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drug treatment statics for grand mal

Sun, 07/26/2015 - 14:51

hi every body

my sister is 16 and she had her first grand-mal seizure about 3 monthes ago and her second after about 40 days. then the neurologist Prescribed depakine once a day.but unfortunately she had third seizure after 50 days. she is going to see neurologist again tomorrow.i love my sister and when she is during seizure i go truely crazy.i am sooooo afraid about her seizures and when i think her epilepsy just may be uncontrollable anyway....

i know 70% of seizure are controllable by drugs but what about just grand-mal kind? is there any Promising news??

pls. help me...

 

Comments

My son has tonic clonic

Submitted by mer33@hotmail.co.uk on Mon, 2015-07-27 - 09:57
My son has tonic clonic seizures only and they are controlled with sodium valporate (epilim)  I hope it works out well for your sister :)

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