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> *I too learned a meds lesson the hard way. A year or two ago, I became
>> concerned due to my daily Tegretol dose. (1200 mgs per day for paroxysmal
>> tonic spasms.) So......I decided to cut back my dose on my own without
>> input from my neuro. Well, I made it to 800 mgs, or so I thought. While at
>> a doc appointment (Not my neuro.) at a Pittsburgh hospital, they suddenly
>> came back with a vengeance. *
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>> *Now, if you've never had them, you can't possibly imagine what they're
>> like. In my case, one leg rises to nearly hip level and locks, with the
>> knee bent and the calf and splayed out foot pointing to the right. (Think
>> male dog peeing.) Right arms bends up under the chin with claw. Head pulls
>> to right shoulder. Left leg goes stiff, left arm also stiff. For many NMO
>> patients, including myself, they don't just come once a day, or a few times
>> a day, but several times per hour round the clock. They can last for up to
>> two full minutes and are excruciating. Well, to make a long story short,
>> they hit me in the waiting room and the staff thought I was seizing
>> and panicked. The next thing I knew, my rear end was slapped in
>> a wheelchair and they were calling for emergency help. I ended up in bed
>> for several days while I slowly took my dose back up. Now I'm on 1500 mgs
>> per day, and there is NO WAY that I will ever pull a stunt like that
>> again. *
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>> *Gracie*
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