Thanks a lot, Karin. After 2 days on Keppra I am very, very tired
and still have the atonic episodes. But what are two days in the
world of medicine? Must give it time...

Mark

--- In migraineswithepilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Karin Schacht
<karinschacht@e...> wrote:
> let us know how the keppra is going for you...so sorry you hurt
your
> head, hope things wont get worse!!!
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 05:45 PM, einsteins_inspiration
> wrote:
>
> > Last Thursday night I was running from the street into the subway
> > station and flew off the stairs and landed on my head.  I lost
> > consciousness twice and was otherwise dipsy and lost so much blood
> > for a minute I thought I was having a near death experience.  I
> > landed on the left temporal parietal region of my head.  I already
> > have TLE most notably from my right side, and I don't know what
> > functions the parietal region rules, but as soon as I could have a
> > clear thought I went to this: "More seizures!  More migraines!"  I
> > don't know if that will happen, especially considering how much
> > medication I'm on, but considering how vulnerable to those I
already
> > I'm I can't help but expect the worst.  I think I had a brief
seizure
> > when the ambulance personnel put me on the stretcher.  I started
> > seeing and hearing things that weren't there while I also heard a
> > roaring sound in my ears.  I felt really bad the first couple of
days
> > after the accident, and now a week later I feel stupid, confused,
and
> > have a hard time seeing and walking.  They had to keep me in the
> > hospital because my dilantin level was 34 (normal is 10-20) and I
> > felt really creepy as my dilantin level went down (from no
dosing),
> > almost like I was withdrawing.  Now I have to taper the dilantin
and
> > add Keppra.
> >
> > Well, that's my mishegas!  Hope everybody's doing ok!
> >
> > Mark
> >
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