A friend of ours has a boy who started having at a similar age. He is under Simon Harvey at the RCH and they cannot speak highly enough about him.
He treats the family along with the grandparents with so much respect
The epilepsy foundation is worth getting in touch with as they are so helpful and supportive.
Thank you all for your replies. I have an appointment with our GP on Tuesday. I know that she is definitely having absence seizures. The video on YouTube showed exactly what she does. I have no doubt that's what is happening. I just hope that medication isn't the only answer seeing as she doesn't have them hugely frequently. Although if there is no other option I'm happy to go down the medication route. I will let you know how we go. Thanks again for the replies. It's so interesting to hear other people's experiences and how they deal with it. Even though they aren't the big grand mal seizures they are still frightening.
if anything i think they might be worse than Grand Mal's... only because if someone has a grand mal infront of you, you know know exactly what is going on. if someone has a petit mal, it might not get noticed. sorry if that scared you more...
Working out the trigger would be the first big thing, it might be something she can avoid. A friend at play group is fine with strobe lights etc.. but gets set off by the sunlight coming through the trees when she is a passenger in the car... so could be anything...
I hope your gp can help you out, keep us updated =)
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