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Anyone stop medication because of academic issues/cognitive issues ?
Mon, 09/19/2011 - 21:45Hello All...I have 9 year old triplets, 2 of them have been diagnosed with benign rolandic epilepsy. They both take 300mg of Trileptal 2x's a day. We have noticed a sharp decline in their cognitive abilities...they were once very bright and gifted students...today they struggle with subtraction...one of them seems to be living in a literal fog. Both are at risk for not passing this school year and being help back ( would have been last year, but we were at a private school ). They were doing very well until the seizures and medication started. We had some preliminary testing done this past Summer, and are looking at the possibilites of some severe processing disorders that is severely hampering academic progress. We go tomorrow for a check up with their neurologist, and we are going to ask about going completely med free. I fear what will happen, will they have more seizures ?? I'd love to hear about any experiences with this.
Amy
Spoke to doctor today about academic issues...m
Submitted by tripletmom on Tue, 2011-09-20 - 17:12
she says that children with Benign Rolandic Epilepsy are prone to learning disabilities, and that these issues are not cause by the medication and very low dose that my girls take. She said that when they outgrow the BRE, the cognitive abilites will return to as they were before. We need to help them along in the meantime, which might mean approaching their education in a completely different way.