3 weeks into Topamax; the med, not the clearing!

My little cowboy.
I ran to his side after taking the picture!

It has been very difficult to write since Dante has been having the falling down seizures.  We are currently on week 3 of a new medication, Topamax, and praying non-stop that the seizures will slow down and, hopefully, stop altogether.  So far, they have only increased in frequency, putting everyone who works or lives with Dante on "high alert".  Because he can drop backwards or fall to the side at any moment, we are basically hand-holding him, or standing behind him, whenever he is on his feet.  He is only slightly annoyed to have someone "guarding" him all day long.

At this point in time, we are not using any homeopathic remedy, as we try to gauge the full effect of the new medication.  I am very interested in using a new remedy with Dante, Calcarea Carbonica.  This remedy includes the epilepsy and the developmental delays, among many other characteristics.  I learned about it after we had started the new medication, and our homeopath has been reluctant to add any variables to the mix at this time. 
The falling down seizures began after the second MMR clearing and increased while we were using the Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy.  I must say that I saw many improvements with the MMR clearing which Dante retains to this day.  It is frustrating to have this happen given the good things we have accomplished so far with the vaccine clearings.  But Dante had seizures before, the staring kind.  These usually increased whenever Dante was detoxing in some way.  Now we have this new variety, a much more dangerous kind.  We did the Prevnar clearing after these seizures began and it did not do anything to stop them.

Dante is knocked-out after we increase the Topamax dose

As Dante's falls increased in frequency and severity, it was a race against time to get them under control.  We tried the constitutional remedy he had been on before CEASE, Lycopodium, but it did not do anything for the seizures.  I have dreaded adding another medicine to Dante because of the side effects.  Lord knows he doesn't need any more damage done to his little body.  But the risk of him hurting himself and the absolute stress of watching him constantly made the decision to start the new medication rather easy.  Little did I know that it would take so long to make a difference.

After increasing the Topamax dose yesterday, today's seizure count was considerably lower than in previous weeks.  We had not seen this happen yet with this medication.  Maybe we have "turned a corner", but it is too soon to tell.  Dante ran some errands with me and was super wobbly on his feet.  His concentration, focus, and coordination were completely off.  He wasn't able to get himself into or out of the car without my help.  However, he was calm, in a good mood, and had a great appetite.  He was an excellent "mall companion" and enjoyed it very much.  I thank God for my little angel and his sweetness.  Please pray that he will heal from this phase and continue to improve!