Hi I ve had epilepsy since I was 18 months old been on lots of meds phenytoin,phenobarbitone,tegretol,Epilim which caused my children to have fetal anti Convulsant syndrome and now I m on Lamotrigine. In Nov 2011 I had 6 grand mal one after another fitting for just under a hour, then 2 further grand mal following day. Since then developed focal partial seizures which are between 3-6 a day and last about 4 minutes. They feel like having a stroke causing numbness down left side,slurred speech,dribbling and shortness of breath with chest pain. Consultant has advised me to now also go back on Epilim along with Lamotrigine but bothered about side effects even though not planning anymore children. I also butrans patches 55mg for low grade spina bifida along with codeine,paracetamol, vitamin D3,Meloxicam,docusate and laxido. I really need to be seizure free with my children s condition and ow can t drive but live rurally any ideas what s best,feeling desperate and trapped right now.