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Salt Lake City, UT

Before I got my Depakote, I would sometime experience multiple episodes which I discovered were called 'series'. Sometimes they lasted all day. Other times they lasted for days. My personal record is four days straight. When I told a friend about what I experienced, she said, "You must be exhausted."

October 9, 2015 (edited)
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have had series of spells. But that was a long time ago before I had my brain surgery

October 11, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes . I use to have bad cluster seizures. I would going to a seizure and come out.. moments later I’d go into another seizure come out. I’ve had times where it’s happened many times I was so exhausted., I fell asleep into the next day

June 22
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Okay, so you are asking about one after another. Yes, I have. It is rather common. However, I believe it can become a medical issue if you pass the one minute mark. The jury is still out on if that is cumulative. Or are you inquiring about having various different types in a row? Examples: absense, tonic clonic, focal. They are very scary when it’s one after another. Even worse when no one is around.

June 22
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

My seizures have much the same as yours, my doc calls them clusters. Before meds, I would have as many as 15 a day and then a couple the following day and repeat about 4 or 5 days later. After 7 years of changing meds my event have been reduced to about 4-5 seizures a day every week to 10 days.
So your clusters are more intense but I think maybe similar to others. Keep working on getting the right meds mix and if it says the same check into VNS or RNS.
Good luck

October 14, 2015

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