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Time, Haldol is most often used for psychosis and not depression. Amitriptylene is used for depression and Artane is a drug for Parkinson's type symptoms. There are many, many useful and effective drugs
Dear Time, I cannot say for certain, but I believe from what you have related that the "blackouts" are partial seizures. She is currently on Epilim, which I believe, in the U.S. is called phenytoin
Hi Daniel, Yes - an MRI is different from a C-T scan and it is important that she have one done. Seizures come from so many causes. If her MRI is perfectly normal and her EEG is perfectly normal, chances
Dear Daniel, You asked what the chance is of suffering another seizure if you have experienced one seizure. The only way that we can answer that, is if we know what provoked the first one. Every one
Hi Merlissa, What a good Mom you are!!!!! Yes, there is a certain percentage of seizures that can be affected by hormone activity. I believe that it would be worth a try with oral contraceptives. There

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