HI Everyone, I have had seizures since I was 7. I am now 38. I have been seizure-free for the last 7 years. but my memory is horrible with the 3 meds that I am on. I am on keppra xr 750, topmax 200, & tegretol 400. I have been on lots of meds & have had a number of cat scans, mri's & eeg's but they can never pin point what is causing the petite seizures that last about 30 seconds. can someone help me with some advice. I want to go back to school really bad..but because my memory is so bad that when I went back 2000 I ended up dropping out because I could not handle it.....I want to go back now.....Please any advice would help. thanks
I was on dilantin like 10 years ago. but they took me off of it. & put me on the combination that I am on now. Do any of the surgeries that are out there work?
HI Everyone, I have had seizures since I was 7. I am now 38. I have been seizure-free for the last 7 years. but my memory is horrible with the 3 meds that I am on. I am on keppra xr 750, topmax 200, & tegretol 400. I have been on lots of meds & have had a number of cat scans, mri's & eeg's but they can never pin point what is causing the petite seizures that last about 30 seconds. can someone help me with some advice. I want to go back to school really bad..but because my memory is so bad that when I went back 2000 I ended up dropping out because I could not handle it.....I want to go back now.....Please any advice would help. thanks
I had right temporal lobe surgery in 1983 at Mayo in Rochester, it works! Since then I’ve had no grand mal seizures. I was still having a few petit mal seizures. After a few years of trial and error, I was given Keppra for petit mal seizures which makes me totally seizure free since.
Hopefully this helps you with any decision making.
Yes, surgery often is successful in stopping seizures or at least decreasing frequency or severity.
I have friends/acquaintances in England and two had Temporal Lobe surgery and their seizures stopped. One died about seven years after and is suspected to be a victim of SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death
Yes, surgery often is successful in stopping seizures or at least decreasing frequency or severity.
I have friends/acquaintances in England and two had Temporal Lobe surgery and their seizures stopped. One died about seven years after and is suspected to be a victim of SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death
Yes, surgery often is successful in stopping seizures or at least decreasing frequency or severity.
I have friends/acquaintances in England and two had Temporal Lobe surgery and their seizures stopped. One died about seven years after and is suspected to be a victim of SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death
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what kind of memory aids are there or brain training exercises are there?
@brjudevo79 I found a list of helpful (and easy) things you can do here:
- Memory aids, reminders and brain training http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/memory-aids-reminders-and-brain-training#.VjOSirfntD8
What memory situation do you encounter most often and what trick do you use?
I was on dilantin like 10 years ago. but they took me off of it. & put me on the combination that I am on now. Do any of the surgeries that are out there work?
I had right temporal lobe surgery in 1983 at Mayo in Rochester, it works! Since then I’ve had no grand mal seizures. I was still having a few petit mal seizures. After a few years of trial and error, I was given Keppra for petit mal seizures which makes me totally seizure free since.
Hopefully this helps you with any decision making.
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I have friends/acquaintances in England and two had Temporal Lobe surgery and their seizures stopped. One died about seven years after and is suspected to be a victim of SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death
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In Epilepsy.) I’m sorry but I lost my train of thought. Another all to common complication for people that have Epilepsy.
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