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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy And Sleeplessness

Hi, this is going to be a long one but I have a lot of health concerns. I am a 15 year old female and for years I have suffered from chest pains, anxiety, seizures, dizzy spells, and insomnia. I have no idea whether any of it is related. The chest pains start rapidly at anytime of the day or night and could last for hours. Sometimes it it so painful it wakes me up. It mostly hurts from the middle of my chest to my left side. It hurts to breathe or move and feels deep in my chest. I have been to the doctors and they say it isn t my heart but it keeps getting worse. I have always been a worrier but my anxiety is really bad. I randomly feel like I m having panic attacks even when I m just sitting at home. I am an unofficially diagnosed epileptic and they say the stress caused my seizures. I was put on a few medications that had to keep being changed because of bad weight gain, allergic reactions and other problems. Most recently I was on Keppra. Before that was Epilum and Tegritol. The seizures have stopped now but sometimes I still feel like I m going to have one and I ve passed out a few times too. I get dizzy spells quite a bit. Sometimes when I m sitting or lying down it suddenly feels like I can t tell which way is up. Even though I know I m sitting up I feel like I m upside down or on my side. Other times when I stand up everything goes black and I get a bad pain in my head. I have to sit down to avoid falling over and after a couple of seconds it clears. I don t really know what insomnia is but I have always had trouble sleeping. Laying awake for hours and nightmares. I would feel so tired during the day and at night, even though I m still tired, I can t sleep. I m really concerned. I hate constant doctors visits, missing school, and feeling horrible all the time. This is ruining my life and I need some help. Thank you, Charlotte.
Mon, 23 Jun 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Divalproex sodium, carbamazepine, phenytoin sodium are good drugs for epilepsy.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D
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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy And Sleeplessness

Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. Divalproex sodium, carbamazepine, phenytoin sodium are good drugs for epilepsy. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D