HELLO AS YOU CAN SEE I AM A YELLOW LAB AND WELL YOU MUST ADMIT MY FACE IS LABRADORABLE. I HAVE HAD IDIOPATHIC (FANCY WORD FOR THEY DON'T KNOW ....WHY ... I HAVE IT) EPILEPSY SINCE I WAS 5 MONTHS OLD. I AM NOW ALMOST 5 YEARS OLD
IF YOUR DOG OR CAT HAS EPILEPSY PLEASE DO NOT THINK ALL IS LOST AND THAT THEY WILL HAVE A BAD LIFE....THAT IS NOT TRUE. I HAVE HAD A VERY GOOD LIFE DUE TO MEDICATION AND A SPECIAL DIET AND MY MOM KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN I HAVE A SEIZURE. SURE IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY ON YOUR MOM AND OR DAD BECAUSE THEY WORRY AND HAVE TO CLEAN UP SOMETIMES AFTER A SEIZURE. BUT THE LOYAL LOVE AND DEVOTION WE GIVE BACK TO THEM MOM SAID IS WELL WORTH IT . I TAKE PHENOBARBITAL AND ALSO I EAT A LOW TO NO GRAIN DIET....THIS HELPS ME AVOID SEIZURES AND LIVE A HAPPY HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE LIFE. I AM GLAD MOM DIDN'T HAVE ME PUT TO SLEEP JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A MEDICAL ISSUE

.HERE ARE SOME LINKS THAT HAVE LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE AND MOM'S SANITY
BEING EPILEPTIC CAN BE A REAL TRIP AT TIMES. RIGHT BEFORE A SEIZURE SOMETIMES I SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE. MOST OF THE TIME FOR ME I AM SOUND ASLEEP AND JUMP UP AND RUN INTO WALLS...I AM BLIND AT THE TIME AND THEN CRASH TO THE GROUND THREASHING....I TWITCH A LOT.....IT HURTS MY MUSCLES LATER....I SOMETIMES POTTY ALL OVER ON MYSELF EVEN...THEN I WAKE UP AND GO INTO WHAT THEY CALL POST ICTAL BEHAVIOR...I PACE FOR HOURS ...I AM TOTALLY BLIND...I CANNOT SEEM TO CONTOL MY BODY AND MY EARS DO NOT HEAR MY MOM TOO WELL. HAVING ICE PACKS ON HAND TO LOWER MY BODY TEMP FAST (AS A SEIZURE TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY) HELPS A LOT....FEEDING ME THEN KICKS MY BLOOD SUGAR UP BECAUSE IT CAN GO WAY DOWN DUE TO THE SEIZURE...MY MOM KNOW\S HOW TO DO OCCULAR COMPRESSION YOU CAN LEARN IT TOO SEE THE LINKS ABOVE..SOME DON DUDE HELPED US KNOW THAT AND IT USUALLY TAKES ME OUT OF A SEIZURE VERY FAST.....I AM PRONE TO GRAND MAL SEIZURES AND HAVE HAD 1 FOCAL SEIZURE....MOM BROUGHT ME OUT OF THAT FAST BY TELLING THE OTHER SIDE OF MY BRAIN A COMMAND ..THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK BUT IT CAN AND DID FOR ME....BY MAKING THE PART OF MY BRAIN WORK THAT WAS STILL ABLE TO FOLLOW IT ENDED MY SEIZURE.....OFTEN AFTER A GRANDMAL ....I RUN AROUND FOR HOURS....SADLY THIS SEIZURE STUFF ATTACKS REALLY LATE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES 4 AM...ONCE MOM HAD JUST TAKEN A SLEEPIING PILL...THANK GOD WE DIDN'T NEED TO GO SEE THE ER VET ....I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DRIVER ...LOL....
..SOME DOGS GET RECTAL VALIUM OR LIKE ME GET ORAL VALIUM AFTER THE SEIZURE IT KEEPS US FROM GOING INTO STATUS..THAT IS WHEN A DOG CAN DIE FROM THE SEIZURE. MOM ALSO HAS A SEIZURE DIARY SO SHE KNOWS WHAT I ATE THAT DAY....WHAT I WAS EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL WISE..IF MY DIET CHANGED OR IF THERE WAS A FULL MOON......STRESS AND SO ON.....MOM NOTICED I TEND TO SEIZE WHEN I GET SHOTS SO SHE SKIPS ALL BUT RABIES VACCINE....I ALSO WILL NEVER GET A STERIOD AGAIN MOM SAID..THAT IS WHEN I HAD THAT FOCAL SEIZURE ....RIGHT NOW IT IS 2:30 AM AND MON'S EYES ARE BLURRY...SHE TYPES FOR ME MY PAWS SEEM TOO BIG FOR HER LAPTOP......WE WILL ADD MORE IN A FEW DAYS LIKE WHAT TO DO FOR YOUR HUMANS...THEY TEND TO WORRY A LOT...AGAIN PLEASE SEE THE LINKS ABOVE...THEY HOLD THE KEY TO YOUR LIFE.....MOM LOVES THOSE SITES AND SO DO I....JOIN THE GROUP THEY LIST TOO...THEY HAVE ONE FOR CATS BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN THE LINKS......NIGHT ALL ..