When is driving safe for someone with epilepsy?

Posted by tchandos @tchandos, Feb 27 7:27pm

Good evening….mom of a son with epilepsy here. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, just asking for opinions.

At Luca’s last annual visit with mayo neurologist (about 10 days ago), it was decided since he has been seizure free for 2 years with meds and because he has kinda lost drive (quit university and has been just hanging out, he is 20) to lower his meds to make sure he isn’t being overmedicated. So she had him remove 1 of his Depakote doses (he was taking 500 depakote and 100 lamotragine twice daily). Until we knew he wasn’t going to start having seizures from removing this dose my husband and I decided that he shouldn’t drive for his safety and others “until we know”

But when is that? 😂 He asked me tonight when he can drive again and I said I would have to think about it. But I honestly don’t know when it would be safe.

I’d appreciate any advice from this group. You’re always so helpful ❤️

Tracey

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@amye3 i would love that too , right now i have around 30 tablets a day including a couple supplements. some of my medications will be for the rest of my life no choice stuff so i take them. was told without them i would not live long. that in itself is a hard pill to swallow. That's life and i am just now waking up to a new me of sorts. we will see at the end of the month what else i can manage to change for the better. Everybody have a blessed evening.

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Thank you for the hug. have a great day.

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