edgeston34she has seasonal allergies anyway and is miserable. just wonder if her taking a claritin now will aggravate her seizure activity. she had 2 grand mals this am and none since..please help!!
My daughter who is 11 started having seizures 2 wks ago for no known reason. can she take claritin?
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- 12 Apr 2010 by edgeston34
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itsmetoo212 Apr 2010
She should only take a medication with the permission of her Neurologist. Seizures that is undiagnosed reason, needs to be monitored closely. I would log in foods, times and what your child ate. Down to what vitamins they took. If she is on her period log that in too. Hormonal changes can do that too.
If she is only seeing a GP she needs a Neurologist as soon as possible.
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13 Apr 2010
Sorry for your dauther's onset of seizures. Menstral cycles / hormone changes can create a lot of problems for those wilth low seizure thresholds. My daughter has been on a lot of different seizure medicines and is also asthmatic and has spring allergies. She has been able to take claritin, chloro-triplon, etc but it is certainly good to check with your neurologist and ask the druggist about interactions. Some seizure meds are quite "clean" and don't interfere but others and have a change in potency when mixed with other drugs.
Best wishes.
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thank you so much for your comment! she has been treated by a pediatric neurologist who is awesome... dr. eastmead at lebonheur children's hosp in memphis, tn., since she was 3 yo. she was diagnosed with ADHD AND OCD.. just recently has started having seizures. so we do have her set up to see him on april 24... it's a saturday appt. she also has an EEG scheduled for wednes. she started her cycle in feb. this year and the pollen also started falling about the same time she began seizing. she is miserable with allergies and usually takes claritin without difficulty. i'm just scared to death to give her anything esp. since she started taking keppra last wednes. but thanks again for your comments... i can use all the advice i can get in order to know what to ask the doc!!!
Get a good Hepa Air Cleaner (Honeywell) for the house this should work well to clean the pollens out, and your daughter will feel much better from the allergies.