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Asked for Male, 33 years old from Noida
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MD - Psychiatry

Psychiatrist•Chennai
Antiepileptics should not be stopped without neurologist advise. Epilepsy is excessive electrical activity in the brain and valproic acid controls it. If you get seizures when you stop it, definitely it is very much required. Do not keep worrying about this, many famous people including Jonty Rhodes in cricket had epilepsy, just take the tablet and carry on with your other aspects of life. All the best.
Asked for male, 33 years old from Ahmedabad
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MS - Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Gynaecologist•Delhi
Valparin chrono contains sodium valproate which is not safe in pregnancy, with its intake during pregnancy there is a high incidence of baby having congenital anamolies.
You should consult your doctor so that he can prescribe you safer antiepileptic drugs before the process of ivf statyd.
Asked for female, 24 years old from Hyderabad
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MBBS, MD Psychiatry, DNB Psychiatry

Psychiatrist•Nagpur
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Sweet smelling urine has various causes from just a lack or fluid intake, infections, metabolic diseases, presence of rare organic/ inorganic elements in urine etc. Rather than speculating reasons for it, it would be more appropriate to consult a physician get the examination and investigations done.
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General Physician•Jalgaon
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Epilim (sodium valproate) is an antiepileptic medication that is used to treat epilepsy and other neurological disorders. While it is generally well-tolerated, it can have some side effects, including hormonal imbalances.
Studies have shown that sodium valproate can reduce testosterone levels in men, which may lead to symptoms such as decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, and decreased muscle mass. However, the extent of the effect on testosterone levels varies from person to person and ma...more
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General Physician•Noida
Hello,

Is CT scan/ EEG was done?

can cause of seizure was detected ?

I want to tell you that medicine as advised by your Doctor need to be taken regularly and must not missed dose even for single day

You can Consult Good Neurologist for second opinion, i can guide you further
Asked for male, 23 years old from Meerut
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MBBS, MD - Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine Specialist•Faridabad
Hi. Valporate sodium should takes 3 to 5 years course. Never stop it before consult the treated doctor. Pl. Checkup the valporic acid in blood and then consult again till then take this continue.
And do eeg test also.
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MD - Psychiatry

Psychiatrist•Indore
Please consult a neurologist. asertain that drugs are taken in adequate dose regularly. 11 year boy may be forgeting or delaberately not taking drugs.so occational seizure. if not then another drug like lamotrigine can also be added.
ethosuxmide is another drug which is not available in india.
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General Physician•Kulgam
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Patient on chronic antiepileptic therapy tend to develop vit deficiency manifestations. Usually oral lesion can be due to plethora of reasons and maybe completely unrelated to antiepileptic therapy as such. But usually we give patients with antiepileptic medication a supplemental therapy of vit b12 and folic acid. Folic acid is more important with or without vit b12 to check homocysteine levels in thes patients. The dose and drug recommendation wrt antiepileptic therapy is best done with your tr...more
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