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14 Month Old Seizure Disorder-Monthly seizures

Wed, 08/02/2006 - 00:14
My daughter began having seizures at 6.5 months of age. They are partial complex seizures, sometimes secondary generalized. They have all been status epilepticus, ranging in time from 20 mins to 3 hours, all requiring Diastat to stop. The seizures cycle once per month, almost exactly 30 days apart. This last month she had 3 in a 24 hour period, then no more. Usually it is just one seizure and no more until the next month. She also has a low neutrophil count unrelated to medication. She has been on Phenobarbitol, Topamax, Zonegran and now Keppra and nothing changes the cycle of the seizures. She also has chronic diarrhea and acid reflux that continues still at 14 months old. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this and do you have any suggestions on what else we can do? She has also had 4 normal EEG's and 2 normal MRI's. She has a spinal tap in December that was normal. Her last cluster of 4 seizures in a 24 hours period also included a fever, but she had no other sign of illness. None of her other seizures have involved a fever.

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Re: 14 Month Old Seizure Disorder-Monthly seizures

Submitted by criskris on Wed, 2007-10-10 - 12:43
Hi, I hope that you are still monitoring this post, and I hope that you have figured out what is causing your little girl's seizures. My 5 year-old daughter has had 3 seizures, all a month apart. The last one was followed by another one almost immediately that went status. The Diastat had been used on the earlier seizure, so we ended up at the hospital. She should be having another seizure in a few weeks. She starts with a tummy ache like aura, then throws up, then seizes. These happen upon waking from sleep or a nap. She is on Keppra after being alergic to Trileptal. Please email me if you would like to discuss further. Cris

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