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How Long Should I Continue My Medicine For Fits?

i am patient of Fits. My treatment is going on last 12 years. but yet i dont get any success. i am taking medicine then fits will not come. but when i take a break in my medicine routine then fits will come.
So i want to know how long my medicine will continue.
i think i am living on base of medicine.........
Fri, 13 Jan 2017
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Hi,

You can stop medication if you don't have an episode after 3 yrs of medication and if you have a fit even after, then start medication for another 5 years. If you successfully finish it without an episode of fit you can try stopping the medication again. And unfortunately if you again have a fit then start the cycle of 5 year medication truth is brain is highly unpredictabe and we are just in the basics of understanding it. Sorry that you have to go through all this sufferings.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dhamodhara Pandian
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How Long Should I Continue My Medicine For Fits?

Hi, You can stop medication if you don t have an episode after 3 yrs of medication and if you have a fit even after, then start medication for another 5 years. If you successfully finish it without an episode of fit you can try stopping the medication again. And unfortunately if you again have a fit then start the cycle of 5 year medication truth is brain is highly unpredictabe and we are just in the basics of understanding it. Sorry that you have to go through all this sufferings. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dhamodhara Pandian