I suddenly had three episodes of intense deja vue in the past 5 day. Last Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday the sense of deja vu just overwhelmed me, leaving me confused and struggling to stay grounded. I also had a few moments of stumbling while walking. And once I fell while getting out of the car. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Deja vu
Posted in epilepsy, tagged deja vu, Depakote, liver, valproate on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tremors
Posted in epilepsy, tagged anticonvulsant, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, shaking, tremors on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the anticonvulsants I’ve been on have left me with tremors in my right hand. They are drug-induced kinetic tremors, as opposed to resting tremors that are typical of Parkinson’s disease. They happen primarily when I am holding something in my right hand. They are most obvious when I am in the midst of an [...]
Moments of lightness
Posted in medication, Uncategorized, tagged Depakote, wellbeing on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you are used to feeling bad so often, when you have a day in which you feel good, you notice it. It’s not that people like my husband, who is perpetually happy and energetic and pain-free, take their feeling good for granted. But I do think that those of us who are used to [...]
