Hi rexpac,

Welcome to the forum! I'm no neuro but I've had absence and complex partial sz. for over 30 yrs. and what you are describing sounds like your wife may be having complex partial sz. Ask your wife the following questions:
Does she see colors flashing back and forth in her eyes?
Does she get a nervous feeling in her stomach or smell odd odour before she blanks out?
Does she hear one word repeated over and over again and during all of this time she's still conscious?
Have you noticed her smacking her lips, or pulling at her clothes and then wandering around? If you or your wife have seen or felt any of these things this is a complex partial sz. and I've found taking vimpat the best thing for my sz. Since I was put on vimpat I've only had 1 complex partial sz. this yr.
In regards to the time of your wifes sz. I often will have either an absence or complex partial sz. early in the morning or later in the afternoon on certain days of the month. This could all be hormone related or if there's a low pressure in the weather that can sometime trigger sz for people.
I wish you and your wife only the best and May God Bless You Both!

Sue

Thanks so much for replying.
I did ask her all the questions you mentioned below, when she got her last complex partial seizure, and she said she felt perfectly normal. What was funny, we were having a full conversation about her colleague at work and how he gave his resignation, and in split second she says 'its sad for the other collegues who work in his team, just as the doctor told me'.
The moment i heard the word doctor in her sentence i knew something just went wrong suddenly. At that point she was a little confused and i believe the complex partial seizure kicked in. She was basically having supper...so i tried to observe her , and if she was doing anything different, but she continued eating normally and in about 5 mins, she was fully concious.
I too didn't see any signs prior to her episode. She does have headaches that start on the right temple, and it happens 2-3 times a week. The night before the latest complex seizure mentioned above, she mentioned of headaches on the right side of the temple. Sometimes i feel its the medication but sometimes i feel like everything is related.
Maybe i will have her take B12 supplements, as Darlene suggested, or even Fish oil, as i heard that too works, and monitor her process.


Just a question on Vimpat, are there any side effects for you? All these meds say people get sucidal thoughts, and it freaks me out.

Hi rexpac,

In regards to the vimpat there have been side effects of depression and suicide but that happens with many seizure meds and within time a person will get over the feeling. So far I haven't had any bad side effects from the vimpat except when my Dr. put me to high of a dosage (400 mg) and that caused me to have more seizures than when I was put on 250 mg. a day.
Your wife may feel tired at first when and if she goes on the drug but after awhile it goes away and you don't feel tired.
When I first started having seizures I would have wicked headaches before any seizures and this was a migraine headache which in turn lead to seizures for me. This could be what's going on with your wife. Also if the Dr. finds she has any problem in the temporal lobe this may put her though her change early in life which can trigger more seizures, headaches, and short term memory loss. Another thing your wife may want to try is magnesium this has been known to help some people with their seizures. I've never tried it but I have a lot of friends that have tried it and it has worked great for them. Here's wishing you and your family only the best and May God Bless All of You!

Sue