TheMamaLisa

About a year ago my boyfriend was coming down the stairs and suddenly he fell and had a seizure. I called an ambulance and the ER did blood tests and CT scan all came back fine they said it was probly cause hed been taking xanax and it was from suddenly stopping it. He followed up with his Dr and was put on Tegretol and an EEG was scheduled but he never went. Well he didnt have another seizure until 2 days ago. We figured it must have been from the meds like the ER Dr said. Until he this happend again. He said for the hours preceeding this he had a strange headache but never knew he was gonna fall again. He had just sat down in the chair and fell out. Both times they lasted for about 3 min. He stiffens then goes into convulsions, suddenly snaps out of it for a few seconds then goes to sleep..... I dint call 911 since I knew what had happend and when he woke up he was not aware of what happend and was disoriented at first but was fine after a couple minutes. He was 33 when he had his first seizure and im worried cause he had cancer as a child and recieved high doses of chemo and radiation therapy off and on for many years. He doesnt like to go to the Dr and i told him he must, but he still has not called. I was going to call for him but if he refuses to go there is not much I can do. Can epilepsy start at age 33? I dont know how to approach this and i dont know much about epilepsy. Any advice I would greatly appreciate.