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Headaches, Epilepsy & Car Travel
Thu, 02/05/2004 - 16:31Comments
RE: RE: RE: RE: Headaches, Epilepsy & Car Travel
Submitted by pongosmommy on Mon, 2005-05-02 - 18:24
RE: RE: Headaches, Epilepsy & Car Travel
Submitted by jackson3911 on Fri, 2005-08-12 - 03:49
A friend of mine was put on the anti-convulsant "Neurotin" (I don't think I spelled that right!) after a severe head injury- this drug to prevent a possible seizure onset, and it also worked to help control pain......incidently, after nursing him through all that, he dumped me because he couldn't "handle" my seizures (go figure...). I also had a co-worker with a migraine diagnosis (only- not epilepsy), and her doctor put her on Tegretol (I was on it at that time); I mentioned to her that now we (she & I) had something in common, she was angry & horrified..........so much for being friends with her! She walked out in the middle of a shift shortly after that........You don't mention which anti-convulsants you're being tried on, so I can only imagine what side effects you're experiencing......
A friend of mine was put on the anti-convulsant "Neurotin" (I don't think I spelled that right!) after a severe head injury- this drug to prevent a possible seizure onset, and it also worked to help control pain......incidently, after nursing him through all that, he dumped me because he couldn't "handle" my seizures (go figure...). I also had a co-worker with a migraine diagnosis (only- not epilepsy), and her doctor put her on Tegretol (I was on it at that time); I mentioned to her that now we (she & I) had something in common, she was angry & horrified..........so much for being friends with her! She walked out in the middle of a shift shortly after that........You don't mention which anti-convulsants you're being tried on, so I can only imagine what side effects you're experiencing......
RE: RE: RE: RE: Headaches, Epilepsy & Car Travel
Submitted by pongosmommy on Mon, 2005-05-02 - 18:23
oops hit the post button twice