seizures and autism - Autism Spectrum Message Board

Roel · 01-03-2007, 05:05 PM

My 12 year old autistic son had a seizure on Saturday night. This was the first time this had happened. Today the neurologist told us that this happens to some autistic kids when they start puberty and he will probably have to go on medication. The only problem is they have to wait for the eeg that will take 3 weeks to get an appointment for. Now I am a wreck. We have to watch him carefully. He even said he might have epilepsy. Has anyone out there dealt with this? Does anyone know what medications are best?

9CatMom · 01-03-2007, 07:13 PM

I suspect I have Asperger Syndrome and take medication for seizures. Luckily, my seizures are under complete control with medication.

iyami · 01-03-2007, 07:26 PM

whoa now thats scarey, ive never heard of autsm and seizures being linked before

my great greandma had seizures alot, she had over a houndred my dad said but ihave no idea if she was autistic or not, my dad is not but he has all the social habbits of someone who is

is it that epilepsy can be linekd to autism, or just random seizures?

2cutekids · 01-04-2007, 07:26 PM

I have a friend whos dd has seizures and also is Autism w/ severe mental retardation. She started pitching the seizures when she was 5 mos old, right after her DTaP shot and they dx her w/ infantile sizures and told them she would grown out of it and put her on storids, well she never did, they got worse, she takes grand mals and patite mals and is on all kids of meds for the.
She isn't a classic case, here sizures are all over her brain, they even thought about slitting her brain in half, but can't due to this. She has the Vagal nerve implant and that didn't help
I don't know if the sizures are related the the Autism or if it is the cause of her MR but I do know she has never gone a day w/o one and she at the age of 12, can say only a few words
I also believe she has a flat spot on her brain.
Not that any of this helps you, but I just wanted to say, there are some out their w/ them. perhaps you can do a search and find some site about it, they may have more info.

ruby41 · 01-04-2007, 07:38 PM

When my son got diagnosed with Autism his paedritician warned me that a large number of children diagnosed with autism do go on to develop seizures towards their teenage years. I dont know how I will cope if I have to cope with that on top of everything else.