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Knot on forehead that will not go away
Thu, 10/19/2006 - 06:25SUMMARY: Diagnosed with Epilepsy at the age of 11 yrs old and went for many years only taking one (1) medication: Depakote. I now take (12) pills per day: Depakote 4x;
Keppra 2x; Phenobarbital 4x; Xanax 2x;
I went for about 10yrs w/o any problems, but when I turned 27yrs old, I am constantly having them! It seems to be taking over my life and I am very upset about this. Any advise would be GREATLY appreciated! Anyways.......
I had ANOTHER grand mal seizure approximately 2-3 weeks ago and fell and hit my head. I also broke my nose and now I have 2 lovely prominent black eyes! I cannot recall every step of what happened this day....and anyone with Epilepsy knows what I mean by this. All I can recall is that I was lying down on the couch and woke up underneath the coffee table with blood coming from my nose. Come to find out, I broke my nose and I now have a very noticeable knot in the center of my forehead. However, this knot is not going away! I am scared and was wondering if anyone has had this happen to them before. I need to know if this is normal and if so will it eventually go away?
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Re: Re: Knot on forehead that will not go away
Submitted by hdmastro on Thu, 2006-10-19 - 09:47
thanks so much for the reply! sorry for your incident at work also. you will be in my prayers. your advise does help me...atleast i know that i am not the only one out there with the same kind of problem. hope you feel better soon! thanks again.
---holly
Thanks Everyone for your help,advise and concern, Holly
Re: Knot on forehead that will not go away
Submitted by aquila316 on Thu, 2006-10-19 - 09:40
I don't know if this will help at all, but here's a little info. I had a sz at work 3 weeks ago and, while standing, fell and hit my head on a table thus sustaining a concussion and a black eye. The only difference is that I was taken to the hospital (trauma unit because of the head injury)so I received medical treatment almost immediately. I can tell you the black eye is barely noticable now, but I still have a lump on my temple, and it hurts to the touch (I keep forgetting about it too...OUCH!!). I remember almost nothing about that day so my room mate just advised me that the hospital staff could not put ice on it the first day, because I kept having GM sz's and they couldn't keep me still long enough (I assumed they put something on it). Hope it gets better, pain and bruises are no fun, Susan