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swimming and epilepsy

Wed, 05/27/2015 - 01:00
Hi all I am a swim coach, in the water a lot teaching children and have just been diagnosed with generalized epilepsy. Im juststarted on sodium valproate and although the first two days were hard now its workinv awesome and I cant believe the difference. I am a completely new person now.i was havi g seizures daily , in the pool as well now I only get them if I eat sugary foods. Ive really lost confidence esp with being in water now I know all the horrific symptoms I was having is epilepsy. But also really lucky worse things havent happened while working. What sort of chance do I hav of having another complex ..unconscious seizure while on meds.....does anyone know? Not sure if I should find a new job that doesnt involve water.working from pool deck at mo.

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I would not be in, near or on

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2015-05-31 - 19:36
I would not be in, near or on the water. May have a seizure and drown.

Hi Fran, I'm the mother of an

Submitted by vikiview@yahoo.com on Mon, 2015-06-15 - 19:53
Hi Fran, I'm the mother of an epileptic, and the mom of a swim coach. You need to get a different job, and stay out of the water. This includes not taking a bath alone, and turning the temperature down on your hot water heat for when you shower. Drowning during a seizure is a very common accident (and it would scare the crap out of your students), and people have suffocated from just the steam while having a seizure in the shower.

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