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Old 05-10-2010, 04:56 PM
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The doctor your son needs for his seizures only treats epilepsy. Neuroogists treat all things neuro related and ADHD and Touretts are outside a general neurologists training. ADHD and Tourettes are also specalties. You might be able to find those specialists for each one at the same Major Medical Center, but you cannot get the proper care for your son from a doc who doesn't the the specific training needed. His seizures will worsen if not stopped completely and that brings cognitive decline over time. If they can be stopped, it is the right time to take care of that. There are so man other options available now. Who knows. It could be that the symptoms/signs that gave him a diagnosis of ADHD is really due to the same seizure disorder. Epilepsy affects people differently and is very easily misdiagnosed with bad results for the patient since they don't get the proper care and the illness worses. By the way, the statistics re meds are: Once one med fails to stop the seizures completely, there is less than a 15% chance that any med will ever stop them. That is evidence based. Those other options that could possibly help your son can be found only at a Comprehensive Center. What state are you in ? tattoo
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