SarahBear
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Violet has been through a lot this year. She seemed to be settling into a calmer age right around 4, but things then got rocky again. After a visit to the doctor, we realized she had had a double ear infection along with other issues. She was on a number of antibiotics and was sick a lot this winter. Then in January, she had her first seizure. She continued to get sick frequently and seizure frequency increased. Generic keppra initially reduced the seizures but quickly failed and Violet was hospitalized due to a seizure that lasted more than 5 minutes... she then went on to have multiple seizures like it in the hospital. It was to the point where both her cognitive and motor functions were pretty well shot. She was in the hospital for about 5 days and it took about a week for her to regain her skills and become somewhat normal. She hasn't had a seizure (that we know about) since April 26th and the ones she did have on that day were about a split second each. She may have had a seizure last week, but we didn't see it.
Anyway, she can be fairly emotionally volatile at times... It sometimes feels like my 2 year old has better emotional regulation. At this point, I don't know what's baseline for her because it's been so long since she hasn't had something medical going on. I also don't know what's baseline for an average 4 year old. She's also on two anti-seizure medications which can mess with mood and executive functioning. So is 4 more emotionally volatile than 2, or is it just because of all she's been through?
Anyway, she can be fairly emotionally volatile at times... It sometimes feels like my 2 year old has better emotional regulation. At this point, I don't know what's baseline for her because it's been so long since she hasn't had something medical going on. I also don't know what's baseline for an average 4 year old. She's also on two anti-seizure medications which can mess with mood and executive functioning. So is 4 more emotionally volatile than 2, or is it just because of all she's been through?