I started having seizures when I was a Freshman in college (about 18 years old). It wasn't until I was nearly 30 years old, and in the process of changing neurologists, that it even dawned on me that my seizures might be hormonal-related. After charting when my seizures occurred, my doctor and I finally figured out that they were related to my cycles, and I began taking an extra 100mg Dilantin a week before my period and during to prevent any seizures. This seemed to work until I started that wonderful phase of a woman's life, they call Menopause. I haven't had a period in nearly a year (I'm 47 years old), not have I had in nine months. For those that don't think hormones have anything to do with other than sex, they're wrong (at least in my body!!). I continue taking my meds (600 mg Dilantin) each day and see my doctor, and pray that I may be done with having any seizures.
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I started having seizures when I was a Freshman in college (about 18 years old). It wasn't until I was nearly 30 years old, and in the process of changing neurologists, that it even dawned on me that my seizures might be hormonal-related. After charting when my seizures occurred, my doctor and I finally figured out that they were related to my cycles, and I began taking an extra 100mg Dilantin a week before my period and during to prevent any seizures. This seemed to work until I started that wonderful phase of a woman's life, they call Menopause. I haven't had a period in nearly a year (I'm 47 years old), not have I had in nine months. For those that don't think hormones have anything to do with other than sex, they're wrong (at least in my body!!). I continue taking my meds (600 mg Dilantin) each day and see my doctor, and pray that I may be done with having any seizures.
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