Help me, I am dizzy!!!!! I started
having these crazy dizzy spells a few
years ago. At first they would come and
go. Now I am dizzy 24 hours a day. I
had an abnormal eeg that shows some weird
electrical activity in my left temporal
lobe. So I was diagnosed with partial
seizures. I have been on depakote and
klonopin for several months but symptoms
seem to be getting worse. I have had
several medical tests. All have been
normal except for the eeg. The
neurologist says that I should be dizzy
during the seizure but not in between. I
can't tell what is what.. If their is
anyone out there that has seizures and
suffers from this dizziness, please tell
me what to do. Please help me. I can't
take anymore. Thanks, tjm1474
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kayakmom
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Posted: 07-07-05 11:14am
How frustrating! I am sorry the
medication has not helped calm things
down. One thought on klonopin, this one
can cause dizziness too.....
I would ask the neuro if there are other
things that might be along with partial
seizures that cause a constant dizziness,
thinking of vertigo or syncope? Ask if
there are other tests that might need to
be done to figure it out?
So sorry, I know it must be so hard to
function wiht constant dizziness...
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riverman
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Dizziness In My Case Turned Out to Be Panic Attack Posted: 08-09-05 14:00pm
:shock:
when my doctor agreed that I could
discontinue dilantin for my seizure
disorder, I began to have dizzy spells
like you are describing. I thought I was
going to have a seizure or die. Turns out
that the dilantin had affected my
seratonin(sp?) levels and that I was
having panic attacks. I started taking
paxil and was simply cured! I also had
the side effect of being happier with
life. Now, seven years later, I had two
grand mals in two nights and I am back on
dilantin and paxil. I am having dizzy
spells. I figure that it is just due to a
bunch of chemical stuff going on. Good
luck.
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bdude92
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same with me Posted: 02-19-08 15:01pm
he ither. I have been feeling the same! I
hate it. sometimes i dont always feel like
it but i usually do most days. I was told
that i should only be feeling like this
during a sezuire and no medication has
helped
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lfelenes
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blocked artery Posted: 05-01-08 16:45pm
My grandma has suffered from dizzinness
spells since she was young. It turned out
she was born with malformation in an
artery that goes to the ear. Dizzinness
has only gotter worse with age.
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RobinN
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Posted: 05-01-08 23:11pm
Has anyone ever suggested Minueres
Disease?
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den324
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dizziness Posted: 05-20-08 21:59pm
My daughter started having seizures a year
ago. The Neurologist put her on 600 mg of
Trileptal. She was having seizures every
two months. The Neurologists told me that
she was not on a high enough dose of
Trileptal; so he put her on 900 mg that's
when the dizziness started. My daughter
basically gets her dizziness from to high
of doses of the medicine. You might ask
your doctor about your milligrams.
Her Neurologists also has told us that she
has a weakness in her brain stem. The
brain stem controls your blood pressure,
oxygen levels, etc. If either drop, it
can create dizziness. Good luck. My
daughter started feeling better when we
lowered her doses. den324
