Personal info Child

• name: Hazel Cooper
• sex: Female
• 12/25/1989 - 11/5/2007
• country: England

Epilepsy info

• primary diagnosis: Multiple Seizure types
  
• additional:
  
• cause: Mother has tonic clonic epilepsy. Hazel was left undiagnosed for eight years.
  
• date diagnosed: At the age of 12
  
• type(s) of seizures: Tonic Clonic, day & night,Atonic, Myoclonic, Complex Partial
  
• frequency of seizures: could be a couple a week but could be more as Hazel is relunctant to admit as to how many. School not very helpful either
  
• additional health issues: Asthma, Aspergers, O.C.D. minor kidney problems that have left scars on kidneys,

Medications used (in chronological order)

1. Carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol)
   
   • still being used: Yes
     
   • effectiveness: Neutral
     
   • max. dose: 500 mg
     
   • positive effect: so far no tonic clonic seizures
     
   • side effects: bit spaced out sometimes
   
   
2. Lamotrigine (Lamictal)
   
   • still being used: Yes
     
   • effectiveness: Positive
     
   • max. dose: 100mg
     
   • positive effect: Slowed the number of seizures down to 1 or 2 a month.
     
   • side effects: At the beginning I had a tingling mouth or lips
     
   • comments: Pleased I went to my GP and said I had no quality of life every time I went out I had seizures,at home I had seizures,caused a lot of stress on myself all the family caring for me.
   
   

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