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Any Briviact experiences to share?

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@santosha

Hi Chris,

I haven't started anything significant with them as of today, and my first consultation with them was brief. It's like a "get-to-know-you" session. They merely prescribed me half a month of Briviact to start the ball rolling, Yeah I know it's not enough. My current specialist helped me get 3 more months of that. It's not one medication commonly used here, and it's not readily available like Topamax. The international patient centre (IPC) just contacted me last week to do scans over at their side. I didn't tell them too much besides showing them my current prescription, as I wanted them to draw their own conclusion my condition. I hope future sessions, if I am to decide to consult them for the long run, will be better organized.

I guess there won't be anything concrete being documented in English. Is your neurologist fluent in Chinese? Nothing had been given to me by NTUH and the topic of integrating TCM wasn't discussed then due to time constraint. That's one thing I will like to bring up during my next visit.

Cheers,
Louis

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Chris Gautier, Volunteer Mentor | @santosha | May 6 7:58am

@louissc
Hi Louis!
Thank you for your reply.
First consultations are often exactly that: a getting-to-know-you session, so it makes sense that nothing concrete has been defined yet. I think your instinct to let them draw their own conclusions from your records was a wise one.
I'm glad your current specialist helped bridge the Briviact supply gap in the meantime!
As for my neurologist, he's of Taiwanese descent but was born and raised in Brazil. As far as I know, he is only fluent in Taiwanese, not Mandarin. From what I understand, both Taiwanese and Mandarin are spoken in Taiwan — is that right?
Wishing you smooth sailing ahead, Louis. One step at a time!
Chris

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