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New and Have some questions

Mon, 09/10/2007 - 10:23
Hi, I'm Sarah, I'm a junior in college and I was diagnosed (informally) less than 6 months ago, I take Topamax 2x daily, Lyrica and Verapamil, but those are for other things but have seemed to help. I wanted to describe my types of seizures and see if anyone else had anything similar. I do have an aura, I get extremely dizzy and nauseous, lose my hearing, and everything sounds like the teacher does in Charlie Brown only more muffled, I'm dazed, I need to sit down. My heart it usually pounding, very sluggish, and my body weighs a ton. It's very hard to move, leading up to the event itself I usually have 2-3 minutes to sit down or I feel as if I'm going to fall. My breathing is slow and steady, and I can usually describe what's going on to those around me without knowing that I'm doing it, I've been told I also get extremely pale. It takes awhile to recover afterwards in excess up to an hour or so until I feel like myself again. Anyway, my neuro is preggers and will not be back until after she has the kids, I don't know what to do. I don't feel like the seizures are under control and my migraines certainly arent. She wanted me to go to a specialty hospital to be in patient and monitored, but it's been months since I've heard anything about it since. What should I do, I hope to hear from you, Sarah

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