seizures......?

Question

what is the best over the counter medicine for seizures...if there is any...and what symptoms do i experience if i have seizures...i live alone and i dont remeber anything from when i have them...i do have memory loss......chronic headaches .........i see things when i blink such as little flashes of red white and blue...some times its white alone like lil stars blinking...than other times i see blue and red like police flashes......

Answer 1

i have a couple friends that get seizures, this 1 girl had a thing they put in her brain or some thing, idk, and this other girl took some meds, i have know clue what they were though. sorry, i couldn't help. but when i asked this 1 girl what it was like when she gets them, she said that she can feel them coming, then when it happens, it feels like ur being droped from a really tall building. i actually think that would be kinda cool, but she hates them, and i get why,,, i wish i knew more, so i could help u.

Answer 2

This is VERY serious, you have to see a doctor. This is NOT something you treat with an over the counter medication. To the best of my knowledge there is none anyhow.

Anti-seizure medication has to be administered and monitored by a doctor.

I hope you are not driving a vehicle !

Seizures happen for a reason and what I have learned through research is that multiple seizures can lead to brain damage.

A person I know who went years with undiagnosed nocturnal epilepsy has permanent damage to her left brain. It has atrophied from repeated seizure activity.

You may be having petite mal seizures however even they can someday just go on without stopping, and can eventually kill you. You can also injure yourself during a seizure.

Signs you are seizuring, stiff sore muscles, a sore tongue or mouth from biting yourself, coming to and feeling very fatigued and disoriented. Seizures are extremely stressful on the body, and the brain.

However the symptoms you mention could very well be caused by other medical conditions including blood pressure related disorders. Do you experience this "spells" more often when suddenly standing up for instance? Or after some kind of physical exertion?

The vision disturbances could also be part of what is often called a "silent migraine" which many people suffer from, the migraine isnt the excruciating pain most migraine suffers feel however vision can "fracture" so you feel as if you are looking through a prism, everything becomes bright and glittery, or you can lose half your vision as if someone drew a black line across your eyeball - you can also experience a weird "light show" such as you described.

Diabetes can also cause seizure activity.

Your symptoms could also suggest something more serious, such as a tumour on the optic nerve - or a brain tumour.

No one here can give you the advise you need. You MUST see a doctor immediately, and get a diagnosis and treatment.

Good luck with this, please DONT wait any longer.

I wanted to add that a seizure is a SYMPTOM of a medical problem, not a disease or condition in itself.

Answer 3

I'm an RN and I have seizures. There is NO over the counter meds for it and in fact some over the counter meds aggravate seizures like antihistamines. When the seizure begins you will not know it. Then once you start to become aware of your surroundings you will not remember that you had a seizure, that is called the post-dictial phase. People will tell you that you had one but you won't believe them because you won't remember. Then there is about a 10-15 minute time period that you are very confused. The headaches could be from hitting your head on something while having one but it should be checked out. They may be the cause of the seizures. Seizures are caused by MANY different things. As far as seeing flashes and colors I'm not sure. Definitely go to a doctor. There are alot of great meds out now that are not that expensive. Good luck.

Answer 4

I would put him on the med for now and then you can get a second opinion. The blood tests done should help solve the issue of any side effects. My mom has seizures and unfortunately medicine is the only thing that helps her and many others with epilepsy. Fortunately, your dog is being prescribed one cheap and readily available drug and not half a dozen. Not to say that there are not alternative treatments that work or at least help in some cases. But, the majority of the time, you are going to need medication to control seizures. It sounds like you may be in doubt he is having seizures. If that's the case, have another conversation with the vet about what they look like to be sure you aren't needlessly medicating.

Answer 5

There is no "over the counter" medicine for seizures, because the cause can be from so many different diseases. Do not try and self diagnose them, go to a doctor and tell him or her just what you said here. They will do an EEG, which is a painless test that can detect epilepsy, and it can be easily treated with inexpensive medications. It may be from some other cause, such as brain tumors, damage from a fall, chemical imbalance as simple as your sodium being out of whack, or many other causes.

If you are concerned with costs of medicine, or if you don't have insurance, ask your doctor for some samples of a medicine before you buy it, because sometimes it may take trying a few different ones to get it under control.

I have a non epileptic seizure disorder, and it is under control. I would urge you not to drive a car or even cook at the stove until you get this checked by a doctor or neurologist. If you lose consciousness while driving, cooking or even climbing stairs you can be seriously hurt. Take care, and please go see a doctor as soon as possible! I hope you are okay.

Answer 6

As someone who has been taking seizure medicine 2/82, I can honestly say that there is no over-the-counter medicine that exists. I have not had a seizure since 4/18/83, knock on wood, but when I did have seizures my ears would always ring beforehand. My ears would ring so loud that I would hear nothing else but the constant ringing in my ears for about 5-10 minutes. During this time that my ears would ring, I would lost my bearings where I was. About 20 minutes after my ears stopped ringing, that is when I would starting going into violent seizures.

My suggestion to you is to see a neurologist ASAP. The reason why I state this fact was because the very last seizure that I had, I was told that my heart had stopped beating for about 3 minutes. The first seizure I had, was in 2/82 and I was sleeping on the top bunk-bed when I fell off and landed on the concrete floor, shattering my right cheek bone when I hit the floor. My neurologist has my taking 200 mg of Tegretol twice a day. The medicine works or it did for me, anyway. Hopefully, the doctor can find the right medicine for you to taking and control your seizures like it did me.

Answer 7

I suffer from seizures. One of the main things that you will notice after having a seizure is that you don't remember what you do while having a seizure and you rarely remember having a seizure at all. One thing that I experience before having a seizure is a headache right above my left ear, temple area I think. If you are to the point that you are seeing flashes of light you most definitely should have already seen a doctor. The neurologist will do an EEG which checks the brain waves, it will show what type of seizures you are having.

Answer 8

I would see a doctor. There are some perscription meds that can help to reduce/control seizures before they come on. Try to avoid watching anything that has rapid movements (blinking lights, video games, etc) Those can often put you right into a seizure.
Often times the warning signs are a visual, taste, smell, sensory, or other hallucination or dizziness.

Answer 9

Seek help man, my wife suffers from grand maul seizures. She takes "Dilantin". The insurance switched her to generic. The seizures became worse. Sometimes afterwords she is "blank" for a few days. The insurance finally approved brand name meds, but the seizures are still present from time to time. She does have memory loss, and sleeps a lot afterwords. I have heard that some seizures are caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Good luck in seeking help.

Answer 10

There are no over the counter medicines for seizures.

There are not clear cut sympotoms for seizures because there are many different types. I have Grand Mal seizures, memery loss & headaches is not uncommon.

I would advise going to a Dr asap

Answer 11

ooooohhhhhh dude, I would put money on the fact that you are not having seizures! Because (in my case) when I have a seizure it is a--to put it bluntly-- a very scary experience that I will remember for the rest of my life...There is no over the counter junk. Get yourself to a doctor ASAP