I also agree with Jack.  These anticonvulsants are usually used when the
"old standbys" arent doing the job, so it's not clear to me why they want
her to use them in this case, if there has only been one seizure.

Most people do not go on to have a second seizure if there was no
underlying brain damage that led to the first one.  It's much more likely
that there will be more seizures once there have been two.  While the side
effects of meds do often outweigh the medical risk of a seizure, when
folks are having recurrent seizures the social effects can be
serious--loss of drivers license, the "embarassment" of having seizures in
public, etc.  So when people have two or more seizures, I usually treat
them--with the least toxic, least expensive drug that works.

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Anne Montgomery, M.D., I.B.C.L.C.
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St.Peter Hospital Family Practice Residency
Olympia, WA