everything is normal, except for the fact that he has it. Our daughter is 3.5 years old and very smart, very normal, very healthy. it's a 4% chance for healthy people to have a child develop epilepsy, and 5 % with a father that has it. It is a greater percent if the mother has it. I don't have, thank God. Anyway we would like one one, or if we cant we are happy with our little one, but would like for her to have a sibling.Just your true thoughts please……
no he cannot drive right now, he will always be on meds. he cannot give baths if i am not here, or cook. just as precautions, until they are under control(6 mo).
Petite mal and in 2005 he had 8 grandmal in a period of 2 months. delprovic acid has helped. he takes three different types of meds. he still has petite mal a lot less often now than he did a couple of years ago. but still has the small ones every once n a while.
MOM OF TWO—yes I know all about the different seizures there are. He only had those two months with grand mal (clonic tonic). I had a horrible time dealing with noise and had to seek professional help. Anyhow, I am all better with that.He has had them all his life we think since a kid, but learned about them while he was in the military. He was suffering from migraine headaches and through an MRI they discovered it. So now it's 8 years later from discharge (medically discharged), and we is seeing his a specialist in veteran hosp.but a specialist from UCLA. He just had an EEG today. This is like his third in 8 years. Same old stuff though.
How did you get off your meds? Did your Doctor suggest it? My husband hates taking his.
oh, his petite mal's last 2-3 second, staring and sometimes eye blinking. Like you said he is as normal as can be. He is tired a lot though from meds and sometimes unbalanced–due to meds. We do everything like any other family, except he cannot do driving and those other things I mentioned. He is graduating with his B.A. in Psychology in a couple of weeks and continuing with his Masters. I am proud of him. I too have gone back for a second degree in Nursing this time. We live a busy life, but our daughter needs a sibling and we want her to have one.