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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy
My name is Indranil Majumdar ( Kolkata , India ) . Now I am 42 years of age , Male , approx 95 kgs of weight , height 6 feet , married , and having a 12 year old son . I have been suffering from Epilepsy since 1982 . Continuous medication is being taken from that time .I have hereditary history . Currently I am taking 6 tabs of Tergitol CR 200 & 3 capsules of Dilantin 100 per day . No seizures have occured after August -- 2003 . Shall continuous medication can have any side effects ? I fear that stopping of these medications can start seizures again , as such I am not going to doctor . Will you please advise accordingly what shall be my next course of action ?
I am a professional and working as a manager in a steel industry in India.
Regards
Indranil Majumdar
Kolkata , India
I am a professional and working as a manager in a steel industry in India.
Regards
Indranil Majumdar
Kolkata , India
Wed, 30 Sep 2015
hi, according to your information your suffring from idiopathic generalized epilepsy(IGE). since most of IGE needs life long treatment, but since you had not suffered any seizure episode since 12 years u can take trial of gradual withdrawal of anti-epileptics but it should in guidance of any neurologist.
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