12-03-2015, 06:54 PM
axle2152 Wrote:My mom has epilepsy and has had seizures since 1992. She has hers due to 3 brain tumors. I think what works for her was valproic acid, been a long time since she had one...but I can usually tell if one is coming...might be a few days or later on in the day, she'll get rather twitchy and we just wait for it to happen, usually happens quite suddenly and she's hurt herself falling on the floor in the past so we try to stay home to keep an eye on her.
Me mam and my auntie have grand mal seziures and they can be scary. My auntie has severe learning difficulties and lives with my granny. Granny notices if she looks like she's going to have a seizure soon (people talk about epileptic people having 'auras' before they have a seizure) and dopes her up with some good old fashioned diazepam.