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gbesecker

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seizures after head trauma Posted: 01-19-08 15:52pm


Hi, my fiance was in a snowboarding accident this past Sunday and recieved a pretty bad head injury. He had his first seizure about 9 hours after the head trauma, the second in the ER about an hour later. The doctors prescribed dilantin and told him he would be fine. Two days later he had two more seizures and we were back in the hospital. They said his level of dilantin weren't at a high enough level yet and kept him two more nights. While there he had another seizure then we were released the next day after briefly talking with the neurologist. We are still waiting for the EEG results, but the neurologist basically said he probably has developed some form of epilepsy. Last night was the first night home and he didn't have a seizure so we are keeping our fingers crossed. My question is, has anyone experience something similar and has it been long term? I have been reading online that most cases of post traumatic epilepsy eventually goes away, but our neurologist is not very helpful and wouldn't schedule a follow up to read the EEG for 3 weeks! If anyone has any experience or insight please let us know. Thank you

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Posted: 04-13-08 17:50pm


I had a car accident within 5 hours afterwards I was sleeping and went into a grandmal seizure... I have had them ever since in my sleep... They have gotten better in yrs that have came and I have been off meds now for a year now and only one seizure that was induced by someone hitting me in the head... As for the EEG results nothing showed up on them except for a major concussion..

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