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What Are The Options To Limit/stop The Seizures After Removal Of Right-temporal Lobe & The Seizures Spreading To Other Brain Areas?
Doctors have removed my right-temporal lobe, and my seizures have taken over the left-temporal lobe while causing damaged to the frontal/parietal lobe(s). Until my seizures took over others areas of my brain, I was a senior in college (GPA of 3.4 over the last two years) and considering graduate programs in Neuroscience/Neuropsychology. Since seizures have taken over other areas of my brain medications have been equally unsuccessful at even limiting my seizure activity. With that in mind, I am concerned as to what options may be left or which hospitals I should consider? My Neurologist and Neurosurgeon are associated with the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic. As such, I would be communicating with them before making any decisions.
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that your seizures are not well controlled despite undergoing an epilepsy surgery, removal of temporal lobe.
This is because other brain areas are the source of current seizures in you now.
These seizures can be managed with medications such as carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, lamotrigine, etc. Either a single drug or a combination of drugs may be used.
If the seizures do not get controlled with drugs, doing another surgery is also an option.
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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Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that your seizures are not well controlled despite undergoing an epilepsy surgery, removal of temporal lobe.
This is because other brain areas are the source of current seizures in you now.
These seizures can be managed with medications such as carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, lamotrigine, etc. Either a single drug or a combination of drugs may be used.
If the seizures do not get controlled with drugs, doing another surgery is also an option.
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
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