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Chronic fatigue on Lamictal
Sat, 11/08/2014 - 23:59Topic: Medication Issues
My wife had her first seizure (tonic/clonic) at 43 years old. The day she had it, she had several what we believe to be signs of the impending seizure. She felt a sensation of tingling that started at the top of her head and radiated down her body. She spent a few days in the hospital undergoing a battery of tests and the only test that came back minimally abnormal was her EEG. The reason I'm writing is because I'm concerned that she is having an awful time fighting the fatigue brought on by her medication. It's gotten to the point where its affecting our family life. I'm concerned that her diagnosis may have been a bit premature considering that she's only had the one seizure in 43 years. Perhaps it's the selfish side of me that wants to believe that because of what her treatment has done to her quality of life. Before her diagnosis, she was a vibrant woman who was full of energy. Now she does good to make it past 8:00 in the evening before shes out for the night. That makes life really tough with young children. She only takes 150mg of Lamictal twice a day so it's not like shes taking a high dose of meds. I'm at my wits end because I want my wife back. Any advice on seeking a second opinion or something we can do to help her would be greatly appreciated
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Did it get any better? My
Submitted by CCarissa on Wed, 2019-02-27 - 16:00
Did it get any better? My only other thought was maybe its more the young children affecting her energy than anything else? You can always ask for a med change too. I am also on lamictal but for other reasons.
WelcomeI read your post and
Submitted by just_joe on Mon, 2014-11-10 - 09:13
WelcomeI read your post and understand you are concerned about your wife. You posted she had her first grand mal seizure at 43. You posted she had signs of a pending seizure. Which you were not aware of . You did not post when or how long it has been since that seizure. The battery of tests were to come up with answers or reasons she had the seizure. The one main test is the EEG. Which is a brain wave test showing electrical output from the brain. If there are many abnormalitits (seizure activity) they will know where it is comming from. The MRI can be used to look closer at the area the abnormalities came from and see if there was anything wrong in that area. Could be a area grew wrong. Could be scared tissue. A tumor. Anything that can be seen as different from the normal brain. With me I had 20-25 EEG's all come back normal. IN the battery of tests I had everything was normal until I had the final test which was another EEG. In that EEG they found abnormalities and by knowing where they came from the looked closer in that area on the neuroangeogram (mri of the 1960's) and they found scared brain tissue. Now for her medication. Without knowing how long she has been taking it. If she has ben started on ht recently she may be having side effects. But if just starting it it takes time for her body to get used to the medications. Medications are to calm down the central nervious system and by doing that they can keep an electrical impulse from going off wrong in the brain. You might want to check with her neurologist and discuss this mater with him/her? There are newer medications out that can also control her seizures. I hope this helps and she gets the assistance she needs Joe