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Newly diagnosed - bedwetting
Tue, 08/14/2018 - 04:37Topic: Parents & Caregivers
My husband has recently been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. He has had focal seizures since he was a teenager but his parents never took him for help. He had his first grand mal seizures in May and a couple since.
He has been put on Lamotrigine accord 50mg (so far). Since taking it he has had 3 incidents of bedwetting, this is brand new and he seems to have no other symptoms when it happens but does not wake up until some time after.
Could this be his meds or possibly seizure activity?
Thanks in advance
Comments
Lamotrigine is started (or
Submitted by Amy Jo on Thu, 2018-08-16 - 04:22
Lamotrigine is started (or stopped) slowly. It takes a while to get to a therapeutic dose. 50mg is super low, far below a normal dose. For comparison my child takes a moderate dose over 4x that. Expect that as the dose is increased that seizures might change - often getting shorter or milder or just different. He should be keeping his doc updated and increase his dose according to the doc’ schedule.
It is seizure activity. In
Submitted by just_joe on Thu, 2018-08-16 - 16:14
It is seizure activity. In many seizures the person loses control of their muscles which includes control of the bladder. It has happened to me at times.
Not the medication. That is
Submitted by RTLEmum on Tue, 2018-08-14 - 11:02
Not the medication. That is seizure activity. Loss of bladder control is common during temporal lobe seizures. Keep track of those events in a seizure diary and let the physician know that he has had those seizures. He might need a medication adjustment. Has he had a video EEG or an MRI? Some people with temporal lobe epilepsy cannot be controlled with medication and need surgery.