Mine have been somewhat compounded by my back injury. I have screws now in my lower spine and I spend every day in pain and take Vicodin or Norco a few times a day. Whenever doctors want to add or change a medicine there is having to worry if it is going to affect my seizures or my medications. I too go through having to read ingredients to see if something is going to affect me.
Only those suffering from seizures and their family and close friends can realize the impact it will have on someones life. I even had to give up my love of fishing for fear I would have a seizure and fall off the boat and drown. Also because of the injury and the seizures, my doctor is sending me tomorrow for a psychological evaluation because of the depression I have gone through and tried to hide. It is not a fun situation for anyone involved. Even my daughter has been affected by it as I had my first seizure on Christmas morning 2004 right in front of her, she has never forgotten. It has not been a fun 4+ years of my life.
We’re in the middle of having my daughter evaluated by a psychiatrist. Most of the time she is okay, and she has been much better since being on anti-seizure medicaiton. However, she has these terrible tantrums. They are worse when she is going to school, and she doesn’t get enough sleep (like 10 hours) and she has frustrating homework.
I’ll be curious to see what the psychiatrist has to say. She’s doing tons of blood work on my daughter, so I’m curious what those results are.