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@mommacandy
I believe it is essential you discuss your epilepsy with a Neurologist, Oncologist, and your primary physician may be have some helpful advice. Be completely open and honest. Tell them everything from the first seizure to the last.
I don't know much about cancer treatments being related to epilepsy other than radiation directly applied to the brain which can cause seizures soon after exposure or many years after exposure in some people.
I would have concerns about the possibility of body chemistry like low sodium, blood sugar levels, etc which may trigger seizures. Definitely talk to your doctors to try and get them controlled. There are seizures that are extremely dangerous.
1. Status Epilepticus, seizures that don't stop on their own.
2. S.U.D.E.P. Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, although these conditions aren't common they may end in death. So it's important to do as much as your comfortable in doing to control your seizure disorder.
Do you primarily have nocturnal seizures?
Take care,
Jake

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@jakedduck1 like i said, i've been on meds for them for years and usually have no issues... generally i know what it feels like and for how long i suffer with after effects normally on the rare occasions i do have a breakthrough one (which almost always are either stress related or i've missed a dose of meds)... this was just a very unusual lingering after effect which is what rattled me and made me wonder if it had to do with the last chemo... when i first started having them 38 years ago they were only when i was asleep and sometimes went 2 years between them which is why original doc wasn't really concerned all those years ago.. it just kinda threw me considering this was the 6th (and final) chemo of this series (and hadn't had one through ANY of this series or my previous series in 2024).. which made me wonder if it was simply because my assorted levels were soooo low when i got this final chemo...