Reged: 03/09/06
Posts: 900
Loc: High Rocky Mountains ibs-d
Phenytoin has many side effects but the ones that have affected me the most are osteomalacia and osteoporosis. I've been told that I have bones of an old woman, and don't fall (so what … I'm an old man!). And my gums have become softer. But it certainly has been better than bouncing off the ground for 40 years.
Although my seizures are service related I'm lucky to have private insurance that pays most of the bills, including medication. Most of the VA clinics I've been to are not competent.
Nelly … I would think that a doctor would prescribe something as a preventive measure for you. Certainly I can't see the big medical picture, but I don't understand why they don't. I know that there is concern about long time use of anticonvulsant medication, but it's still better then the concrete sidewalk, or having an accident with a motor vehicle.
It's good that you have "pre-seizure activity"... a warning. During this time have you been to a doctor? Possibly when you are having "pre-seizure activity" they could find something.
We are always … always wishing you the very best.
-------------------- Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher
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Re: grand mal
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher
