Seizure Disorders

Thanks subha12. That's the weird part, is that most of what I read on this stuff is related to children that have grown out of it, or still have it. There's not much that's mentioned about people getting it as adults........I've never been normal, so why should I expect anything but abnormal? Thanks again for replying!!!

Thank you very much laylomo! I took a quick peek at the site, and it looks very interesting, so thanks for that. Thanks for all the great info. too. I just got back from the neurologist, I have an EEG scheduled for Monday and an MRI for the 21st. Since all of the episodes I've had were different, he can't say that it's probably X or probably Y. I can't drive until further notice though, so I can't go to work, which adds to the financial problems that I was already having. UGH!!! Thanks again for all the wonderful advice!!!

Thank you havfaith for responding. It's never too late to respond to a post, especially one where someone is seeking advice, such as myself. I find it interesting that you experienced yours around the same time I experienced my first one as well. How many have you had since then? How often do you have them? This is all very interesting. One thing I want to let you know is that they have ruled out medical. They know think it's psychological because of my new diagnoses (I've got another whole discusion on that one) of major depression and borderline personality disorder. So, you may want to check it and look up the symptoms and see if it's close to what you're expeincing and then talk to your doctor about it. Actually, have you talked to your MD about it? I want to know more. please tell me!

When I had my first seizure and was taking to the hospital,My MD ran all kinds of tests and everything came back normal. I acually made him made cause I kept telling something was a wrong, I knew and felt something was wrong with me. Then he got me a new doctor. A neuro (seizure doctor) Dr. Ragoor she ran all kinds of test and came back with that I was taking seizures. To my surprize she told me I was born with the seizure disorder and she was surprize that I never had one growing up. A few months before I had my seizure I become depressed. And here I found out depression comes along with seizure. I think I'm more depressed now not being able to drive and work, I hoping this will come to a end in June when I get back to work. I am stuck in the house Mon. through Friday except when I have a doctors appointment. My husband is off Saturday & Sunday so I get out on the weekends. Anyway....It takes about 3 to 4 months before the seizure medicine kicks in. I take 1200 mg of carbatrol a day. 600 am & 600 pm. At first I had a few seizure a day every day, after a few weeks it was like one seizure a day, then a few times a week and then once aweek. Now I think the carbatrol is starting to work, I have about one seizure every week and a half. Now there is times I get the funny feeling like I am going to take one but me I close my eyes a few minutes and it passes. Sometimes I will lay down and go to sleep just so I don't have to deal with it. I don't know if that is safe or not and I don't know if I'm having one or not all I know I don't have to dill with it. There are times I have bad days then times I have very bad days. I can say, knock on wood I am having a very good day so far. There goes my timer, I'm not on mylot that often I just pop in everynow and then but if you would like to e-mail my please feel free, at mrsblacklite@yahoo.com make sure in the subjuct line put mylot dmillman and I know it is you.

I forgot to tell you dmillman, I am 43.