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My brother-in-law has been having seizures for a lot of years.  It used to just be every once in awhile at night. Now he gets a few a week, while he's awake.
My husband and I love him a lot. We are worried about him. I also have NO idea how to help calm the family down. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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1156914 tn?1300571629
well, the best you can do is try, you can't force someone to listen. if they do then that's great but if they don't at least you can say that you tried
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1156914 tn?1300571629
well, the best you can do is try, you can't force someone to listen. if they do then that's great but if they don't at least you can say that you tried
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He sees his doctor all the time. I feel bad for him he goes so often.  
I am here to get educated about seizures, however, I am just the caring sister-in-law. I don't know if anyone would listen to me.
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1156914 tn?1300571629
Hi there

First and most important is that he must go get checked out by his neurologist. His medication will most probably be increased to try get the seizures under control or the neurologist may decide to try something different altogether. If that really doesn't work, he can discuss whether he would be a candidate for surgery. Has he been under more stress lately? That could be a cause for an increased number of seizures.

As for the family, have they been educated about epilepsy? Usually when people have the knowledge about something, it becomes less scary and you don't worry as much. You could tell them that them worrying makes him worry about them worrying which makes things worse (I hope that sentence made sense)

Take care
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