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fanelda

January 16th, 2005

My son has recently begun topamax for night seizures, which began within the last 2 months. He has had 3 witnesses grand mal seizures, and all tests have been negative (mri-ct- eeg).

His wife is an rn, and noted that all 3 episodes were after nights of decreased sleep. We're wondering about sleep apnea as a cause, and if there is treatment for it, besides medication.

Realistically, I think this would be ruled out since he has moments where he can't talk, but is awake and aware of his surroundings.

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kayakmom

replied January 20th, 2005

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My son has had nocturnal seizures for about 7 years or longer. He has not been medicated for 2.5 years right now due to a misdiagnosis. He has also had a sleep study for apnea. (which he does not have, he does have pmld, from rapid withdrawal of seizure meds, however).....

Ask his neuro or pede for a sleep study to make sure. Usually if there is apnea involved you would hear snoring, gasping or choking in sleep.

We ahve the same thing with eeg being normal between seizures(interictally), or showing some abnormal that was discounted. It makes it tough to figure things out.

How is he doing on topamax?

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