The DVLA gave me my license back after I'd been seizure-free for a year. Only a 3 year license though.
I didn't realise you are an epi as well.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:39, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

it doesn't stunt everyone's growth you know

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)

Diagnosed in November.
Turns out I wasn't having psychic visions after all.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:40, Reply)

That sounds disappointing

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:41, Reply)

Ah. Sorry to hear that. I was diagnosed 6 years ago.
Have they got you stable on medication yet?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)

Yeah, lamotrigine.
Side effects are clumsiness and night sweats. Lucky I'm already married, eh?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:43, Reply)

so you slide out of bed in the night punching catface as you go?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:44, Reply)

Fortunately we have separate duvets.
It's the secret of a successful relationship.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)

+ bathrooms

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:45, Reply)

That would be lovely.
Some day, I hope.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)

That was before she started the meds.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:46, Reply)

Tru fact

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:50, Reply)

I'm on Lamtrigine, citalapram and diazepam (required only if I think I'm going to fit)
The side effects are a lot worse on other types of treatment than on Lamotrigine.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)

*citalopram high fives*

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)

I'm on lamotrigine and citalopram
and I want diazepam because it's bloody lovely. Yeah, I've been on sodium valproate before (for bipolar) and that sucked hippocock, ain't no way I want back on that.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:49, Reply)

Carbamazepine is fucking shit. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
Panic attacks, hallucinations, sleep walking & loss of memory. Nasty stuff.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)

Nice on cakes though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:54, Reply)

*calls of posse of villagers with flaming torches*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:42, Reply)

That's reassuring.
So your seizures are well under control?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:48, Reply)

95% of the time.
I was very closing to having a seizure a few weeks before Christmas, but haven't had one a full on grand mal / tonic clonic seizure for 5 years
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:50, Reply)

The idea of a tonic clonic terrifies me,
Glad to hear your meds work. I've been having complex partial seizures. Not too awful except for the freaky visions, nausea and absolute feeling of dread that accompanies them.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:52, Reply)

I've told my wife to video it on her phone if I have another tonic clonic. I have no idea what happens as I lose consciousness and want to see it.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:56, Reply)

I'm sure we'd all enjoy seeing that.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)

£200 on YBF
Just sayin'
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)

Plus
you'll get £250 from YBF...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:57, Reply)

what happens if you are no where near the bathroom?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:58, Reply)

I lose bladder control (never bowel so far thankfully), so end up pissing myself.
It's a bit like being Scarpe, but without the pleasure of getting pissed first.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:02, Reply)

A tonic clonic sounds like something a Kensington girl would have to sort out her innards

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:59, Reply)

Sensible Question
How can you almost have a seizure?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)

You get what is known as an aura in advance of a seizure (depending on the type of epilepsy you have)
These are different for different people, I get pins and needles down the side of my face and a sudden aversion to heat.

I then pop a diazepam & lay down until I feel normal again.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:54, Reply)

Fortunately I know nothing about all this
Sounds fucking horrible
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)

It isn't very pleasant.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:58, Reply)

Can only speak from my own experience
but I get a weird feeling that I know I'm going to tip over into one at some point that day. I was getting clusters of 5-10 partial seizures for a day or two each month and I often knew what days they were going to happen because that day I would have the start of the weird feelings that accompany the seizure.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)

What I don't like is having to do certain things differently or not at all in case I have a fit.
As an example, I can't take my daughter swimming without my wife or another adult accompanying us.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:00, Reply)

This is purely because of height restrictions at the baths though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)

No, that's because you're a filthy Saville and can't be trusted alone in a swimming pool.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)

Yes dear.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)

accompanying throwing their washing in with
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:01, Reply)

I reckon his mrs must follow him round with a couple of persil liquitabs in her handbag at all times.
That and a morning after pill so they don't have to renew their marriage vows again.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)

Well, at least my fertility isn't a problem.
Unlike some people I could mention eh Al?

What was it like trying to spunk in to a petri dish?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:05, Reply)

The first neurologist I saw advised me not to go swimming with my daughter in a deserted mountain lake.
It's pretty crap. I love those deserted mountain lakes.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:03, Reply)

It's not deserted if you're there, though.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:06, Reply)

That's why she can't go swimming in deserted mountain lakes!

(Bazongaloid, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:08, Reply)

That's very true.
I expected better logic from a neurologist. It's not brain surgery.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:08, Reply)

LOL

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 16:27, Reply)

how do you know you're close?

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:53, Reply)

See above.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)

He does that pre-cum thing

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:55, Reply)

Damn you

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 15:56, Reply)