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Living with Status Absence Seizures
by: MV on Mon, Aug 25 2008
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My daughter has been suffering from absence seizures since she was 4. She’s now 27. They almost always occur in her sleep right before she wakes up in the morning. Once they occur, they keeping happening until she can fall into a deep sleep. Usually Diastat works, but lately it hasn’t been working. She just came off lamictal and started keppra - only at 750 mg in am and 750 mg in pm. Doctor said it needs to be increased to 1000 mg twice a day as she is having breakthroughs. Does anyone out there have seizures like this? She is such a beautiful girl — she works and goes out but has been having a rough time of it lately.
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August 2008

  • Living with Status Absence Seizures - by MV - (Mon, Aug 25 2008)
    My daughter has been suffering from absence seizures since she was 4. She’s now 27. They almost always occur in her sleep right before she wakes up in the morning. [more..]
  • My Life with Epilepsy - by Mikie - (Mon, Aug 25 2008)
    I had my first diagnosed seisure [seizure] when I was 14 years old, a grand mal in the middle of the night, and I have been having grand mals ever since. [more..]
  • Grand Mal Seizures - by Sarah - (Wed, Aug 13 2008)
    When I was 21 years old I had 3 grand mal seizures in one day. They said I was fine after all the tests came back. Two months later I had another one. They said I was still fine! I took medication for a year and felt I was maybe cured so I stopped taking it (Keppra). [more..]

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