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Question about Attention Span
Fri, 10/02/2015 - 14:46My daughter is now 7 and had her first seizure at 5 and we are on our third medicine change. She is now on Lamictal and so far it has been keeping the seizures at bay. I was just wondering if any other parent has noticed a very short attention span or inability to stay focused in school. I have had several conversations with her teacher and we recently had to up her medicine because her levels were to low in the blood work.
Medications and dosages need
Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2015-10-03 - 20:57
Medications and dosages need to be watched. A medication or dosage that works for one person may not for the next simply because each person is different. Now once on meds they also need to be watched because the therapeutic level might be just high enough to stop a seizure but if her weight gain was X# of lbs, it could have brought it down just enough to cause a breakthrough seizure.While changing from a kid to a teen I grew about 8 inches in height and gained 55 lbs. Doc had my dosages changed 4-5 times in about 9 months. After that I had no problems.