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certwelder56

Fri, 03/13/2020 - 11:55
Hi All, I just had my third breakthrough seizure at work. Godbless em they haven’t canned me yet. I’m still looking for the best anti-seizure med combination. Let me know what you might have. Have a great day.

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Hi, Thank you for sharing

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2020-03-16 - 09:17
Hi, Thank you for sharing your story. We understand that having a seizure while at work can feel frustrating, but we are glad to hear that it sounds like you have supportive employers, who hopefully understand how to respond to your seizures appropriately. Seizure action/response plans are very helpful tools used to help those who are closest to you understand how to respond appropriately if you were to have a seizure and what constitutes as a seizure emergency for you. To learn more about seizure action or responseplans, please visit: https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/managing-your-epilepsy/seizure-response-plans-101 .Treatment and how the body may react to certain medications varies for each individual. It’s important that your addressing your concerns with your seizure control with your healthcare team and if you continue to experience any changes in seizure types/frequency, symptoms, moods, behaviors, or side effects, to help determine what individual treatment plan is best for you. If you have not already, you may want to consider seeking more specialize care for your epilepsy at an epilepsy center. A comprehensive epilepsy center is a group of health care professionals who specialize in the diagnosis,care, and treatment of people with seizures and epilepsy. Usually led by anepileptologist, (epilepsy specialist), who can help explore all treatment options and determine what individual treatment plan may be best for you.Epilepsy centers can also help connect you all with additional support groups and educational sessions. https://www.epilepsy.com/living-epilepsy/find-epilepsy-specialist/find-epilepsy-center .Documenting how your feeling and tracking seizures, moods, and behaviors over time may help you and your doctors to recognize patterns, allowing you to modify behaviors or lifestyles appropriately. My Seizure Diary can be used to organize your health issues, manage medications, record side effects, develop seizure response plans, and more which can be shared with members of your healthcare team. Learn more here: https://www.epilepsy.com/living-epilepsy/epilepsy-foundation-my-seizure-diary. Additionally, you may always contact our 24/7 Helpline, where trained information specialists are available to answer your questions, offer help, hope, support, guidance, and access to national and local resources. 1-800-332-1000, or contactus@efa.org. epilepsy.com/helpline. Or contact your local Epilepsy Foundation: https://www.epilepsy.com/affiliates , to find support groups, events, and programs in your community.

https://atkinsforseizures.com

Submitted by irangel on Mon, 2020-03-16 - 22:57
https://atkinsforseizures.com/dietary-chemical-seizure-triggers/

It depends what type of

Submitted by Ge0192 on Tue, 2020-06-09 - 05:16
It depends what type of epilepsy you ve got to think about medications combination.

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