Daughter has been taking trileptal since
may....Absense seizures have not been as
many but her concentration has been
shot...
Her school work is slacking...
What to do????
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sami_1982
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Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Hello. Posted: 08-20-05 00:31am
Go back to the neurologist and tell them
what is going on. How old is your
daughter. Prehaps she is on too high a
dose. Has she had her blood levels
checked? Or is that a drug that does not
require blood level testing. I am taking
keppra and epilim, I used to have bad
grand mal seizures and absence seizures.
Now I just get the odd one.
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cameo
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Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Salem, Oregon USA
I Know of An Excellent Way to Stop Siezures Permanently Posted: 08-30-05 17:20pm
But it may go against some beliefs you
have and it may offend you in some ways.
But it does work, and works well!
Cameo
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kayakmom
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Posted: 09-13-05 13:47pm
I am sorry that she is having so much
trouble concentrating. I am surprised
that she is taking trileptal for absence
seizures though. Usually that is for
partial seizures....
I would talk to the neuro and see if the
dose can be adjusted or see what he
thinks.
My dd had more trouble concentrating on
zonegran at a higher dose, did not seem as
much of an issue on a lower dose.
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IZABELLA_BAKER
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Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Michigan
Posted: 09-30-05 10:43am
My 10 month old daughter is on trileptal
and has been since she was 6 months old.
From that time, her development has
decreased. She is not sitting up yet,
holding her own bottle...But she has not
had a seizure for over one month which is
the longest she has gone before. I am
not sure what you should do or if I should
be concerned too!
Janet
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cameo
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Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Salem, Oregon USA
I've Heard of This Medication Posted: 09-30-05 14:49pm
izabella_baker
wrote:
my 10 month old daughter is
on trileptal and has been since she was 6
months old. From that time, her
development has decreased. She is not
sitting up yet, holding her own
bottle...But she has not had a seizure for
over one month which is the longest she
has gone before. I am not sure what you
should do or if I should be concerned
too!
Janet
i'm sorry to hear this about any baby!
It sounds like trilptal is working to
prevent seizures for her, but it has
blocked normal development. By six months
of age, or maybe seven she should be
holding her own bottle, sitting up and
playing with toys.
I'm a prime example of what seizure
medications do to development.
I'm 37 years old, and I have the frame and
body stature of a 13 year old child. If I
was any shorter, i'd be considered a
midget. I wear a size 5 wedding band and
a size 6 shoe. I'm very dainty in many
aspects.
As far as learning due to my seizure
medications I had to compensate
literally!
I would certainly be concerned. I'm also
legally deaf because of seizure
medications and I have implanted teeth.
Which means that the ingredients in the
medication ate away at my teeth, enamel
and all. I had to under go major surgery
to implant false permanent teeth in the
sockets.
I take tegratol, which is no better than
what you're giving her.But its the only
drug that works with my system.
I'm a graphic artist and I own a wonderful
business, so my mental develpment wasn't
harmed to much.
However, my preception of myself and the
world around me was. I've had to go to
counseling for many years because of this.
I hope this gives you some valuable
insight to the results of seizure
medication.
That's why I treat my condition with
natural medication too.
Camie
