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Have Petit Mal Seizures. Have Sinus Cold After Taking Medicine. How Long Does Increased Dosage Take To Work?

Hello My 19 yer old daughter started having petite mal seizures in her sleep but no every day, her Dr prescribed to start with 2 500 mg a day 4 months ago. Reently she came down with a bad sinus cold, and she had a petite mal seizure in her sleep for 3 nights, Dr said when you are sick your chemistry is off he upped her meds to 1500 mg a day started this 2 days ago, but she had a mild seizure 20 seconds last night, How long does the increaswed meds take to work, and is it because of her cold?
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Epilepsy is a disease, requiring long-term medications. Seizures may recur, even while on medications. As your doctor said, the chances are higher with fever, lack of sleep, etc.

After changing the dose, it may take 5-7 days for the drug effect to optimize.

Please get back if you require any additional information.



Best wishes,



Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)

Senior Consultant Neurologist

Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,

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Have Petit Mal Seizures. Have Sinus Cold After Taking Medicine. How Long Does Increased Dosage Take To Work?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Epilepsy is a disease, requiring long-term medications. Seizures may recur, even while on medications. As your doctor said, the chances are higher with fever, lack of sleep, etc. After changing the dose, it may take 5-7 days for the drug effect to optimize. Please get back if you require any additional information. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com