Hi,

I found this place from another forum I am a member of. I am 41 and have had grand mal seizures since I was 15mo old. I do not have them everyday but I am aware I need to take my medication in order to control them because periodically throughout my childhood my neurologists would try to take me off my medication and about a year and a half later almost to the day I would experience another seizure. There are times when I forget to take my medications (I have become very forgetful over the years because I was once in a coma) and afterwards I always feel the effects of forgetting the next day. Lately though my seizures have been starting to come "without warning" even while taking my medications. Also - the last couple of years my lower back has begun "shifting out of place" by itself to the point it becomes too painful to walk without collapsing unless I have assistance for days at a time sometimes. Doctors keep telling me it is a strained muscle - but when it happens sporadically in the same place in a space of 6 years time I have a hard time believing that - any ideas and what can I do about it?