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Article: Alternative treatments for epilepsy.
- Article from:
- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- December 1, 1997
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Q Our 12 year old has hid seizures since she was two-years old. Her doctors do not know why she developed epilepsy. Over the years, she has had a number of EEGs, all abnormal. She has taken many medications. First phenobarbital when she was two, but it seemed to make her "hyper" and irritable. Her doctor changed her to Mebaral [TM] to decrease the irritability. This worked for a short period of time, then her seizures increased. We tried Mysoline [TM], then Tegretol [TM] which seemed to decrease the seizures for a while. Then Depakene [TM] was added to the Tegretol [TM] and this also worked for a while. CAT scans, lab tests and an MRI haven't shown anything wrong. Her ...