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Is It Normal To Blackout Being Diagnosed With Epilepsy?

My daughter 12 years old suffering epilepsy as diagnosed by medical team of Medical colg kolkata. She was 1 st time blackout at her age 8 for 1 mint or less. After that she was given Lamitrogine dt 12.5 mg. After 1 year again she black out and her doges increases to 25 mg. That medicine continued till date. Last week she again black out for 1.5 mint. I consulted wit Dr. and doges increased up to 37.5 mg. Now I like to consult with some specialist and want some advice what to do. Plzz give some advise.
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your daughter's symptoms and they are suggestive of epilepsy.

Detailed evaluation would require doing an MRI brain with epilepsy protocol and EEG (electroencephalography).

Lamotrigine is a good and effective anti-epileptic drug and the appropriate dose would depend on her body weight. Please get back with her weight.

I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.

Wishing you good health,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Is It Normal To Blackout Being Diagnosed With Epilepsy?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. I have noted your daughter s symptoms and they are suggestive of epilepsy. Detailed evaluation would require doing an MRI brain with epilepsy protocol and EEG (electroencephalography). Lamotrigine is a good and effective anti-epileptic drug and the appropriate dose would depend on her body weight. Please get back with her weight. I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information. Wishing you good health, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in