have to adjust within the system when first introduced and that time can vary.What seems to be forgotten though is,children are different than adults, and can react quite different to dosages when introduced into the system.
Musculoskeletal System: Hypertonia muscle.
Nervous System: Aggressive reaction, amnesia, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aphasia, aura, convulsions aggravated, delirium, delusion, depressed level of consciousness, dysphonia, dystonia, emotional lability, euphoria, extrapyramidal disorder, feeling drunk, hemiplegia, hyperkinesia, hyperreflexia, hypoesthesia, hypokinesia, hyporeflexia, hypotonia, hysteria, libido decreased, libido increased, manic reaction, migraine, muscle contractions involuntary, nervousness, neuralgia, oculogyric crisis, panic disorder, paralysis, paroniria, personality disorder, psychosis, ptosis, stupor, tetany
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RE: Falling Down
Submitted by grabenhofers6 on Wed, 2004-08-25 - 21:32
I would call his doctor if you have any worries no matter how small. That is what they get paid for. I didn't see this side effect on Tripletal with my daughter. Or I didn't norice it as much because she had only started walking about a month prior to starting the meds.
In the mean time I would just re-childproof your home as best as you can to help prevent anything serious from happening. I currently have all me kitchen chairs roped to the table to prevent my 3 from climbing on to them and then the table and swinging from the light fixture.... :)
Amanda
I would call his doctor if you have any worries no matter how small. That is what they get paid for. I didn't see this side effect on Tripletal with my daughter. Or I didn't norice it as much because she had only started walking about a month prior to starting the meds.
In the mean time I would just re-childproof your home as best as you can to help prevent anything serious from happening. I currently have all me kitchen chairs roped to the table to prevent my 3 from climbing on to them and then the table and swinging from the light fixture.... :)
Amanda
RE: Falling Down
Submitted by tibet2 on Sun, 2004-08-22 - 12:52
hi kb, sorry, i confused your son with someone else... i thought he was on trileptal.... but i reread your other post and he is on depakote... dizziness is a common side effect from any of these anti seizure meds... and if he has increased too quickly for HIS system then he could be dizzy... why don't you call the doc and let him know what you are seeing.... the point of these meds is to get someone "back to normal" and that means stopping seizures with minimal or no side effects... hopefully someone can give you a hand watching your son right now. sorry for the "brain fart" ....