{"id":14833,"date":"2019-03-25T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjnseras.com\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2019-09-24T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:35:10","slug":"mother-with-epilepsy-child-with-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjn.cat\/en\/warriors\/mother-with-epilepsy-child-with-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother with epilepsy, child with epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-10-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/4″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

An article by our contributor\u00a0Irene Tarrag\u00f3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/4″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]I ended my previous blog entry<\/a> by saying that I’d tell you what had happened to one of my children and how I dealt with it<\/strong>. From the title of the article it could be deduced that if a mum has epilepsy, her child will also have it. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Epilepsy is not inherited. You can have a <\/strong>predisposition, but never inherit it.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”2\/3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]In my son’s case, it was detected when he was 11<\/strong>, while we were living in Argentina. We were having breakfast one day and, suddenly, his eyes rolled back and he began to convulse. I could only say: “No, not my son”. I had the condition fully integrated into my life, I didn’t even think about it, just enough not to forget the rules and the medication<\/strong>. At the clinic, the doctor kept telling me: “But you already know that with this condition you can live normally.” “I don’t understand why you’re so overwhelmed” (in proper Argentine, which I don’t remember now). And I said to him: “I know, I know for myself and I have assumed it. But I want my son to be completely healthy<\/strong>, like every mother does.” [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][split_line_heading]\n

” I made the same mistake as most mothers and fathers with a child with epilepsy: overprotection”<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/split_line_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]It was so hard for me to get used to the idea of my son having epilepsy<\/strong>. It was under control with medication, like mine. But I felt like a beginner in the subject, because I made the same mistake as most mothers and fathers with a child with epilepsy: overprotection. I realized that and I was able to react because nobody had overprotected me and that had done a lot of good to me.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It was a very delicate moment and, as I say, at first it was horrible because I was afraid of everything<\/strong>. From age 11 we soon got to adolescence, with all the hormonal revolution that entails, going out with friends, temptation with alcohol<\/strong>… My son and I talked a lot and he always used to tell me that everything was fine, that I shouldn’t worry, that if I’d been able to do things right, he’d be too. He never denied the condition. Not at school, not to his friends, not even at university<\/strong> … and he was always welcome. Maybe at university is where he found less support, and even some bullying, but, obviously, that made him stronger.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_position=”left-right” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Fortunately, at 25, the neurologist told him to stop the medication and it was a complete success. This year my son turns 30 and hasn’t had a seizure since he stopped the medication.<\/strong>
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I know what I’m going to tell you is not easy to swallow, but it’s necessary. When your son or daughter is diagnosed with epilepsy, let them live<\/strong>, especially if it’s controllable with medication. If they want to go to a summer camp, let them go<\/strong>: tell the monitors, tell them how the medication is taken, what to do in case of a seizure, etc. And make your son or daughter become aware of their condition and start taking responsibility for their medication and measures to take<\/strong>, always according to their age. Overprotection doesn’t help them; it doesn’t let them have a life.<\/strong>
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