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Do Anticonvulsant Seizure Medicines Only Prevent Grand Mal Seizures From Happening?
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I take an anticonvulsant seizure medicine called Lamotrogine (generic for Lamictal). They do seem to control the grand mal seizures. However, I still do experience strange feelings from time to time off and on throughout the day; not everyday but still, a LOT of the times, at any given time. I also experience spontaneous jerks of either a hand, a foot, any limb or sometimes my whole body. But it ends just as quickly as it began. Sometimes, I'll "space out" and kinda feel like noises near me are… read more

posted July 15, 2021
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

there is a boatload meds that covers all sorta seizures. my keppra is a partial seizure med. anyway... i have 3-4 types of seizures. i think you have an aura seizure. ask your dr about that one.
i have a new youtube channel and i cover seizure stuff. anyway one of my videos was on the partial seizures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV88yyMO3o8&amp...

posted July 15, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member ... @A MyEpilepsyTeam Member is right, we all go through different experiences. drs are vary important but you need to get the right ones. for me, i have been hired and fired drs a thousand times over (more than i can count) until the right combo of drs. some will snatch the right dr, right off the bat. that is why i made this youtube channel... to educate people when drs don't know the answer or hiding the anwer with complex words. with my channel, i am just relaying what my many MANY drs have said over the years/decades (fired, retired, or hired).

posted July 16, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

There are quite a few types of seizures. I'm only aware of my petite seizures. Absence seizures and Grand Mals are not remembered. Keep studying and keep asking questions.

posted July 15, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I take a high dose of Keppra and also Aptiom. Every single person in this group will tell you that everyone experiences different problems. My worst time is when I'm extremely tired, trying to go to sleep, then my body jerks from head to toe briefly, but then again and again until I guess I pass out. I must be mentally able to control myself during the evening while I'm occupied doing things. I also "Space out" during the day and I'm aware that it's happening and I mentally tell my self to "Snap out of it". My best friend doesn't believe that I have seizures since she has never seen me with a Grand Mal which I have had. Nor does she acknowledge that I have Absence seizures which are quite commen for me. Recently I have started having tremors in my arms and hands. She noticed thi as and I told her that these tremors are felt all through my entire body.I also told her that my night time petite seizures may be causing these tremors. Even Neurologist's will truthfully tell you that they can't diagnose anything unless you are connected to an EEG analyzer. I ogtrn wonder if any Neurologist has ever had a seizure of their own. My only advice I tell anyone is "Do what the Dr tells you", keep reading as much as you can stand about thede crazy problems, and continue to read all of these many, many responses in this tremendously large Epilepsy group. Have a blessed day.

posted July 15, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Hi ,I'm on Lamotrigine,Keppra ,clobazam .My grand mals have been controlled but for 20 years I've been having a focal onset ( partial ) seizures with impaired awareness.These can leave me asked out for 24 hours as I have them in clusters with lots of post ictal confusion Fortunately they don't lead to grand mals My neuro said that there was a lot of Sub clinical activity on my last EeG I guess that means there are always small spikes of abnormal activity that I'm not aware of.

posted August 8, 2021

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