Ds was diagnosed at 18mths with myoclonic seizures with occasional absense seizures. He had one tonic clonic episode which resulted in him being hospitalised but thankfully he responded to the first medication we tried (sodium valproate liquid) he was fit free for 3 years on the medication and we started to wean him off when he was 5. He's now 10 and been off meds for 4 years with no signs of any problems.
However he's had a couple of occasions recently when he's said he doesn't "feel like he's in his body" - I put it down to tiredness and he seems fine. Today I got called into school as he'd had a huge jerk when he was getting a ruler from under the desk. His teacher says his head shot up and back with enough force to lift the table up and he's given himself quite a bump on the back of the head.
He was apparently quite shocked and tearful afterwards and didn't seem to know what had happened. School still has the protocol from when he was on his medication in ks1 so called me.
My question is, can infantile epilepsy return? I was under the impression that if they grew out of it then it would be rare for them to have fits again when they were older.
I'm obviously keeping a close eye on him but he seems his normal self.
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Can epilepsy come back?
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whojamaflip · 12/05/2017 19:14
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