tantrum

have just been diagnosed with epilepsy so the escort had to go :-( as i lost my licence for atleast 12 months :-( was looking forward to going to ford fair aswell but thats outa the game now :-( anyone else on here got and have any advice for me

Saaamon

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Thats pretty shit mate, you must be gutted. Fingers-crossed you get your license back in a year though.

tantrum

ye as im only 17 thou my renewal was 2k so ive ended up saving that and im plannin on buying a newer car this time next year

Saaamon

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All the best mate

RST

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sorry to hear that mate. My best mate has the same problem, His due to some silly wanker not straping his load on his lorry, and hitting my mate on his mo ped He Has Brain damage which is linked to his Epilepsy.
Chip up tho mate, you may well be fine in 12 months and can start driving again

STAFFY OWNER

Sorry to hear that mate, hopefully in a years time it will be all systems go again. Could you persuade any of your mates to drive to Ford Fair. If you were nearer to me i would offer you a lift as i will be going anyway.

Anybody on here able to give this fella a lift if you're passing his area?

RS500/364

Its 12 months from the last fit and must be nuroepilepsy
night time fits i wouldn't worry i was banned for two years to find out the law changed half way though so had two year should have been just one !
keep the car do the things you would have to it and count the weeks not days till you drive again

madsi

thats crap news mate,my missis suffers with a sort of epilepsy.she had a fit out of the blue about 5 and half years ago,went to the doctors who didnt really want to know to be honest.she had a second fit and went grey and swallowed her tongue,i had to stick my fingers in her mouth and save her,she nearly bit my bastard fingers off.she came round in the hospital and didnt know what had gone off.hospital were spot on and sent her to the nuerology department at the hallamshire in sheffield.els now on tablets called lamotrigine,which touch wood have controlled the fits,even while she was pregnant.as someone else has said,spend money on the car while its off the road

Rax

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Sorry to hear this mate,I was wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy a few years ago after having a couple of blackouts.License taken away for a few months and it absolutely did my head in.Illness I can cope with,no driving I can not.
I hope in the future things get better for you.

NoRubNoDub

If your interested mate mite be able to help you out with ford fair, few of us coming from northern Ireland, wouldn't be to far of a detour to lift you on the way?

tantrum

none of the mate can drive so cant ask any of then, and ye i still havnt bought my ticket yet but any lift would be very much appreiciated

Benni

I had water on the brain at 14 which caused me some serious side effects, one of which is epilepsy. Keeping a good sleeping pattern will help with a good nights sleep. Going out and getting plastered and then getting up to go to work, college and stuff doesn't help.

If you are on medication, I am on tegratol take it vigarously. I missed mine once for a few days as the chemist had none, and although I never had a fit, I had the flashing stars which is the start of a fit.

If you do have a fit, make sure your family members know not to try and pick you up. This will cause you more harm than good. Get a pillow and tell them to try and rest you, making sure your arms and stuff don't hit anything. I've seen nurses try and pick a man up and he fell back down twice and cut his face and hurt his elbow. These are trained professionals, and they fucked up.

Take it easy, and hopefully in a year you'll be on the road again and fighting fit. I spent about 6 months at one point in and out of bed, fitting with whacking great migraines and it wasn't pleasent. Medicine these days is like a miracle drug, and I've not had one for years!

P.S Sounds daft, but make sure you've been correctly diagnosed. There are similar things like classic migraine, and I was diagnosed with this and the medication did nothing. Only for seeing a different specialist I was correctly diagnosed and put on Tegratol. I live in Liverpool and don't go to many shows, but if I do and you wanna' come, you're welcome.

Benni.

tantrum

thanks benni for all the info well im off to hospital on 19th for ecg or eeg or something like that, i think im on the same tablets and hopefully i can buy myself a new car in 12 months and drive it, and it would would be appreciated if i could go to a show with u if you decide you want to go to one.