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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsy

dear doctor my son 20 years old getting diffrent type of epilepsy and gettin aggressive some three to five times a day we were giving him clonazepam (rivotrill) and Valporin now we have stopped what i can we give him to control his convelsion (seizure)
Fri, 14 Nov 2014
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A lot of individuals with epilepsy mood symptoms like aggressive behaviour are seen. Mood swings aggression can occur due to persistent mood changes because of chronicity of illness. Other reason for aggression is illness itself, aggression can occur due to increased seizure discharge in brain.

You have stopped Sodium Valproate and Clonazepam. I would advise you to consult your doctor again and start Sodium Valproate again. The drug is an anticonvulsant and has good mood stabiliser effect. The drug will help to control mood symptoms and seizures also. If seizures and aggression are not controlled with medicines then other augmentation medicines like Levatiracetam, Lacosamide etc can be used. Secondly for his aggressive spells I would advise you to give clonazepam in SOS basis only. Don't self medicate him and if problem persist consult a neuropsychiatrist for evaluation.

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Hello Thanks for asking from HCM A lot of individuals with epilepsy mood symptoms like aggressive behaviour are seen. Mood swings aggression can occur due to persistent mood changes because of chronicity of illness. Other reason for aggression is illness itself, aggression can occur due to increased seizure discharge in brain. You have stopped Sodium Valproate and Clonazepam. I would advise you to consult your doctor again and start Sodium Valproate again. The drug is an anticonvulsant and has good mood stabiliser effect. The drug will help to control mood symptoms and seizures also. If seizures and aggression are not controlled with medicines then other augmentation medicines like Levatiracetam, Lacosamide etc can be used. Secondly for his aggressive spells I would advise you to give clonazepam in SOS basis only. Don t self medicate him and if problem persist consult a neuropsychiatrist for evaluation. Thanks