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Old 28th Apr 2008, 12:57
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exeng
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Thanks for the replies

The idea of 'sectioning' has occurred to us before but we have always resisted that course of action because we are worried that such action may alienate my Daughter. It would be my hope that we could persuade my Daughter to voluntarily undergo such a course of action.

Falling on to a rail track does seem to raise the stakes, but this is the only time such a thing has happened and we obviously hope it won't happen again. Equally she could walk into a busy road and be run over - to prevent this from happening would mean basically locking her up and only going outside under supervision - that would be a terrible life totally dependent on others.

She has been under the care of different specialists as well as her GP over the years. No medication has had a positive effect and the epilepsy has continued to get significantly worse.

I'm going to try to get her referred again for further evaluation.


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