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Absence Seizures
Fri, 01/23/2015 - 15:28Hi, my 6 year old daughter was diagnosed 13 months ago with absence seizues. We've tried Keppra, Lamictal, Zonegran, Onfi, and are now on Depakote. So far nothing seems to be working for her. When she was first diagnosed we were told this is a very easy form of epilepsy to treat. Has anyone else struggled with treatment for absence seizures?
I would like to explain that
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2015-01-23 - 19:16
I would like to explain that medications do work.However getting the dosages set takes time.Which means dosages need to be raised or lowered before taking a person off of it. It takes about 2 months to get the levels set in the body because the body needs to get used to it. If she was on one then switched to another then she has 2 medications which the body will fight against and the first medication levels will take about a month to leave her body completely. Basically I am saying it takes time for medication levels to get set in her body. Once set if she is still having seizures then adjustments can be made by raising and lowering the dosageAll of that could take 3-4 months.which would show me she was taken off some medications without raising or lowering the dosages to see if it will work. Medications for epilepsy are not one size fits all medications. One person can be treated with low dosages. When I was diagnosed I was on the highest levels the companies would put a person on. My body took it and the number of seizures I was having were reduced. I know it is hard when it is a young child and her harents want her to be normal. I also know that a medication that works for one person may not work for the next. Dosages are just like the medications. It takes time and trial and error to get them set. My mother wanted my seizures stopped. She wanted me to be like my brothers and sister. Normal.