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Old 05-27-2013, 09:31 PM #1
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So Dean has seen Neurologist and just more tests and diagnosis He said he was a complicated case with a lot going on. So they did a nerve conduction test which showed he has severe peripheral neuropathy and rt. ulnar nerve damage in rt. arm. He doesn't have the neuropathy pain like so many do, his is just numbness. which is maybe why he is falling? He is scheduled for a sleep study with EEG on wed. Seizures getting worse, now he is blacking out and falling down. The headaches have gotten better since they took him off Keppra and put him on Lamictal. maybe just not a high enough dose yet so I guess vp shunt working ok and all these symptoms are seizure related? It's so frustrating not knowing why all this is happening
Hi. I also have a vp shunt (4 years) and developed seizures after getting it.
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Hi. My neurologist told me that seizures are a side effect of having hydrocephalus. I am not sure but I think it has something to do with having a foreign object in your body. Insertion of the shunt disturbs the electricity flow in the brain which causes seizures. I am on tegretol, lamictal and clonazepam. I do not have a choice due to the severity of the seizures I get. It has been a period since I have had one but...the side effects from the meds ar.e fierce.

I wish they could invent a med that could take care of the seizures and eliminate the sedative effect.
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