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New to the site!
Sat, 10/13/2018 - 14:44Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hello everyone, I'm new to the site so figured I'd introduce myself. My name is Nicole, I'm 28 and living in Canada. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at the age of 16 after a car accident that involved me having a head injury. Not long after I healed I began to have Tonic-Clonic seizures. I began taking Divalproic Acid medication and still take them to this day, although lately I haven't been having very good seizure control. That's how I found this website, I've found it has a ton of very useful information and when I discovered that it also has a public forum I decided to sign up. So I'm looking forward to talking with other people who also have Epilepsy.
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Welcome Nicole.
Submitted by Jazz101 on Fri, 2018-10-19 - 18:53
Welcome Nicole.
Welcome Nicole.
Submitted by Ujjayi on Thu, 2018-11-08 - 15:11
Welcome Nicole.
HI NicoleEpileptic,Welcome to
Submitted by birdman on Sun, 2018-10-14 - 20:40
HI NicoleEpileptic,Welcome to the forum. I too was on Depakote (divalproic acid) many years ago when I was having generalized seizures. It worked well for a while and then it didn't. After an increase it worked again, for many weeks and then the seizures were back. I learned this is called "drug tolerance". I'm not sure if it is common to Divalproic Acid but it is a very common occurrence with a different group of seizure-controlling drugs called "benzodiazepines". Maybe you can let your doctor know before your next visit and he or she can increase the dose to see if it helps. Then you will have more to discuss when appointment time comes. Trying medications and changing the doses is no fun, but it's the most effective way for doctors to diagnose if your seizures can be managed with drug therapy.