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I have a cat who is around 2.5 years old. She started having seizures at around 6-8 months. I first noticed symptoms when she was around 6 months, but I had no clue what was happening. I would make a clicking sound with my tongue, as if to call her - at the time she was sitting on a laptop that was turned off. The next thing she did was jerk a couple of times. I found it odd but that's all it was. I noticed this happen a couple more times until finally one night, she started spinning in circles as if she were chasing her tail. I called her name and finally picked her up and put her on the bed - she stopped spinning right away. I was still unsure as to what had happened, monitored her for awhile and all seemed ok. Then she had her first full-blown seizure. She started spinning in circles again and drooling. This went on for probably 30seconds to a minute (but seemed like forever).
A long story short, the seizures are still happening today. She has been on phenobarb for nearly 2 years and I believe it has controlled the seizures to a point but she's so hypersensative to certain sounds that she still has at least 2 per month. Bags crinkling, the dogs nails on the floor, etc she is almost always sensative to. She no longer runs in circles like she did but instead collapses and rolls that way. I don't know if she's every had one while I'm away but when I'm there, I hold her and comfort her and keep her from rolling around. On occassion she will pee, but I believe this is when her bladder is full and she just can't control it - she has never pooped during a seizure.
Aside from the side effects of the phenobarb (her agility is awful these days and she often falls of stuff if she's not careful, or tries to jump onto stuff and doesn't quite make it), she's OK. I believe she goes blind for 5-10 minutes after the seizure because she will walk around, wabbly and nearly run into things. After about 30 minutes she's playing like a kitten.
Are there alternative meds for seizures? Her phenobarb levels are almost TOO high and she still has seizures. If she were totally off the medicine they would be much more frequent though.
Thanks!
Jeremy
I have a cat who is around 2.5 years old. She started having seizures at around 6-8 months. I first noticed symptoms when she was around 6 months, but I had no clue what was happening. I would make a clicking sound with my tongue, as if to call her - at the time she was sitting on a laptop that was turned off. The next thing she did was jerk a couple of times. I found it odd but that's all it was. I noticed this happen a couple more times until finally one night, she started spinning in circles as if she were chasing her tail. I called her name and finally picked her up and put her on the bed - she stopped spinning right away. I was still unsure as to what had happened, monitored her for awhile and all seemed ok. Then she had her first full-blown seizure. She started spinning in circles again and drooling. This went on for probably 30seconds to a minute (but seemed like forever).
A long story short, the seizures are still happening today. She has been on phenobarb for nearly 2 years and I believe it has controlled the seizures to a point but she's so hypersensative to certain sounds that she still has at least 2 per month. Bags crinkling, the dogs nails on the floor, etc she is almost always sensative to. She no longer runs in circles like she did but instead collapses and rolls that way. I don't know if she's every had one while I'm away but when I'm there, I hold her and comfort her and keep her from rolling around. On occassion she will pee, but I believe this is when her bladder is full and she just can't control it - she has never pooped during a seizure.
Aside from the side effects of the phenobarb (her agility is awful these days and she often falls of stuff if she's not careful, or tries to jump onto stuff and doesn't quite make it), she's OK. I believe she goes blind for 5-10 minutes after the seizure because she will walk around, wabbly and nearly run into things. After about 30 minutes she's playing like a kitten.
Are there alternative meds for seizures? Her phenobarb levels are almost TOO high and she still has seizures. If she were totally off the medicine they would be much more frequent though.
Thanks!
Jeremy
