Lupus and Seizures

For those who don't know I've been battling seizures for 3 years and they just labeled the "Stress Seizures". No seizure medication the gave me seemed to help. Well here recently my aunt came across Lupus on the internet and I have pretty much every symptom on the list :/

So the doctor said my seizures have nothing to do with my Lupus. I have stage one Lupus so he said it wasn't serious. I already have lotion for my sun rash. He told me to take Aleve for my joint pain and prescribed dilantin for my seizures and some pain medicine for my headaches. I'm still taking zoloft and valium. He also has me taking one a day vitamin, b-complex vitamin & fish oil. I go back in a month to see how things are going. I also made an appointment with my neurologist just for a 2nd opinion since we now know I have Lupus.

I've read the 15% of Lupus patients have seizures so why does my doctor think they're not related?

And I read this post from another woman on www.circleofmoms.com:

-- "I also have seizures and Lupus. I have inflammation in my brain from Lupus so that is what causes the seizures. I was on seizure medication but it really didn't control it. Controlling my Lupus (inflammation) is really the way to control my seizures. It is a battle but what else can you do."

I'm glad now I made an appointment with my neurologist, but he didn't even think of me having Lupus. To him once I was labeled with stress seizures that was it. So if seeing him on my appt this month is a bust maybe it's time to find a freaking specialist!

WISH ME LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!