Questions For Your Doctor
Questions Regarding Daily Living
- Do you recommend a Dietary Vitamin Regimen?
- Will my Child be able to continue their currant lifestyle?
- Are their any Activities that need to be avoided?
- Is their anything that needs to be Modified?
- Can you recommend any Parent Support Groups in the Area?
- Are their any Child friendly books that can explain to Siblings what is going on?
Questions Regarding Medications
- What Medications will my Child be on?
- How do these Drugs Interact with one another?
- What if any are the Side Effects of these Drugs?
- What is the next step if the Medications do NOT control the Seizures?
- Will the Medications affect my Child’s Development?
- Will the Medications affect my Child’s School Performance?
Questions Regarding Emergencies
- What should be done in an Emergency if my Child’s Seizures do NOT stop?
- Do I need Emergency Medications on hand?
- In an Emergency, What is the Chain of Command?
- Who do I call first after 911, Pediatrician, Neurologist/Epileptologist?
- How do I reach you in an Emergency?
The following questions need to be answered
- What kind of Epilepsy is it?
- Where in the Brain are the Seizures coming from?
- What can we Expect as far as Seizures?
- Are their changing types of Seizures based on Diagnosis?
- What is the outlook for my child?
- Can or Will my Child Outgrow this Epilepsy?
- What kind of Outcomes have you seen with my Child’s Type of Epilepsy?
- Does my Child need to be in an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit?
- Can you Recommend a Good and Reputable Epilepsy Monitoring Unit if needed?
Questions Regarding Diagnostic/Laboratory Testing
- What exactly did the EEG show?
- How often should my child have an EEG?
- Is anymore Diagnostic Testing such as an MRI or VEEG required?
- How often should we have Blood Work done if we are on Medications to check our Child’s liver
and or kidney function? - What is an EEG and What does it tell us?
- What is a VEEG and what does it tell us?
- What are you specifically looking for and expect it to tell us?
- What Other Testing is useful?
- Sleep Studies to check for Seizures while Sleeping?
Parents, I highly recommend that all and any people you use or hire for babysitters / caregivers are certified and up to date in CPR. Make it mandatory!