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My son(13yr old) was just diagnosed with Juvenile Absence Epilepsy.
Wed, 04/03/2019 - 11:39Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
For some time this past year/year and a half he would all of a sudden have a "black out" for couple of seconds, in the middle of a sentence or when playing his X-Box. We did not make much of it at first but lately the number of times it happens a day increased so we took him for an EEG yesterday, and the dr called us with the news. We are not sure what to do, we are quite overwhelmed, and started to read about it and seek answers. We thought that before putting him on meds we would like to try other ways like change his diet and try some homeopathic medicine. I wanted to know if anybody has experience with that, and my big big question is - can this condition develop into grand mal seizure condition. Thanks you for listening
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Thank you for your input. Did
Submitted by lizula0808 on Thu, 2019-04-04 - 10:26
Thank you for your input. Did you start with Absence and graduated to Grand Mal? if so, how long from diagnosis to grand mal?
I started with Grand Mals and
Submitted by UgneLap on Thu, 2019-04-04 - 15:21
I started with Grand Mals and then, with the right meds (which I changed 5 times due to extremely awful side effects and some making my seizures worse) they became absence seizures. Everybody’s epilepsy is different and the same goes for your sons, because of that you need to see what works for him. Listen to him, let him explain what he needs, because no one knows what you’re going through but yourself. I wish you the best of luck and if it makes your son feel better, then tell him that I’m a teen whose life is going on just fine even with bumps along the way with epilepsy.
Thank you for your reply. Do
Submitted by lizula0808 on Thu, 2019-04-04 - 10:26
Thank you for your reply. Do you have any experience with graduating to Grand Mal from Absence?