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I had seizures for years before I found out what they were also. Most people tend to think of a grand mal seizure as the only kind of seizure. I know I did, though I had heard of petit mals and the absence kind of seizures. My mom is a registered nurse, and did not consider my daydreaming and not speaking to people as seizures either. It never entered her head; also I had a number of head injuries even as a child and never mentioned them to her. I never thought much of them, but looking back I probably have had at least 10 concussions, maybe a minor skull fracture or two also.
I just hope they will seek professional help for her soon.
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Sorry she treated you so mean. Some people are like that. Thankfully, not everyone is like that. I have met some great people online and made some very good friends whom I treasure. There have also been a few jerks.
A friend of mine was raised in an abusive family, and her mother always treated her like a leper [worse actually> because she was diabetic and has EP. Apparently, in the old days people were very ignorant --many still are-- and thought things like Epilepsy and Diabetes were contagious and self inflicted. Her family still abuses her, but she will never get herself out of it, nor see that she should. She is in her 70s now, and her kids are just hanging around hoping she will die. Maybe your former friend was in a similar situation and taught to think that way? I wonder how she treats her son who now has EP.
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I would agree with the doctor here. I do not personally know about the meds and pregnancy, but seizures can kill you, especially the grand mal types. My one DIL lost a sister to a first grand mal in her sleep. The sister was about 20 when it happened to her the first and only time. A boy I knew as a child also died of a grand mal seizure, they are very serious.
I hope all is well with your daughter and your grandbaby, that it will be healthy when born.
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/search.aspx?stype=drug&source=1&query=lamictal this has other links for information that may be helpful for you and your daughter.
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Do you guys think they are seizures too? My friends do not go to doctors very much, so convincing them could be difficult.
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I recently got a 4th dog, and she is still learning the ropes here. We are working on house training and manners! Her name is Chloe.
love,
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I noticed that apparently people do not wish to discuss this. Whatever. I am sure we all have multiple health issues.
I may have had some hallucinations after my cataract surgeries, or it may have been a side effect of the surgery. I do not know, but for awhile, when looking at still pictures, they seemed to move and be animated. A certain cat picture always seemed to be wiggling its nose. I still see the halos around stuff at night time, guess that is permanent? I have floaters in my eyes also, sometimes I think I see something to the side that is not there, and it seems to move. Thankfully, that is all I can think of in that department.
I hope Starlight finds a forum that makes her happy.
Candi, I hope your osteoporosis improves; and that the skin cancers are gone for good.
I may have multiple health problems, but hopefully, I will prove that one idiot PA wrong and live to be at least 95. He claims that I wont make 75 with my health probs. Humph. Fooey on him. I am 58, so I have a ways to go until 95 .
Take care and God bless.
love,
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However, I have had 11 other surgeries in my life so far, and I have a lot of other health issues. Probably everyone has multiple health issues here. Most people do. Some of us probably have more than others. I just thought perhaps we could talk about some of our various health issues a little bit, and perhaps understand each other better?
In addition to the partial complex seizures, & aura headaches that I get, I also have insulin dependant diabetes, high blood pressure, tons of allergies, asthma/COPD, diabetic neuropathy, an old spinal injury, arthritis, possible heart problems [they have not yet caught up with them>, kidney stones, and probably a few more that do not come to mind at the moment.
I have 11 RXs too... Only one of them is for EP, but the neurontin is 1600 mgs/day...
Star, I hope your post surgical issues resolve themselves soon. They may have to do with the area/s of your brain that they had to operate on ? God bless.
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I am okay, just not posting much right now. I have been trying to keep busy in my garden, and of course with my church. I hope Starlight changes her mind. She could just lurk for awhile maybe. Sometimes members disappear, and no one knows what happened, if they are okay or what.
I have been keeping busy weeding and planting in my garden, and clearing brush so we can get more fence up for my horse. I consider her my 'therapy' horse, she is very sweet.
take care and God bless all of you,
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