11-29-2017, 05:23 PM
Hi Raven
I have had seizure's throughout my life. They were able to be controlled for period's of time (sometimes years) and then were off and running again. I had my first one at age 2. They say that I often had "fits" as a baby and they didn't know what to make of it. They attributed it to the fact that I had rheumatic fever at 6 months old. My mother's side of the family have very bad neurological symptom's, such as narcolepsy, REM sleep disorder, sleep paralysis, night terrors, brain zaps, and the like. I inherited most of that and sometimes it's hard to diagnose a cause for seizure with all that other stuff going on. I was on Depakote for years and it worked marginally well. Finally met a doc who wasn't a benzophobe and was switched to c-pam 12 years ago. Have been maintained on that ever since and am enjoying my longest stretch without a seizure. What a joy it is to have more confidence, particularly out in public. Who would think that good ol' c-pam was the missing ingredient through all the years that I suffered. Have a great day. RM
I have had seizure's throughout my life. They were able to be controlled for period's of time (sometimes years) and then were off and running again. I had my first one at age 2. They say that I often had "fits" as a baby and they didn't know what to make of it. They attributed it to the fact that I had rheumatic fever at 6 months old. My mother's side of the family have very bad neurological symptom's, such as narcolepsy, REM sleep disorder, sleep paralysis, night terrors, brain zaps, and the like. I inherited most of that and sometimes it's hard to diagnose a cause for seizure with all that other stuff going on. I was on Depakote for years and it worked marginally well. Finally met a doc who wasn't a benzophobe and was switched to c-pam 12 years ago. Have been maintained on that ever since and am enjoying my longest stretch without a seizure. What a joy it is to have more confidence, particularly out in public. Who would think that good ol' c-pam was the missing ingredient through all the years that I suffered. Have a great day. RM