Beau Jackson

So I have a diagnosis, or perhaps I should stay I still have a diagnosis.  And that diagnosis is still epilepsy.  And it still leaves me with that vague, unsatisfied feeling, because I still don’t understand what the basis of this diagnosis is (e.g. why is this epilepsy and not Tourette syndrome).

The neurologist will be presenting my case to all the other doctors in his practice (there’s 8 or 9 of them), and they’ll be discussing my case together for treatment and further diagnosis, so that’s something.  Kind of like getting a bunch of opinions all at once.  I won’t know the results of that discussion until the week of Christmas though.

Meanwhile he put me on a new drug called Keppra, along with the Depakote I’ve been on.  I’m not crazy about that since some of the more common side effects are things like drowsiness and irritability.  Since I’ve been drowsy due to apnea and irritable due to that and general depression as well, the thought of being drowsier and irritable is making me…well, irritable.  Maybe I need a nap? :)

I’m trying to stay positive though.  I had a couple of hours of “poor me” yesterday afternoon after I got the diagnosis, but I think by the time Allena and I started cooking dinner I was over it.