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Hi wifey,  I'm sorry to hear that your husband had a couple of sz. it's hard to deal with when you've never had the problem before. I've had E. for 44 yrs. and when I first got it I found it hard to accept.    Often tests will come back like an e.e.g. that looks normal and that's because damage is to deep in the brain for a test to show any problems. My advice to you and your husband is to see an Epileptologist at an Epilepsy Center. If your husbands family Dr. will refer him to an Epileptologist the Dr. can do a lot more detailed tests to find out what's going on. In the meantime tell your husband to take vitamin B12 1000 mcg. once a day and cut back on the starch and carbs. Also stay away from anything with NutraSweet (aspartame) in it because it's been proven that NutraSweet can cause more electrical activity in the brain and trigger sz. for many people. I found this out after drinking diet soda and having many sz. I wish you and your husband only the best of luck and May God Bless the Both of You!  Sue 

Not telling the neurologist about his second seizure is not good. If he told him the neurologist may increase the dosage which could control his seizures better. A person can stop driving and still get around. When I was young the waiting time was 2 years without a seizure, I went 3 years and was studying for my test and had one, Get him to answer a few questions. If he was driving and had a seizure could he have an accident? If he has am accident could he get injured and possibly injure someone else in that accident? If he could could that accident kill him or someone else? As for tests coming back normal and clear. I had 20-25 different EEG's and they all came back normal. The last test run in a hospital was another EEG. In that EEG I fell asleep. That is the only EEG that was needed since it came back with where the spikes or waves came from. Knowing that th neurologists looked closer at the MIR which came back clear and a closer look they found scared brain tissue, So some tests will not always show abnormalities. The EEG can only read the electrical output to a certain depth and the spike of wave could be coming from deeper in his brain O hope this helps Joe