I'm a bit confused myself because all that the doctor told me is what I
wrote, ie that it had to do with a chemical that I lacked from not standing
up. I'm going to do some research of my own. I did look up the drug on
drugs.com and it is a pretty heavy drug indicated for seizures, epileptic
stuff, even asthma. I don't think that it was bowel or bladder related
though because those were/are functioning well plus I have actually had a
few minor of these spasms since I've been home, but they've been much
weaker and haven't been riyhmic, and my right- stomach area(below the
rib-cage) is no longer sensitive to touch like it use to be.
It has occurred to me that the doc was just saying something that popped in
his head, because it was better (for him) than just saying 'I don't know'.
I mean, it could be any number of things, including genetic (though I'm not
aware of anyone in my family having seizures). I know that I'm still not
clear on why it happened.
One thing that made me think that there was something to what the doc told
me, is that when I had/have the spasm it is a full body spasm and makes my
body try to straighten itself out and even stand up. It really feels like
my body wants to stand up and it always makes me feel better to sit/stand
up as much as possible. I mean, it feels like what would feel best was if I
could stand up. Anyhow, its going to take me a few weeks, but I'm going to
talk to the doctors again about it, and I'll let you know what they say.
At 10:29 AM 3/24/2007, Elizabeth Treston wrote:
Dylan wrote:
"Because I'm a quad and don't stand up, there is some chemical in my body
that doesn't get produced and that eventually this caught up to me and
caused me to have a seizure."
I have never heard of such a chemical. Your Dr. said it was because you
were a SCI quad? The AD wasn't caused by bowel or bladder?
