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New to epilepsy... Why so late in life??
Mon, 08/21/2017 - 19:05Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
I started to have seizures in 2015. I was taking Topamax for migraines. The very first time I took Topamax I had my very first seizure. Well, my neurologist figured let's just up the dose. As the dose increased and increase the seizures worsened and worsened. I had been on two previous anticonvulsant drugs for stabilizing mood because of bipolar disorder. I began to wonder if it wasn't all the anticonvulsant that caused the seizures in the first place. By the way I have focal seizures. They have always been complex partial seizures except for a couple tonic-clonic seizures and which I was still awake but not aware. I remember the first seizure I ever had like it was yesterday. My mom asked me where her purse was and then I just blanked out and then I just froze up like a board. I could hear people talking but could not answer. My eyes darted left and right vibrated like crazy. Things only got stranger from there. I started to have an aura that warned me of seizures to come. I would get this almost Pleasant sensation on my tailbone and soon found out that was the only warning I would have for a long time. Well that's the beginning of my story. I was recently put on Keppra but have found out that it makes me very tired and angry LOL which is not good for the fact that I have a 6 year old. Thanks for listening
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As you said there is nothing
Submitted by HenryM on Tue, 2017-08-22 - 13:07
As you said there is nothing for the middle age like 20-50?
I found this to be quite a
Submitted by Mixedseiz89 on Tue, 2017-08-22 - 14:08
I found this to be quite a relieving thing. I was starting to believe seriously that I had a brain tumor thank you. I do recognize now that I did have epileptic activity as a child including auditory Visual and sensory especially sensory hallucinations. I remember lying down to close my eyes and go to sleep and all the sudden with my eyes closed I would start to feel as if I were spinning around and around on a Merry-Go-Round kinda. The spinning would get faster and faster and more and more out of control until I was scared and open my eyes. I was having vertigo lying down! I'm bipolar and have seasonal depression and sometimes I believe it's the meds to blame but I just started taking Keppra less than a week ago and I've actually started to have to break them in half because they are so strong that I can't stay awake and I'm already on Depakote because of the bipolar. Depakote is another seizure drug. So when my doctor wanted to put me on Keppra I was thinking is this going to be safe but so far so good 5 days now without seizure Hallelujah
there's no safe age, just
Submitted by Amy Jo on Tue, 2017-08-22 - 00:25
there's no safe age, just higher chance of getting it as a child or after ~65. so getting it late in life is actually more common (you aren't at that later point yet).