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Need help. 2 grand mal seizures
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 20:44Topic: Men With Epilepsy
Hey everyone! I recently had 2 grand mal seizures a month and half apart. One on September 27 and the other on November 13. I was put on keppra. I am hoping I do not have any more seeing that I drive for a living and I can't work right now until my 3 month is over. I have no history of seizures in my family either. I noticed that before both seizures I had only little sleep the nights before and for the second one my head hurt all day. I had both of them during my sleep. I am a 23 year old young man. I was wondering is there anyone out there in the same boat as me or anyone with advice.
also started with nocturnal
Submitted by pccoder on Mon, 2017-03-20 - 13:48
also started with nocturnal seizures, and felt it was probably related to feeing overtired. it's that whole waking with a headache and achy parts of the body (maybe arms or legs) that really makes you feel warm and cumfy (not really) and pissed off.I took Keppra for quite a # of years. If you want to drive and feel comfortable knowing it won't happen again (especially while driving), you're going to probably need to just take the meds. I had no seizures for MANY years. Eventually I started having side effects that are really making me hate life. But! you're young so I make a suggestion. Stay Busy! Stay Healthy! As soon as you let yourself get in to a pattern of lazy, it's so much harder to get back without feeling miserable in the process.