Husband's First Seizure

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In December I was scheduled for surgery. A week before my surgery my husband had his first seizure. We were in bed and he flew out and started shaking. He bit through his lip and was bleeding. I called 911 and we went to the ER. Blood work and brain scan were all normal. We're thinking it was the stress of my surgery. About 2 hours after arriving he had another in the room. He then got very agitated and said he wanted to leave. Once he was able to recite the date the doctor allowed him to sign out against medical advice. I knew my husband was not himself but he apparently was of sound mind enough to leave. Later he did tell me he didn't realize what had happened and if he would have known he had 2 seizures he would have stayed for tests. Since then he's had some mild seizures, meaning contracting of the muscles but no shaking. A week ago he had another seizure while out with a friend. I am going to make an appointment with a neurologist but I hate the thought of him going on medication. I have been a nervous wreck since all of this started. I am afraid to be away from him and constantly ask him how he's feeling. Which needless to say annoys him! There's been nights I barely sleep for fear of him having one in his sleep. How do you learn to live with watching someone you love go through that?

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First thing yo uhave to do is

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2015-03-23 - 10:55

First thing yo uhave to do is relax. You have started what needed to be done... I am going to make an appointment with a neurologist but I hate the thought of him going on medication When you contact the neurologist please make sure he is a specialist in epilepsy. In that visit the neurologist will ask questions. Those questions need to be answered. If you can be there in that visit. Let the neurologist know what you saw. The neurologist will be getting information not only fron the answers to his questions. He will be watching and gathering information from your husbands actions. There are 2 main tests for epilepsy. One is the EEG which shows the electrical impulses comming from the brain. The other is an MRI. Many regular EEG's come back normal. I had 20-25 do that. But an EEG where you go to sleep in does find more. The last test I had done was an EEG in which I fell asleep in. In that EEG they found abnormalities. By knowing where i nthe brain it came from they then went back to the MRI of the 1960's and looked closer at it since they had looked at it before and it was just normal. In the closer look they found scared brain tissue. So the testing may show something but then it may not. All it takes to diagnose epilepsy is 2 seizures Now for medications____ There are many out there. A medication that works for one person may not for the next. Seizzure medications are not one sixe fits all medications like asperin. The neurologist will prescribe medications he knows work. They generally prescribe medications with dosages they have a patient on. It takes time for the levels to build in a persons body. It also takes time for the body to get used to the medication.That time period is generally 3-4 weeks. During that time period is when the side effects show up if he has any. The neurologist will generally have you come back for a visit in about 3 months. The reason is so he can talk and ask questions. Have the number of seizures been reduced, Are there an side effects. after he hears your answers he then may raise or lower the dosage. I can say that getting medications and dosages set right is very tricky. Been there done that.... I might suggest you get the My Epilepsy Diary which can help keep track of his mood, medications and seizures if any .Watch the video. The diary can help the neurologist come up with medications, dosages and other procedures that might help control his seizures I hope this helps and he gets seizure free Joe

First thing yo uhave to do is relax. You have started what needed to be done... I am going to make an appointment with a neurologist but I hate the thought of him going on medication   When you contact the neurologist please make sure he is a specialist in epilepsy. In that visit the neurologist will ask questions. Those questions need to be answered. If you can be there in that visit. Let the neurologist know what you saw. The neurologist will be getting information not only fron the answers to his questions. He will be watching and gathering information from your husbands actions. There are 2 main tests for epilepsy. One is the EEG which shows the electrical impulses comming from the brain. The other is an MRI.  Many regular EEG's come back normal. I had 20-25 do that. But an EEG where you go to sleep in does find more. The last test I had done was an EEG in which I fell asleep in. In that EEG they found abnormalities. By knowing where i nthe brain it came from they then went back to the MRI of the 1960's and looked closer at it since they had looked at it before and it was just normal. In the closer look they found scared brain tissue. So the testing may show something  but then it may not. All it takes to diagnose epilepsy is 2 seizures Now for medications____ There are many out there. A medication that works for one person may not for the next. Seizzure medications are not one sixe fits all medications like asperin.  The neurologist will prescribe medications he knows work. They generally prescribe medications with dosages they have a patient on. It takes time for the levels to build in a persons body. It also takes time for the body to get used to the medication.That time period is generally 3-4 weeks. During that time period is when the side effects show up if he has any. The neurologist will generally have you come back for a visit in about 3 months. The reason is so he can talk and ask questions. Have the number of seizures been reduced, Are there an side effects. after he hears your answers he then may raise or lower the dosage. I can say that getting medications and dosages set right is very tricky. Been there done that.... I might suggest you get the My Epilepsy Diary which can help keep track of his mood, medications and seizures if any .Watch the video. The diary can help the neurologist come up with medications, dosages and other procedures that might help control his seizures I hope this helps and he gets seizure free Joe

First thing yo uhave to do is relax. You have started what needed to be done... I am going to make an appointment with a neurologist but I hate the thought of him going on medication When you contact the neurologist please make sure he is a specialist in epilepsy. In that visit the neurologist will ask questions. Those questions need to be answered. If you can be there in that visit. Let the neurologist know what you saw. The neurologist will be getting information not only fron the answers to his questions. He will be watching and gathering information from your husbands actions. There are 2 main tests for epilepsy. One is the EEG which shows the electrical impulses comming from the brain. The other is an MRI. Many regular EEG's come back normal. I had 20-25 do that. But an EEG where you go to sleep in does find more. The last test I had done was an EEG in which I fell asleep in. In that EEG they found abnormalities. By knowing where i nthe brain it came from they then went back to the MRI of the 1960's and looked closer at it since they had looked at it before and it was just normal. In the closer look they found scared brain tissue. So the testing may show something but then it may not. All it takes to diagnose epilepsy is 2 seizures Now for medications____ There are many out there. A medication that works for one person may not for the next. Seizzure medications are not one sixe fits all medications like asperin. The neurologist will prescribe medications he knows work. They generally prescribe medications with dosages they have a patient on. It takes time for the levels to build in a persons body. It also takes time for the body to get used to the medication.That time period is generally 3-4 weeks. During that time period is when the side effects show up if he has any. The neurologist will generally have you come back for a visit in about 3 months. The reason is so he can talk and ask questions. Have the number of seizures been reduced, Are there an side effects. after he hears your answers he then may raise or lower the dosage. I can say that getting medications and dosages set right is very tricky. Been there done that.... I might suggest you get the My Epilepsy Diary which can help keep track of his mood, medications and seizures if any .Watch the video. The diary can help the neurologist come up with medications, dosages and other procedures that might help control his seizures I hope this helps and he gets seizure free Joe

Husband's First Seizure

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First thing yo uhave to do is

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2015-03-23 - 10:55

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