I am under the impression that everyone is allowed one seizure in their life without concern. I bet it was scary for you. My daughter had her first seizure two years ago at the age of 14.

I have learned there really isn't a "typical" seizure. It certainly sounds like your GF had a seizure. If she doesn't have another, I would just use it as a warning signal that something is amiss in her system. Her brain was overloaded for some reason. We work out a lot of our stress while we sleep. I would forget the label and find out what is lowering her threshold.

Sleep studies may or may not answer your questions. My daughter's EEGs have not been conclusive as to whether or not there is seizure activity, and I have come to learn (of course not from traditional doctors) that there are areas of the brain (frontal lobe) that are difficult to record seizure activity. Also if there is not a seizure during the EEG it will not show abnormal brain function.

My suggestion would be to stay away from the labels. They don't mean a whole lot and can get you on a nasty roll with medicines that will cause far more trouble than she is having right now.

My daughter tried four, and I believe they caused more seizures than she would have had without them. Now we are doing a combination of nutritional changes, vitamins and minerals that are targeted to her needs, and neurofeedback.

Her seizures have been reduced from six a month to .... none, at least this month.

My 3y old daughter was diagnosed epilepsy of frontal lobe when she was 8 months old. We have seen all colors of the rainbow. She used to wake up around 3AM and screaming and banging her head and bleading for several hours. In about 20% of cases, she did it during the daytime. Then she says: Hi! and fall asleep or continued her activities.

In last few months the frequency and length of these rage attacks/night terrors diminished drastically, but it is still impressive to see her with eyes wide open how she calls for mum, daddy, her dolls (all near her) and recalling some events or persons. Usually, this happens when she is overwhelmed.During 3 months,she was on behavioral therapy (she started to communicate few weeks back) with tremendous success. The night terrors diminished drastically.

Epilepsy is now kept under control by urbanyl (clobazam) and valproate. We also found that her progress somehow coincided with removal of carbamazepine (timonil) from her ant-epileptic therapy.

It is still long way in front of me and my wife.

RobinN can you tell me more about the nutritional changes, vitamins and minerals that are targeted to her needs, and neurofeedback and where you found such help as I fear "traditional medicine" would love my 9month old on drugs and we are just not that into pills. I guess I will get this reply in an e-mail, Thanks!