Diastat Day

Well we should have known ... It seems when Alex has a great appeptite, wants to clean his plate or keeps 'saying' yes to whatever we offer, we know later he will have seizures. Tonight is one of those nights. He has finished two helpings of Mac and Cheese, 2 Beef Sausage and wants more.

Then he wants me to take him to watch planes. Of course on the way we pass Mac Donald's and he has to have a coke. He never drinks it but I know he enjoys handing them the money so I pull through.

That night he had multiple seizures and Amarycke gives him Diastat. Hmmm, this new med, Lyrica make be responsible for his change in sleep pattern and appetite. Well it has only been one week but the seizures have been more frequent. And that one Friday night at the table really was unusual.

Doctors have studied large numbers of people with epilepsy to find out how well Lyrica controls seizures. When it was used as an add-on with another seizure medicine, a number of adults had large reductions in their seizures, and side effects were not much trouble.

Lyrica is not the best add-on seizure medicine for everyone. Sometimes, a series of combinations must be tried before finding what is best for the individual. Lyrica does have an advantage over some other medicines used for add-on therapy, because the doctor won't have to change how much of the first medicine is prescribed. The lack of interactions also makes Lyrica a good choice for people who need to take medicines for other disorders.