Understanding Your Pet's Diagnosis: Seizures 

Thank you for an excellent presentation, very good information delivered in a clear and direct manner. In my experience veterinarians are not always good at explaining things to owners. I’ve been living with my springer spaniel’s epilepsy for four years now, he started seizing just after turning two years of age. His condition is idiopathic; confirmed by MRI and Spinal Fluid pathology. An initial dose of 60mg Phenobarbital controlled things well for twelve months. Seizure duration and severity were reduced but the frequency stayed around the same; around one a month. However, the frequency started to increase and he started cluster seizures, now, four years into the illness, he’s on 120mg Phenobarbital and 500mg Keppra and we’re losing the battle. Multiple seizures in a day over several successive days and has just had his first episode of Status Epilepticus. 51 seizures so far this year and it’s mid July. He had 44 in total last year. Libromide caused severe side effects and we had to withdraw that hence now trying the Keppra. No good outcome for my boy I fear.