Living with Epilepsy/Seizures

hello my name is yvonne …i have had epilepsy seizures for 27 yrs ……..i was controlled for years and then went off meds, i out grew the absence seizures but stress of preg brought it all back ….started taking meds after i had the baby ….did well on meds until after (3rd child or it was the hysterctomy [hysterectomy] or it was the carb diet ….who knows )…then my life went threw the medicine side effect…and believe me if there was a side effect i experienced it….chest pain …leg swelling ..anxiety….horrible…weight gain..low potassium…weight gain is my biggist issue…im to short for this …..but neuro doc sent me to epilepsy specialist and then i went to epilepsy clinic did a 72 hr eeg and found out i had been on wrong meds for seizures (((go figure))))lol lol….like eveyone else just waiting for that special med ….until then i just try to work it and take my antidepressants….. thanks foir reading this….im glad there is such a place to go and see that you are not alone with all of this…yvonne