My 17 year old daughter was diagnosed with
migraines (basal area). She would become
groggy and disoriented. She had 3 of
these migraines in two years (started at
15). In oct. She had a seizure-like
episode with a migraine. This last week
she had another. (seizure like activity
with terrible headache afterwards.) cat
scan, mri, eeg are all normal. She was
on inderal but now the nuerologist put her
on topamax. (she was on her period this
last time, plus tired from finals, and
stress with term paper)i am scared to
death. I worry about this all the time.
She will be going to college next year.
Has anyone else gone through this? Any
advice before I go nuts with worry.
Thanks
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kayakmom
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Posted: 12-23-04 12:59pm
I have a daughter and son who have both
seizures and migraine. My son can have a
normal eeg at times, other times there are
some abnormalitiey.
Topamax can be a good med for both
seizures and migraine....
She will go far if she can learn to work
around her triggers. You mentioned her
cycle (a big one for my daughter too),
stress....Lack of sleep can be another.
Flickering lights affect my daughter a lot
also....
You might ask if she can up her meds just
before her cycle, by a pill or two, I have
a friend who does this.....Ask the
neuro.
My kids are 15 and 13, so I can understand
that at 17 and with college ahead it is
very scary for you. Educate yourself all
you can on seizures and migraine.
Emedicine is a great source for both
migraine variant and seizure info...
Wondering how its going, its so hard to
deal with epilepsy,
when it first shows up.
Hang in there.
Happiness
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leah831
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17 Year Old With Basal Migraines And Now Has Had 2 Seizures Posted: 02-05-05 22:10pm
Thanks to those of you that have thought
about us during this time. My daughter
is on 50mg of topamax 2times daily. So
far it has worked great. She is looking
at several schools for basketball
scholarships. I still worry but I can
turn it off now for periods of time. I
hope that this works and she does not have
to up her dose of topamax. She has not
had a seizure since being on it.
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happiness
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Posted: 02-05-05 22:34pm
This is good to hear. I'm glad she is
doing
so well.
Keep us updated.
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kayakmom
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Posted: 02-05-05 23:12pm
That is wonderful!! Best wishes with the
scholarship!
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Posted: 02-19-05 07:11am
Leah831,
i have always had headaches, migrains
included.
I'm thrilled that she is doing so well on
the topamax, just becareful and make sure
she eats. When they had me on it...
Granted it was a much higher dose. I lost
alot of weight.
For my headaches alot of times nothing
works except laying down with a ice pack
rotating it from where it hurts to the
back of my neck.
Good luck....
Jill
