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Juvenile Absence
Thu, 03/08/2007 - 11:24Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
Hello,
My name is Sam and I was wondering if the people with j. absence could answer a few questions. My 6 year old little brother was recently diagnosed and I’ve read the descriptions on the main site and web but was wondering what kind of medications (from parents whose children use them) work the best, which are known to cause side effects, what the side effects are and if they're any alternative options available.
Also is there a general timeline of events to how juvenile absence unfolds for a child through teen to adulthood? How will it affect his life and our life as a family? Does it or the medication produce any major damage to the brain over time? Can absence seizures be totally controlled by medication?
Sorry to ask so many questions, first person opinions are more important to me then the generic ones found on the web.
Thanks,
First-person opinions might
Submitted by solis on Tue, 2007-03-13 - 22:14
First-person opinions might have some value 1) if all reacted identically with E, 2) if all responded exactly the same to meds, and 3) if all people with E researched the subject. Such is not the case. Ergo you are better off researching a medical site made by physicains who have treated many patients with varying types of seizures. Judging from your brother's age, I think you are referring to childhood absense E (as oppposed to juvenile absence E) but here are both pages. http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/epilepsy_childhoodabsence.html http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/epilepsy_juvenileabsence.html hope that helps, ~sol