TIA
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My wife 57, diabetic on insulin , angioplasty done in 2016 had brief episodes of altered loss of conscience in September 2019 and repeat in January 2020.In the latest episode she started screaming in early morning while still in the bed , had urinary incontinence and left sided weakness. She was unable to walk at her own and fell twice, luckily without hurting herself .She was rushed to the hospital where doctor’s initial findings were that it was TIA. Her EEG showed intermittent dominant left temporal sharp and slow waves. However her brain MRI and brain CT were normal without any abnormality .Her 48 hours heart Holter monitoring showed no abnormality .Doctors were unable to find cause of this attack. However they started giving her Levetiracetam HPL 500 mg and Lamotrigine 25 mg daily. She was discharged from the hospital after 3 days .She has lot of weakness and can hardly walk at her own. She has discontinued the new medicines after noticing the severe side effects .She has her follow up appointments with the cardiologist and neurologist next week .In the meanwhile I request Group members to provide their valuable input which may be helpful for my wife’s treatment.
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AlexandriaGizmo SLA
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Did your doctor decide to stop her medication or is this a case of self medicating, if so then not a good route to be taking, obviously they believed she should be on them to keep her stable till she sees the specialist
Can I ask what meds they where
Also their isn't a medication on the planet that doesn't have at least one side effect and mostly have upwards of 20 +
Her illness could be something so innocent even anxiety could bring these symptoms on, until she sees the doctors again you want know, she's lucky enough to have you to be asking for her