Much strange stuff being posted here. But I have a serious question for
those experienced with Epilepsy.
I don't remember if I've posted before. So, to recap, I was first
diagnosed
about 16 months ago after having two seizures, one at home and one at the
hospital later. Most likely cause was a ruptured AVM which happened a few
months earlier (and I had been warned at that time I might have seizures
and
had been put on Dilantin as a precaution). After the seizures I was put on
Keppra, 1000 Mg twice a day (and eventually weaned off of the Dilantin).
Didn't have any more seizures until about a month ago. All three seizures
I
guess were generalized (I lost consciousness) but only the second (in the
hospital) was a full tonic-clonic.
My neurologist upped my Keppra to 1500 MG at night (still 1000 in the AM).
No further seizures so far
But, I am getting some strange feelings, usually mid to late afternoon.
Some
light-headedness or spaciness, sometimes a little headache, some dizziness
and nausea (nausea probably due to dizziness). And I sometimes get the
sensation that I could pass out if I "let" myself do so. At that point I
start doing things like looking around and tapping my foot in an attempt
to
not pass out. So far, so good. But I don't know what these sensations are.
Could I just be being hypersensitive to normal afternoon fatigue? Reacting
to increased Keppra dosage? Or could these be "auras" or small partial
seizures? (My AVM was at the right top of my frontal lobe - presumably
that
would be the focus for a partial seizure).
Eric Jacobs
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