bellamandu
April 4th, 2009, 04:06 PM
so today, despite my prescribed meds, i had a seizure at work today.
i am actually rather horrified by it. i dont really remember the details of the seizure itself, so when hubby picked me up from work he asked the managers and workers to describe to him what happened so we can let the doctor know what kind of seizure it was so we can modify the meds from there.
this was the reply from my boss: "oh, i dont know. i just let her sit down. we weren't really paying any attention."
"well did she have a seziure?"
"i dont know, she said she was..."
"well can you describe what happened? what she convulsing or did she just seem kinda loopy?"
"i already said, i dont know, no one was watching her."
this, despite the fact that they were given instructions that when i have a seizure i need to be watched so i dont hurt myself.
im terrified to go back.
unfortunately, i might get my wish.
despite the fact that they knew ahead of time about my seizures and about missing plenty of work until it gets under control, i have a feeling i wont have a job next week.
the doc is doubling my dose. im not at my full prescribed dose as of yet. its so high a dose that i have to gradually go up to it over two weeks. i am supposed to skip a week and go into the next dose. because of that i have to miss 4 more days of work until the meds stabilize in my system.
and to top it all of the jump in dose is making me an emotional wreck, i've gained 7lbs in the past week and im prolly gonna gain even more now. luckily the doctor says if i keep having seizures at top dose that he's going to swap meds for me until we can find something that works.
i started at 500 and am gradually working my way up to 1500mg. the doc just doubled me from 500 to 1000 per day, skipping a week of adjusting.
bleh.... i suppose this is all to be expected, not only is it prescribed for seizures, but bi-polar disorder, manic depression, anxiety, and migraines.
my boss didnt seem to happy. which is strange because in a way she also seems like she could give a shit less... at least when its on company time anyway.
hubby says if i get fired he wants to sue, but i'm not sure exactly how to go about that.
i want to move back to myrtle beach. :(
and eta: the meds i am referring to are Depakote ER, you can view all the nasty effects of it here:http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral
and a discussion from depakote patients here: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral (http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral)
if you scroll down to the next few pages, you can see where the average patient is gaining 20lbs or more, or is having a hell of an emotional state.
i am actually rather horrified by it. i dont really remember the details of the seizure itself, so when hubby picked me up from work he asked the managers and workers to describe to him what happened so we can let the doctor know what kind of seizure it was so we can modify the meds from there.
this was the reply from my boss: "oh, i dont know. i just let her sit down. we weren't really paying any attention."
"well did she have a seziure?"
"i dont know, she said she was..."
"well can you describe what happened? what she convulsing or did she just seem kinda loopy?"
"i already said, i dont know, no one was watching her."
this, despite the fact that they were given instructions that when i have a seizure i need to be watched so i dont hurt myself.
im terrified to go back.
unfortunately, i might get my wish.
despite the fact that they knew ahead of time about my seizures and about missing plenty of work until it gets under control, i have a feeling i wont have a job next week.
the doc is doubling my dose. im not at my full prescribed dose as of yet. its so high a dose that i have to gradually go up to it over two weeks. i am supposed to skip a week and go into the next dose. because of that i have to miss 4 more days of work until the meds stabilize in my system.
and to top it all of the jump in dose is making me an emotional wreck, i've gained 7lbs in the past week and im prolly gonna gain even more now. luckily the doctor says if i keep having seizures at top dose that he's going to swap meds for me until we can find something that works.
i started at 500 and am gradually working my way up to 1500mg. the doc just doubled me from 500 to 1000 per day, skipping a week of adjusting.
bleh.... i suppose this is all to be expected, not only is it prescribed for seizures, but bi-polar disorder, manic depression, anxiety, and migraines.
my boss didnt seem to happy. which is strange because in a way she also seems like she could give a shit less... at least when its on company time anyway.
hubby says if i get fired he wants to sue, but i'm not sure exactly how to go about that.
i want to move back to myrtle beach. :(
and eta: the meds i am referring to are Depakote ER, you can view all the nasty effects of it here:http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral
and a discussion from depakote patients here: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral (http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-19881-Depakote+ER+Oral.aspx?drugid=19881&drugname=Depakote+ER+Oral)
if you scroll down to the next few pages, you can see where the average patient is gaining 20lbs or more, or is having a hell of an emotional state.