Why after having a seizure am I not able to walk properly?
Posted by
GinaCha
In October 2008 I was driving to my ex-boyfriends house when the whole entire right side of my body felt numb and tingly & I almost couldn't move it at first. I tried to ignore it and after a couple seconds it went away, luckily I was a stop light when this happened. A couple hours later I was hanging out at the casino and just started to have a seizure, and woke up with the EMT's around me. They took me to a local sharp hospital, I believe while I was there I had another seizure. During my stay I had two seizures. The doctors ran a bunch of test but they couldn't find out what was wrong with me. I believe they did a EEG and an MRI of my brain but they couldn't find anything so they released me. They put me on Dilatian and I was fine for a couple of weeks until I had another seizure while at my ex-boyfriends, I was still on Dilatian while they took me Pomerado Hospital, near my Ex's house, and ran a bunch of test, CT scan, MRI, EEG, while the EEG showed abnormality it still did not show the reason why I was having seizures. Again during my long stay at this hospital I had another seizure. I had another hospital stay again where
they put me on Keppra 3000mg a day Topamax 100mg a day and 1mg of folic acid a day, and since I think about three months I have not had a seizure since then, but I am finding difficulty walking normally on my right leg and difficulty using full strength with my right arm. I was wondering if anyone knew why this was.
I have seen three different neurologist that keep brushing it off. They say that it is normal for someone to have difficulty moving after they have a seizure but not three months after their seizures are control.
I normally wouldn't ask online, but I'm desperate to be a normal college student again. Please if anyone has any insight on this please let me know, anything I can let the doctors know or anything along thouse lines.
I'm a cigarette smoker who recently quit but started back up again
I have neuerofibromitosis type 1 (but the neurologist say its not related to my seizures)
I use to drink on ocassion, but haven't sinice I started having seizures, and I'm afraid too start back up again. (The seizure's before I had them seriously were painful to my body.)
I don't do drugs of any kind. I was even afraid to take the vicodon that my dentist perscribed me after getting three root canals done.
I take my medicine twice daily, every day.
please if anyone has any advice, something I can tell the doctors, something that they have missed, or something that I can let them know, maybe a test that they can run, or something that could help me walk better? please any advice would help.
Posted by GinaCha
In October 2008 I was driving to my ex-boyfriends house when the whole entire right side of my body felt numb and tingly & I almost couldn't move it at first. I tried to ignore it and after a couple seconds it went away, luckily I was a stop light when this happened. A couple hours later I was hanging out at the casino and just started to have a seizure, and woke up with the EMT's around me. They took me to a local sharp hospital, I believe while I was there I had another seizure. During my stay I had two seizures. The doctors ran a bunch of test but they couldn't find out what was wrong with me. I believe they did a EEG and an MRI of my brain but they couldn't find anything so they released me. They put me on Dilatian and I was fine for a couple of weeks until I had another seizure while at my ex-boyfriends, I was still on Dilatian while they took me Pomerado Hospital, near my Ex's house, and ran a bunch of test, CT scan, MRI, EEG, while the EEG showed abnormality it still did not show the reason why I was having seizures. Again during my long stay at this hospital I had another seizure. I had another hospital stay again where
they put me on Keppra 3000mg a day Topamax 100mg a day and 1mg of folic acid a day, and since I think about three months I have not had a seizure since then, but I am finding difficulty walking normally on my right leg and difficulty using full strength with my right arm. I was wondering if anyone knew why this was.
I have seen three different neurologist that keep brushing it off. They say that it is normal for someone to have difficulty moving after they have a seizure but not three months after their seizures are control.
I normally wouldn't ask online, but I'm desperate to be a normal college student again. Please if anyone has any insight on this please let me know, anything I can let the doctors know or anything along thouse lines.
I'm a cigarette smoker who recently quit but started back up again
I have neuerofibromitosis type 1 (but the neurologist say its not related to my seizures)
I use to drink on ocassion, but haven't sinice I started having seizures, and I'm afraid too start back up again. (The seizure's before I had them seriously were painful to my body.)
I don't do drugs of any kind. I was even afraid to take the vicodon that my dentist perscribed me after getting three root canals done.
I take my medicine twice daily, every day.
please if anyone has any advice, something I can tell the doctors, something that they have missed, or something that I can let them know, maybe a test that they can run, or something that could help me walk better? please any advice would help.