SearchingForRainbows
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My favorite sanity saver has had absent seizures for a long time. In the past they only happened about once, maybe twice a year and only lasted for about an hour. During January and February, she's had about two episodes a week, lasting a good four hours or longer.
Up until this point, we didn't put her on medication because her previous vet (one before we moved) said that the medications could do more harm then good. My dog has always had elevated liver enzymes and although we haven't tested her for Cushings, we did monitor her water intake for a week. Just recently, we were told that she probably doesn't have Cushings as she doesn't drink excessively and the enzyme that is elevated isn't the one associated with Cushings.
Her new vet thinks it's important for us to start her on seizure medication as her seizures are getting closer together and lasting much longer. The timing rots, not that there is ever a good time, but husband and I are leaving for vacation next week. After talking to our vet, we're going to wait until we return before beginning medication. I'm going to try to not think about all the potentially bad side effects of the drug while we're away. It's going to be over the top difficult because I love my dog with all my heart...
We'll be starting her on Potassium Bromide when we return. The vet said she is starting her off slowly and gradually increasing the dose. She'll be getting 1 500 mg tab for the first week, then 1.5 tabs daily for a total of six weeks. Then she needs a check up and blood work.
I'm not only really worried about her but also second guessing our decision to medicate her. Of course, so far, she hasn't had a seizure in March, and has been very happy, playing almost like a "puppy" and she's over 11.5 years old! (We put her on glucosimine (sp?) for arthritis and it seems to be helping.)
Does anyone know anything about Potassium Bromide? I'm really not looking forward to giving her the first dose... Any and all info, advice, etc... is greatly appreciated! SFR
Up until this point, we didn't put her on medication because her previous vet (one before we moved) said that the medications could do more harm then good. My dog has always had elevated liver enzymes and although we haven't tested her for Cushings, we did monitor her water intake for a week. Just recently, we were told that she probably doesn't have Cushings as she doesn't drink excessively and the enzyme that is elevated isn't the one associated with Cushings.
Her new vet thinks it's important for us to start her on seizure medication as her seizures are getting closer together and lasting much longer. The timing rots, not that there is ever a good time, but husband and I are leaving for vacation next week. After talking to our vet, we're going to wait until we return before beginning medication. I'm going to try to not think about all the potentially bad side effects of the drug while we're away. It's going to be over the top difficult because I love my dog with all my heart...
We'll be starting her on Potassium Bromide when we return. The vet said she is starting her off slowly and gradually increasing the dose. She'll be getting 1 500 mg tab for the first week, then 1.5 tabs daily for a total of six weeks. Then she needs a check up and blood work.
I'm not only really worried about her but also second guessing our decision to medicate her. Of course, so far, she hasn't had a seizure in March, and has been very happy, playing almost like a "puppy" and she's over 11.5 years old! (We put her on glucosimine (sp?) for arthritis and it seems to be helping.)
Does anyone know anything about Potassium Bromide? I'm really not looking forward to giving her the first dose... Any and all info, advice, etc... is greatly appreciated! SFR