Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 1 Location: North Carolina
New Here & Questions About My Husband Posted: 07-03-04 15:39pm
I am new to this forum and have some
questions about my husband. He has been
well controlled for about 2 years on
trileptal for absence seizures. Hasn't
had a seizure in 17 months. He does have
weight issues due to his meds and has
recently been having some high blood
pressure which his gp is monitoring.
Yesterday after mowing the grass and
getting very hot he bent down to move some
bricks and the next thing I knew he was on
the ground. He just sorta set back hard
and fell against the neighbors fence.
Scared the heck out of me cause I have
never seen him fall during a seizure so
wasn't sure if he was having a stroke or
what (he's 50 btw) he acted a little dazed
and laughed kind of silly which was my
clue that he had had a seizure.
My question is could his blood pressure
have shot up when he bent over and caused
the seizure? And does it sound like he
needs to get on some bp meds? Does to me.
Just wondering if he should be more
careful about high bp because of the
epilepsy?
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