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Partial Seizures
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 15:44Topic: Medication Issues
If diagnosed with simple partial seizures do I have to go on medication? Is there alternative methods such as diet or something like that to lessen seizure occurrence? Can the Dr take my license away if I don't go on medicine and have simple partial seizures? Can or will simple partial seizures escalate to a worse type of seizure?
I go for my EEG Friday. I feel like I am having these after reading the descriptions of others.
I am 35 yrs old, breastfeeding a 6 month old, and considering having another child and am very worried about going on seizure medication for those reasons.
Also does anyone know of a good neurologist to go to in the northeast Pennsylvania or Philadelphia area?
A person can be having a
Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2016-02-27 - 15:29
A person can be having a simple partial seizur while the next may call it a complex partial seizure; Petite mal fall in under absence seizures as do focal seizures. The difference to me is I understand and know what is happening in a focal seizure I just can't respond or the response comes out right after the seizure stops. In petite mal I don't remember ever being in the seizure at all. Your neurologist will know the medications you can use and the ones to use while pregnant or breast feeding. This sight has all kinds of information that is useful so start reading. The learn sections is the place to start. epilepsy 101