here is the name of the drug it is called topamax it comes in 25 mg,
50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg I have really good luck with it and really
pleased with it so give it a try let me know what happens with your
daughter Mary

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, denverbroncoselway
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> i would not worry cause i have both condition and they can live
> normal lives i work I take tomax I have parical comax seizures and
> grandmal seizures and also it works well on headaches I take it
> workes well for both the medication has been out a year not sure of
> the spelling through but your doctor should know Mary
>
> --- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "Leigh Ann Smith"
> <timely@g...> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I posted this same message on epilepsychat, so if you already
read
> it there, please just press "delete". :-)
> >
> > I wonder if you all could help me with knowing the right
questions
> > to ask of our neurologist.
> >
> > My 17 year old daughter has had "episodes" since she was 11 or
12.
> > Typically, she would say that she felt "weird" and that one hand
> and
> > arm were tingling. She would go to bed and sleep for 2-3 hours
and
> > would feel fine when she woke up. This only happened once or
twice
> > a year.
> >
> > When she was 14, she had similar episode, except that she saw
> > lights, too. I took her to the doctor that time, and the doctor
> > said she was probably suffering from migraines. She did not have
a
> > headache. I did read however, that sometimes younger people would
> > get the aura of migraine without the headache actually developing.
> >
> > Over the next couple of years she had two incidents where,
shortly
> > after arising in the morning, she felt like her abdominal
> > organs "dropped", then her vision started to get dark around the
> > edges and she thought she would pass out. She sat down until that
> > feeling passed. Thinking this was related to the migraines, I
gave
> > her Excedrin and put her to bed. A few hours later, she awoke
> > feeling fine.
> >
> > Once or twice a year, she seems to have a true migraine, where
the
> > aura is followed by a classic migraine headache on one side of
her
> > head, and she is bothered by lights and sounds.
> >
> > Recently, she has been having trouble whenever she runs. She
> > feels "out of touch" afterwards and sometimes sees lights. She
> > hasn't developed a headache after running...just the aura.
> >
> > Earlier this month, she had a headache that lasted a week and a
> half
> > and was having some visual symptoms. She said that at times she
> > couldn't hold her eyes on one spot; it was as if her eyes had to
> > move away. I took her to the pediatrician, who sent her for an
EEG.
> >
> > The EEG was abnormal. The report said there was "epileptiform
> > activity in the left parietal lobe" with "sharp spikes".
> >
> > Last week I took her to the neurologist for an evaluation, and he
> > said that most likely her symptoms were due to migraine. He said
> > that 15% of the population has abnormal EEGs.
> >
> > What do you think? Have you heard this before (about lots of
people
> > having abnormal EEGs)? Can migraines cause abnormal EEGs? Should
I
> > insist on some kind of brain scan? Should I not worry about the
> > actual diagnosis since it isn't a really big problem at this
time?
> > Everything I have read about epilepsy seems to talk about
seizures
> > in the temporal lobe. Does the fact that hers are in the parietal
> > lobe mean anything?
> >
> > Thanks for any insights you can share!
> >
> > Leigh
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]