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Old 08-20-2009, 06:21 PM
Porkette Porkette is offline
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Porkette Porkette is offline
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Hi Ghost,
It sounds like you and I have a lot in common. I started having migraine headaces yrs. ago when I was 10 yrs. old then I started having absence seizures by the age of 12 I started to have complex partial seizures also where I would walk from class to class and not remember a thing. I will soon be 47 yrs. old and I saw many neurologist. I finally did the right thing and saw an Epileptologist (Dr. specializing in epilepsy) and they did a bunch of tests on me and found that I had epilepsy. You can find these Drs. at an Epilepsy Center which are often at university hospitals.
One thing that you might want to do if you haven't started is to keep a calendar and write down what time you have any seizures along with a discription of the seizure, also be sure to write down when you start and stop your monthly period because there's a connection in many cases for women when the hormones are changing before and after our period and then again during ovulation this can trigger seizures for many women and they are known as "catemial seizures". What causes them is the estrogen level goes up causing more excitment in the nervous system while the progesterone level goes down and progesterone helps calm the nerves. One thing you might want to do is to start taking vitamin B12 once a day or B complex vitamins they will help calm the nerves down. Also stay away from anything with nutra sweet in it like diet soda it has been proven that nutra sweet will cause more electrical activity in the brain which can trigger seizures for many people. I found this out the hard way when I used to drink diet soda a lot. You might want to look into the ketogenic diet it is a great diet to help stop seizures and it works really good with younger people also.
If I may ask are you taking any meds for your seizures? I am taking mysoline, keppra, and diamox and it has been a big help to me. I wish you the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue
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