hey there isn't a cure all for this. one thing that helps is to just
be patceint. also to let them try and be normal.
Deborah
--- In Cent_Wa_Epilepsy_Support@yahoogroups.com, Sherry
<hot.rod.wife@...> wrote:
>
> Do you find that the VNS at least shortens the seizures or makes them
> milder? That was the main effect that we found with Lars - they weren't
> immediately aborted but they were much shorter some of the time....
>
> However, when he goes into a "cluster" nothing helps! We have a
hard time
> getting him to take his Ativan because he's so out of it and I think
that by
> the time he's aware enough to take the Ativan that he's coming out
of the
> cluster anyway! The Ativan does help keep him from getting more for
a few
> hours.
>
> Thank God the clusters are much milder and less frequent on the
felbatol!
>
> Sherry
>
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> Hi Sherry:
>
> Claire can't speak, but I can tell when she's getting ready to go
> into a seizure. We use the magnet, but, that doesn't seem to stop
> them at all.
>