Update on Bryce

Today was Bryce's neurologist appointment. After the nearly hour long drive we arrived to quite a posh office.

The staff was nice, for a change and the doctor was great. He was middle eastern, as most docs are out here, so I had to interpret for Bryce a bit because he had trouble understanding him :)

He thinks Bryce may be having small seizures, and if so, he has had ongoing (random) seizures since he was a child. This would explain his blacking out spells, and sudden anger outbursts both as a child and an adult.

It was a surprise to us, but certainly makes sense. He was put on Lamictal right after being diagnosed for BiPolar. Its a medication with the least amount of side affects and is most commonly used to treat seizures. While on Lamictal he did not experience ANY blacking out spells or anger, in fact we actually teased each other saying he was cured of BP because he was acting completely "normal". Then when he was removed from the Lamictal (because he got a rash) he started showing symptoms again that continued when he was put on Depakote.

So the doc wants to run some blood work (although I have no clue what he's looking for in that), an MRI and an EEG. I guess the MRI would show any possible brain deformations/problems, and the EEG is done to detect any seizures he may be having.

Bryce was a bit relieved thinking maybe he doesn't have BiPolar, maybe its just the possiblity of him having seizures that are causing his issues, but the doc said its not likely. He most likely has seizures along with BiPolar. The poor guy....

We'll keep you updated on what the tests find, hopefully we can get them done very soon so we'll know what's going on.

Thanks to you all for ALL your support (especially my BEST buddy Christina -- you're a DOLL and I love you tons girl)