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18 year old son
Sat, 05/31/2014 - 10:37Hi everyone! My 18 year old son experienced his first seizure 8 weeks ago. Saw a neurologist and had an MRI and EEG. One week ago he experienced another seizure right before his appointment to see what the test results were. His MRI was negative,thank The Lord! His EEG showed slight abnormality in the left temporal lobe affecting,according to neuro,only a few cells. Neuro said this is something that could have been present since birth. My son has always been a perfect picture of health. I would love some helpful insight from others. He is taking Keppra as his treatment. I am an over worried mother and just wonder why,after 18 years this is showing up now.
There is some thought that
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2014-05-31 - 14:25
There is some thought that everyone has a seizure threshold. I just think of my daughter having a lower threshold (and her issues are focal and the only EEG IEDs were in the right temporal area). Triggers for my daughter are lack of sleep, illness, stress, and so forth - and by stress that is good and bad stress, just going to a birthday party that she has fun at is something that I associate with simple partials and being told she'd go to some school party probably caused her last complex partial (happened shortly after). Other people have noted that hormonal changes, dietary factors (celiac issues, food additives, alcohol consumption, various drugs, etc...) and so many other things can be associated with seizures. Some things you can change (we make sure there is enough sleep, try to avoid illness) but other factors are harder to change. So everyone is very different, it can take a while to learn what matters for a person. Hopefully the AEDs will control things well, but he'll still need to take good care of himself. Have you read the seizure information on this site? Is he interested in learning about this?