I missed one of my medications for at least 2-3 days because I did not have it in my pill container I use for the week with the rest of my medications. It is the first time I have done this. I had a small break through seizure. It was one where I stared, froze, and did some lip smacking. I felt it coming on and then could not do anything. I felt somewhat tired afterwards. The next day I did not feel bad. Is this a normal trigger for seizures?
AED’s should never be just stopped so that is why you had a seizure, I got a rash from Tegretol and the DR told me to stop taking it, so I did, first bout of tonic clonic seizures I’d ever had, they must always be weaned off
Sean I have 3 pill boxes too. Found out the hard way that pills can get wedged in the little slot. So now I double check the case before I close it up after taking those pills.
Another time I had a tiny pill get lodged in my gums. I hadn't drank enough water to get all pills swolled.
Lessons learned the hard way
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I have a pill box that has morning, noon, evening and bed. There has been a few times when I was taking my bed medicine and found out the evening pills were still in the box. So that meant I missed my evening meds but still didn’t have a seizure.
Yup. Every time I miss one pill I have a seizure within 2 hours
Most definitely. This happened to me once. I've never missed a dose ever since.