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My introduction.
Wed, 05/07/2014 - 08:45Hi, my name is David Barban. I had two aneurysms/strokes in 1969 in Burbank, California. I now live in Israel. My grand mall ceisures are under control now. I take Mysoline and Tegretol.If the dosage is important to you, here it is: Tegretol cr/ morning: 700 mg cr and evening: 700 mg cr. I also take 3* 250 mg: prysoline.
I do have a problem though: I went to see my neurologist here, got admitted in the neurology dept, here in Israel by my neurologist.After tests,he told me I had epilepsy on my hand (I thaught they were spasms). Anyway, I was givven a treatment of a pill that I was to take every day in the hospital. They lowered it until the number was:0. I still have these epilpsies on my hand (handicapped of course).
My question is as follows: before you tell me: ask your neurologist, (which I will do anyway), could you tell me if my "hand epilepsy" that is going on since at least 30 years (I just didn't know it was epilepsy, and never had it when I was at my neurologists) will stop one day, or is this a "permanent thing" that I have to live with all my life?
Thanks for answering,
David Barban
I read your post but it can
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2014-05-07 - 11:17
I read your post but it can be confusing in some ways.There are types of epilepsy and each type of epilepsy has different seizures associated with that type. Medications are being created to work on different seizures,The aneurysms could have been what caused your epilepsy but I am not a doctor so don't take ny word for it. I was diagnosed before there were types of epilepsy. My diagnosis was Grand Mal, Petite Mal and Focal Motor epilepsy. With that diagnosis I can and have had many different kind of seizures. could you tell me if my "hand epilepsy" that is going on since at least 30 years (I just didn't know it was epilepsy, I still have these epilpsies on my hand (handicapped of course). How long does focal epilepsy last can it go away. This site can give you answers to that queswtion. Start by looking focal epilepsy up and read what it is and the kinds of seizures that land in that epilepsy. I can say that when I was young those seizures did generalize but the ones I have today have not generalized and they last seconds and the time to focus (get back to normal) is also seconds. I hope this helps and you get the assistance you need Joe