I am currently under investigation in hospital for siezurers. As I have other health issues I have started to refuse any change or alteration with my medication die to side effects. I have been tried on 3 different AED medication which resulted in suiside and various other problems, and I am asking is other sufferers have had these problems and what happened. Is epilepsy a meaning for types of seizure. I think I am getting demensia along with this, Hey Well I will do my ususal and think that there is always someone worse off than me
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It sounds like you've had an awful time with your epilepsy medicine. When someone does have side effects from their epilepsy medicine, they are hard to deal with.
When someone starts a new medicine or increases their dosage, they may get side effect for a few days or weeks. Unfortunately, it’s a case of finding the fine balances against feeling so unwell with side-effects and seizure control. But the role of the medicine is to give you a better quality of life, so keep talking to your epilepsy specialist or nurse about your concerns and treatment options.
When someone has epilepsy, it means they have a tendency to have epileptic seizures. Electrical activity is happening in our brain all the time, as the cells in the brain send messages to each other. A seizure happens when there is a sudden burst of intense electrical activity in the brain. This causes a temporary disruption to the way the brain normally works, so the brain’s messages become mixed up. The result is an epileptic seizure. epilepsy.org.uk/info/what-i...
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