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I’ve Had My Left Hippocampus And Amygdala Removed, Started Having Seizures Again 10 Months Later & They Upped The 4 Seizure Meds I’m On.

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Salida, CO

Does anyone have any thoughts? My grand mals are gone but I’m still having seizures

March 9, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

How do you feel after the surgery? That was a huge surgery to have undergone. Taking out your amygdala has had some effects on your emotional aspect? I'm sorry, I'm just really amazed by it all in one sense and of course I'm so sorry that you still suffer seizures. How do you feel during these seizures you have now?
Have the neurologists told you the type of seizures you're having?

March 9, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Sorry to hear that. My son was to have that surgery but did Left Selective Amygdalo-anterior Hippocampectomy. They didn’t take his hippocampus and had no seizure for 13 months and now having seizures again. They want to do another surgery but not sure what we should do. What they did remove is causing a lot of emotional problems for him and worried what another surgery will cause

March 20, 2023

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