The medications all seemed to increase the symptoms, occurring more frequent, though I was reassured by the many Dr.s that this was unlikely the case. We stopped the Pheno and finished the Chloramephenicol antibiotic treatment a few days ago.

Neurologist Specialist do not feel this is stemming from Brain Tumors nor likely to be Seizures but rather from Degenerative Back Disease. She is a real mystery case as it came on suddenly and has rapidly been consuming her well being.

Seems logical to me as for her past history with surgeries, not to mention IVD which we treat with Rimadyl that there could be anxiety stemming from the neck and back disc issues.

I have given Diazepam (1/4 tab) several times in a 24 hour period the past few nights. Since it is a short lived drug it doesnt seem to give us much relief, if any it is very short.

The restlessness and anxiety is getting the best of me. Sleep comes in spurts and I cant just lay there and listen to the whining and feeling of helplessness. I dont feel she is ready to let go, but we havent came up with anything to help relieve these symptoms that are playing havoc on us both.

Back to the Internal Medicine Center we are looking at trying a anxiety medication but it will likely take month (s) to see if it helps. I was wondering if anyone has tried the Melatonin approach to help them get through a sleepless night.

The symptoms seem to have a pattern that ranges from 2 am to 4 am and periodically throughout the day. It is hard to see her go through these states, especially when I can no longer get them to respond to past methods of soothing her out of them.

We humans need rest at some point or we break, not fair for either of us. Desperate to help her get to a relaxed state again. Anyone with this like situation please chime in. I would like to hear from you. Email me if you have some information that could help in this case @ lasvegasgirlie@clear.net.

For those whom may want to try some of my once useful techniques to arrest the attacks I will list them here. Hopefully they can help you and your pets ease out of this awful state of being.

I learned acupressure point at the shoulders towards the base of the neck and neck decompression were very helpful and would melt her down from a severe attack in seconds. Information can be found on the internet on the correct finger hold positions (generally held for about 1 minute would do the trick even in the worse cases).

For those with a smaller pet with a large sink, giving a warm bath and wrapping in towel would seem comforting. Also, the use of a spray nozzle to gently massage the back and neck.

Holding, cradling in arms and walking seems to be calming.

Small bits of their favorite food can break the cycle. Ice Cream seems to work quite favorably. Thirst usually follows. Offer water or Broth to keep them hydrated during these times.

Splashing cool water on the belly and over the head seems to disrupt the symptoms as well. Sometimes only briefly, just about anything that breaks the attention span seems to wake them from what is actually happening.

I have tried the ice pack on the back but never seen any real bonus there.

Getting them to walk about , offering plenty of water again.

Best wishes to the owners that endure these times of hardship in the lives of those we care for. Happy Holidays! and may they be seizure, stress free for you and your pets.

I have a 5 year old Shih Tzu who has been having seizures approx once a month after his first birthday. He’s having another one tonight and when he has seizures he always has like 3-6 before he’s done. I have him on Pheno but on a low-ish dosage that was just recently upped. It’s been like 1.5 months since his last episode.

Vets keep saying as long as he keeps coming in and out of seizures it’s fine. I really want to up the dosage more because of sleepless days like this, or try Potassium Bromine.

Poor dog, I’m icing his back right now because it’s been said to be effective, but I haven’t seen much success in the seizure sessions we get. I always found it interesting that my dog knows his episode is over because then he will finally plop down and fall asleep next to me (leaving me to clean up his messes!) But when he just sits there looking at nothing, then I know that he still has a few more seizures in him tonight.