Recntly diagnosed with Epilpesy and I am Extremely upet

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I am a 35 y/o divorced woman from Oregon. I have been diagnosed with epiepsy because I had one seizuere 3 years ago and another 3 months ago. The meds the doctor prescribed have worked well for 3 months and I just got my drivers license back a week ago. I foolishly stopped taking the meds 2 weeks ago. My 3 kids where yelling at each other and it was very stressful, they quit so I took a nap, when I awakened I saw EMTs in my room, because my 11 y/o called 911 saying he heard me making strange noises and he assumed it was a seizure the EMts did not verify that was what it was, but they asked me call my doctor. I have learned my lesson and I will never miss a dose again, but I am worried thatt my doc will pull my drivers license again. It was so difficult for me to get to my job where I woirked for `13 years because I work different times and days, and I was so happy when I got my my DL back last week. I am praying that my doctor will not pull my DL again if tell her that I have learned my lesson and I will not ever stop taking the meds again. What are te oddsa that he will not pull my DL if I call him, because I plan on not calling him unless I am pressed bt the state to do so. Please tell me if I should call the doctor soon or not, Thank Youi

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2014-05-12 - 18:49

Hi Welcome to the club I read your post and there are questions that must be asked before we can asnwer your questions and give advice. What kind of seizures did you have? Why did you stop taking your medications without asking your doctor? Did you know that stopping your medications could have cause you greater damage because if you did that you could have gone into status epilepticus? Which is one seizure after another until you are given a recover medication? Some times a person is brought out only to go back into it. I know because that is what happened to me. As for you talking to your doctor. That too can be iffy in most states ETM's are required to turn in information or each call they go out on and if they deam you were or had a seizure they they are required to write that down. If those regulations are followed then your doctor may be required to restrict your driving previledges. Restrictions your license is a state regulation. But if those EMT'a listened to you and they saw no seizure it is possiable that your doctor doesn't have to restrict it. Now if you did have a seizure and you do get back on your medications will you still be driving? Would it be wise to make sure your seizures have stopped? Could you be putting your children at risk? All of these questions need to be answered by you to yourself since you would know if you had a seizure or not. I know that I have gone 3 months without a seizure only to have one a month later. I went 3+ years without one and still had one which was a partial seizure. So for me drizing is out and I do know how to drive and will but only in case of an emergency. As for work and gettint to and from there are ways to do that and one is finding someone that works where you do that can pick you up and drop you off. There are other thing like busses and yes I have ridden in them for many years.I do know it can be hard and has been for many people considering I have been living and dealing with epilepsy for 50+ years. So you need to call your doctor and explain what happened. If asked if you had a seizure be truthful and answer the question. If your license is revoked it may not be because your doctor wanted it done. You need to know that doctors and EMT's have regulations which they have to abide by since they are a part of laws written by the states. They may not like it but state laws require teh DMV to restrict licenses. SO don't come down on your Doc or the EMT's since they have regulations written into state laws. I hope this helps and your license is not restricted and you didn't have a seizure. Joe

Hi  Welcome to the club I read your post and there are questions that must be asked before we can asnwer your questions and give advice. What kind of seizures did you have? Why did you stop taking your medications without asking your doctor? Did you know that stopping your medications could have cause you greater damage because if you did that you could have gone into status epilepticus? Which is one seizure after another until you are given a recover medication? Some times a person is brought out only to go back into it. I know because that is what happened to me. As for you talking to your doctor. That too can be iffy in most states ETM's are required to turn in information or each call they go out on and if they deam you were or had a seizure they they are required to write that down. If those regulations are followed then your doctor may be required to restrict your driving previledges. Restrictions your license is a state regulation. But if those EMT'a listened to you and they saw no seizure it is possiable that your doctor doesn't have to restrict it.  Now if you did have a seizure and you do get back on your medications will you still be driving? Would it be wise to make sure your seizures have stopped? Could you be putting your children at risk? All of these questions need to be answered by you to yourself since you would know if you had a seizure or not. I know that I have gone 3 months without a seizure only to have one a month later. I went 3+ years without one and still had one which was a partial seizure. So for me drizing is out and I do know how to drive and will but only in case of an emergency. As for work and gettint to and from there are ways to do that and one is finding someone that works where you do that can pick you up and drop you off. There are other thing like busses and yes I have ridden in them for many years.I do know it can be hard and has been for many people considering I have been living and dealing with epilepsy for 50+ years. So you need to call your doctor and explain what happened. If asked if you had a seizure be truthful and answer the question. If your license is revoked it may not be because your doctor wanted it done. You need to know that doctors and EMT's have regulations which they have to abide by since they are a part of laws written by the states. They may not like it but state laws require teh DMV to restrict licenses. SO don't come down on your Doc or the EMT's since they have regulations written into state laws. I hope this helps and your license is not restricted and you didn't have a seizure. Joe 

Hi Welcome to the club I read your post and there are questions that must be asked before we can asnwer your questions and give advice. What kind of seizures did you have? Why did you stop taking your medications without asking your doctor? Did you know that stopping your medications could have cause you greater damage because if you did that you could have gone into status epilepticus? Which is one seizure after another until you are given a recover medication? Some times a person is brought out only to go back into it. I know because that is what happened to me. As for you talking to your doctor. That too can be iffy in most states ETM's are required to turn in information or each call they go out on and if they deam you were or had a seizure they they are required to write that down. If those regulations are followed then your doctor may be required to restrict your driving previledges. Restrictions your license is a state regulation. But if those EMT'a listened to you and they saw no seizure it is possiable that your doctor doesn't have to restrict it. Now if you did have a seizure and you do get back on your medications will you still be driving? Would it be wise to make sure your seizures have stopped? Could you be putting your children at risk? All of these questions need to be answered by you to yourself since you would know if you had a seizure or not. I know that I have gone 3 months without a seizure only to have one a month later. I went 3+ years without one and still had one which was a partial seizure. So for me drizing is out and I do know how to drive and will but only in case of an emergency. As for work and gettint to and from there are ways to do that and one is finding someone that works where you do that can pick you up and drop you off. There are other thing like busses and yes I have ridden in them for many years.I do know it can be hard and has been for many people considering I have been living and dealing with epilepsy for 50+ years. So you need to call your doctor and explain what happened. If asked if you had a seizure be truthful and answer the question. If your license is revoked it may not be because your doctor wanted it done. You need to know that doctors and EMT's have regulations which they have to abide by since they are a part of laws written by the states. They may not like it but state laws require teh DMV to restrict licenses. SO don't come down on your Doc or the EMT's since they have regulations written into state laws. I hope this helps and your license is not restricted and you didn't have a seizure. Joe

Recntly diagnosed with Epilpesy and I am Extremely upet

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2014-05-12 - 18:49

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