Guest guest Posted May 27, 2001 Report Share Posted May 27, 2001 Okay. . . I'll try to make this quick. We were on an 8-10 day seizure free cycle and actually this last time went 15 days! That ended on Friday morning when she woke up at 5:15 a.m. with a brief complex partial (that's the type she has) seizure. I was braced for a bad day -- but the rest of the day was fine. Then the same thing happened yesterday and today -- 6 a.m., fine the rest of the day, and 6:15 a.m. and (hopefully!), fine the rest of today. Just trying to figure out why this change and if there's anything I can do. Here's the variables: * She had a stomach bug last weekend and early this week (which I now have -- yuk!). She had a horrible time finishing meals and for probably 3-4 days I have no idea what she actually ended up eating, ratio-wise. To my amazement, throughout this, she had no seizures. * A week ago Friday, we dropped her afternoon tablet of Lamictal altogether. This Friday (after she had the a.m. seizure) we dropped 1/2 tablet of her morning dose. . .this has been our wean schedule. . .1/2 tablet a week. Here's what I'm thinking: * Could be the virus leaving her system. Do nothing and wait it out. * Could be the erratic eating patterns catching up to her. Do nothing and wait it out. * Could be withdrawls. Do nothing and wait it out. * Could be related to blood sugar, since it's at regular times. Either drop the ratio to 3.7 OR work in a bedtime snack -- either a couple madademia nuts, which doesn't seem like much -- or split her afternoon cookie snack in two and give her 1/2 of it at bedtime. Any thoughts? It's so darned maddening to see these long stretches and then start seeing them creep back in and not know why.--DeEtte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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