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Living with epilepsy
Fri, 11/22/2013 - 19:43I am new to this site. I am still curious as to what causes my seizures. I saw a couple different neurologists and never got any good explanation. I had 2 grand mal's, both while I was driving. The first one was in June of 2012. I was not on any medication at this time as I did not know I had epilepsy. I hit a car head on and luckily neither one of us were seriously injured. Lost my license for 6 months. I was then put on keppra 1000 mg per day. My second one was October 2013, at this time I was on keppra 3000 mg per day. I was the only one involved in this accident, hit a guard rail, then a big rock and broke my foot. I am now still on keppra along with vimpat. I won't know if my seizures are controlled until I have another eeg in about a month. I'm not sure why these occur only when I am driving.
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Re: Living with epilepsy
Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2013-11-22 - 20:45
If you have grande mal seizures you do need to read about other seizures. I say thay because I hada grande mal. I also had petite mal and focal motor epilepsy.Have you ever felt a little wierd fo rno reason. Or kinda deja vu? Those too can be seizures
Been there done that I have many types of seizures because they can all stem from the other names of epilepsy. Read about grande mal epilepsy. I am not talking about the type. Types of seizures didn't come out until the neurologists started specializing
Hope this helps
Joe
If you have grande mal seizures you do need to read about other seizures. I say thay because I hada grande mal. I also had petite mal and focal motor epilepsy.Have you ever felt a little wierd fo rno reason. Or kinda deja vu? Those too can be seizures
Been there done that I have many types of seizures because they can all stem from the other names of epilepsy. Read about grande mal epilepsy. I am not talking about the type. Types of seizures didn't come out until the neurologists started specializing
Hope this helps
Joe