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How to get a 4 yr. old to take Topamax?
Wed, 12/15/2004 - 11:49Comments
RE: RE: How to get a 4 yr. old to take Topamax?
Submitted by JASON31 on Fri, 2004-12-10 - 09:08
My Son, Collin, Has parietal epilepsy and he has been on 5 or 6 meds but, they are uncontrollable.
Do you know of anyone who has had this type of epilepsy surgery?
My Son, Collin, Has parietal epilepsy and he has been on 5 or 6 meds but, they are uncontrollable.
Do you know of anyone who has had this type of epilepsy surgery?
RE: RE: RE: How to get a 4 yr. old to take Topamax?
Submitted by Matthews_Mom on Wed, 2004-12-15 - 11:49
My son Matthew has complex partial seizures, surgery is not an option unless the medications do not work. I know with Matthew his break through seizures would always happen at the same time of day so I suggested we change his meds to 3 times a day instead of 2, giving him an afternoon dose. He was seizure free on trileptal for 17 months. though he would have uncontrollable fits and was starting to suffer from headaches. So we are transtitioning him unto a different med. As for surgery, It all depends on where they have to operate and who is doing the surgery. I would have Matthew have surgery if they can assure me that it would stop the seizures and allow him to be med. free. Though our pediatric neurosurgeon has assured us the his egliosus is in a easily operable area in the right temporal lobe. Consult with a ped. neurosurgeon, also try reading or posting to the surgery folder.
I wish you the best as it is not easy to make these types of decisions when it comes to our children.
Lori
My son Matthew has complex partial seizures, surgery is not an option unless the medications do not work. I know with Matthew his break through seizures would always happen at the same time of day so I suggested we change his meds to 3 times a day instead of 2, giving him an afternoon dose. He was seizure free on trileptal for 17 months. though he would have uncontrollable fits and was starting to suffer from headaches. So we are transtitioning him unto a different med. As for surgery, It all depends on where they have to operate and who is doing the surgery. I would have Matthew have surgery if they can assure me that it would stop the seizures and allow him to be med. free. Though our pediatric neurosurgeon has assured us the his egliosus is in a easily operable area in the right temporal lobe. Consult with a ped. neurosurgeon, also try reading or posting to the surgery folder.
I wish you the best as it is not easy to make these types of decisions when it comes to our children.
Lori
RE: How to get a 4 yr. old to take Topamax?
Submitted by Matthews_Mom on Thu, 2004-12-09 - 22:08
If your son can drink out of a straw, I purchased his favorite character cup with an extra large straw and I have him place the capsule on his tongue then I have him take three big drinks of water. We then play a game where he makes sounds with his tongue so he can show me its all gone. This work well with the capsule, I have never tried it with a pill as he always chews them, YUCH! Anyhow I hope this is helpful. Good Luck!
Lori
PS if you need to try just practicing the water drinking without the meds first.
If your son can drink out of a straw, I purchased his favorite character cup with an extra large straw and I have him place the capsule on his tongue then I have him take three big drinks of water. We then play a game where he makes sounds with his tongue so he can show me its all gone. This work well with the capsule, I have never tried it with a pill as he always chews them, YUCH! Anyhow I hope this is helpful. Good Luck!
Lori
PS if you need to try just practicing the water drinking without the meds first.