In need of a reply

[sonu293]

My Sisters Fiance is suffering from fits . in the past 4 to 5 years he got it very less times and now in the last 1 year he is getting fits very frequetly.

Now my parents are scared to get them married
Please let me know how can we reduce the frequency of fits or can we have a cure for it..

I have posted in many other sites ,. i dint get any reply .. hope atleast i get a reply here.
Let me know if its better to postpone the marraige or please suggest for any other solutions .
Or can we go on with the marriage

[Keppra]

he needs to get tests..........the only thing I say is please don't put him on diliantin. That gives you cerebellar (shirnks the one side of your brain) put him on Keppra. My doctor put me on Keppra instead of Dilantin....I was already on diamox and tegratol. Now I'm taking keppra,diamox and tegertol and my seizers are under control, they will never be gone for good.  I have had them since I was 12 and now I'm 54 but I'm down to about 3 every month or two and they were not under conrol that much until I started taking Keppra.       Good Luck

[skepticalpeach]

If your sister wants to marry him I don't see why a medical condition should change that. It doesn't change who he is or his personality. If anything it means that he needs her more. Should you not marry someone who is infertile or has depression? That doesn't make sense to me.

If everyone is worried that he may have a seizure during the wedding is it a possibility that they could go get a quick wedding at the court house? When he has them under control again then they could have their big, dream wedding.

[teddybears4ever2]

Well the best thing you can do is have him see a doctor, a neurologist. From there they will find a medication, or combination of medicines that work. According to my brother-in-law they do blood tests to check for certain antibodies to see if a medication is working.  There is no reason why someone who has seizures can't live a normal life.

[ErinLaw]

He needs to go see a Neurologist and have a MRI and an EEG to determine what the fits are and if he is having seizures they can determine what area of his brain the seizures are coming from and make a treatment plan for him.  There are a lot if medications that can control epilepsy or atleast reduce the amount of seizures.

I have a vascular malformation in my right temporal that casues my epilepsy and I have been undergoing treatment for a long time.  The medication will have me stable for a while and then the seizures become unstable and we have to change our treament plan, for me personally surgery is the next step but there are plenty of people who are successfully treated and controlled on medication alone.

My very first seizure ever was 3 days before my wedding and my husband was there for me and my husband, my family and his family have all stayed by my side throughout everything.  I couldn't get through all of this without him and without the suppourt of our families......do not give up on him!!!!  There is one thing we have never done....We do not let the epilepsy control our lives!  

Good luck with everything.
Erin

[AnnieBrooke]

He should see a doctor and discuss the possibility that the fits are from epilepsy, and what can be done about it.