I am looking for wisdom! I have a 4 year old recently diagnosed with absence seizures. She is to take Zarontin twice a day. This child has never ever...
Does it taste bad is that why she is finding it? have you tried giving her a "treat" after. Tell her if she takes this she will get (whatever she REALLY REALLY...
... with ... has ... I ... out ... My daughter started taking her meds at age 2. She was the same way about taking any medications. I too would end up wearing...
Thanks all. Zarontin is a very nasty, bitter liquid. I didn't realize how bad until I finally tasted a bit. It smells fruity, but is really bitter. The...
Patti - I"ve been out of town, or I would have answered sooner. My daughter's 12 now and has had seizures since she was 10 months. She does have absence...
Hi there, I have a teenage female friend who was just diagnosed with epilepsy and is feeling alone and scared. I do not know much about epilepsy and want to...
I hope someone answers who is close to her age. There's lots of people on this list, but I don't recall any of them being teens. You might have her contact...
Hello to you all, Well, I had time to try and imagine why my 10 year old daughter out of the blue had 2 seizure. My thoughts have traveled from the very ...
Hi; I completely understand what you are going thru. My daughter was 2 1/2 when she was diagnosed with complex partial epilepsy. It took me a long time to...
Brenda & Candice, It's great to talk to another Mom(s)! First a little history: My daughter, Chelsi, is 12. She's had epilepsy since she was 10 months...
Candice, Thank you for your words of wisdom! We started on Keppra on Friday night. We have to slowly work into the full dose. I guess we are on the road of...
Sue, I also have realized that this is not the end of the world. There are things out there in this world that are so worse! I have not made it to the...
Brenda; No I havent tried anything else other than the meds. I have done alot of research on the diet. I may try it in the future. Emily's meds are working so...
Hi Brenda! Good to hear from you. I hope the Keppra is going well. I had not heard that bladder control was a side effect, but if it's in the product...
Sue, I live in Vancouver Washington. I am sure there are more support groups around my area. I just have not yet found the time to look into it. That is why...
Hello again! I think Portland has an EFA also...but Mineko will send you in the right direction. I too freaked myself out by reading everything on the ...
i have been looking everywhere a support group people that understand what this is like. my daughter is 5 and in march we just found out she has epilepsy i was...
Amanda, My heart goes out to you...I'll give you all the support I can. I have a 12 year old daughter with epilepsy....we were cruising along with our...
sue, thankyou so much for your support we are in morton wa, my daughter sees doctor phillips at mary bridge childrens hospital in tacoma i really like him...
Sue, I am so sorry to hear about Chelsi's most recent seizure. Just when you feel like things are going good. Did you find that the seizure came on with her...
I've never gotten diastate...fortunately her seizures have lasted longer than 5 minutes, but I know I should have some! My daughter didn't respond well to...
Thanks for the kind thoughts. Onward and upward, eh? You remind me of me when I first started my research. I was convinced that either 1)Chelsi's seizures...
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Sue, I am sorry if I bring you back to your stressful days. At least they are stressful to me! I feel like I have to hold hope that there is a reason why all...
Hi there, I don't think I'll ever know what caused Chelsi's epilepsy...I'm hoping the MRI in August will shed more light. I'd never heard that you had to...
Well our Keppra journey did not last very long... We were doing 1/2 pill morning and night with her Trileptal then we upped the dose to a whole pill morning...
Oh my gosh!! It is truly amazing how a drug can have such a different effect on different children. WOW! What a marked and horrible difference. Thank ...
W00t. I didn't even hand over a dime for this thing. Got it in red too ;) My first mp3 player, have to say this rocks, sure beats the old CD player. Got it for...
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