I’m a 24 yr old female. For the past 12 yrs. I have had these hallucinations at night while sleeping. They range from a strange figure standing in my room to things falling on me. They are very real and scary to me. I literally run through my house screaming during these. I average about […]

Let me start by saying, off and on for most of my adult life (I am 35) I have had passing out spells and migraines…sometimes together, sometimes totally unrelated to one another. In the past couple of years I have started having what my husband believes to be seizures. I always have a horrible headache […]

About three weeks ago an 11 year old girl in my family was not feeling well (having pain in her neck) and went home from school because of it. Later in the day her father found her in the washroom on the floor having a seizure. He called an ambulance right away and had her […]

How valid is a CT scan result? Isn’t it possible that if , let’s say an aneurysm, is very tiny it may not show up? I have a metal clip, so MRI’s are no good for me. I had an AVM removed years ago. I had a migraine last year that was the worse I […]

I am a 39 y.o.(131 lb.) female who has had a seizure disorder for 20 yrs. I am presently on Tegretol 200mg/tid. (I have had grand mal seizures and myoclonic jerks, in the past) I have been experiencing quick sharp pains and burning sensation on the top of my head on and off for the […]

My daughter is twelve years old. She has over the past several months been having severe headaches, dizziness and been extremely tired. A few weeks ago, she passed out quite unexpectedly and with little warning.
She had bloodwork done which returned normal. She was also sent for an EEG. The brainwave pattern indicates that she has […]

After starting the above mentioned dose from 03/12/04 , Serum & LFT test was taken on 06/12/04 and the results are:
Serum carbamazepine - 12.770 ug/ml
valproic acid - 82.420 ug/ml
On the basis of the above report , Doctor reduced the amount of Tegral (carbamazepine) to 1 tablet morning and 1/4 tablet night time.Kindly advise.
Referring to earlier […]

My 16-year old daughter’s seizure / epilepsy medication 
My daughter aged 16yrs , had first seizure in school in October,2000 at the age of 12 yrs.Carried out EEG and MRI.The result of MRI was normal.The result of EEG showed paroxysmal activity i.e epileptiform .Doctors advised that they do not prescribe any medicines after first seizure and […]

Dear Dr. Joshua My problem is hard to expain but I’ll give it a try. Just as I am about to doze off sometimes I have seizures, my head jerks to the side very hard I feel a weird feeling in my brain, like a warning it is coming. I can remember some of it […]

My sister recently went into the ER because she was having what appeared to be seizures. Her right hand would start shaking and then her arms and sometimes her entire body would follow. Her legs and her hand would go numb- she could not feel anything.Her eyes would roll back in her hands and then […]

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My question is in reference to my husband. He has developed diabetes mellitus, though his HA1C was 6.4 when last measured. Normal blood sugars range from 100-120 with some higher and lower fluctuations. He takes Glucophage and Glucotrol for sugar control. He has some diabetic neuropathy from the balls of […]

Follow-up question from J.

Dear Doctor,
Thanks for ur reply and valuable advice. I had consulted another neurophysician who advised only one type of medicine instead of three.He advised to stop Phenobarbitone and Epival and increased the dose of Tegral to one tablet in the morning and one at night for one week and then 3 tablets […]