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Hey there. I posted about our kitty a week ago where we thought she had been spooked by an animal in the middle of the night. Life had seemingly returned to normal until she had a very similar episode one week later. This time my wife and I were sitting in the living room and the cat walked in very disoriented, hid under the bookcase and began to cry and hiss again.
We took her to the vet and they kept her for a day, ran bloodwork and urine and all looked ok. The new diagnosis was that she was probably having focal seizures. He said that they could keep digging, looking for toxoplasmosis or cryptococcus, or we could just try phenobarbital at a low dose. We thought about it and opted for the pheno.
Since we brought her back home, she's doing pretty well. She's only been on the pheno for two days now. I have heard that it takes anywhere from 1-2 weeks to build up in the blood. One question I have though is: before you're at that two week period, does it still help to control the seizures, just not as reliably?
Would appreciate any success stories with this medication if you've got them. Has it helped to curb your cats' seizures totally or do they still occur? Did it take a long time to be effective? Thanks.
We took her to the vet and they kept her for a day, ran bloodwork and urine and all looked ok. The new diagnosis was that she was probably having focal seizures. He said that they could keep digging, looking for toxoplasmosis or cryptococcus, or we could just try phenobarbital at a low dose. We thought about it and opted for the pheno.
Since we brought her back home, she's doing pretty well. She's only been on the pheno for two days now. I have heard that it takes anywhere from 1-2 weeks to build up in the blood. One question I have though is: before you're at that two week period, does it still help to control the seizures, just not as reliably?
Would appreciate any success stories with this medication if you've got them. Has it helped to curb your cats' seizures totally or do they still occur? Did it take a long time to be effective? Thanks.
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