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...even more prone to these issues. Gold says three out of four of these incidents can be prevented if you know the right drugs to use and take a low dosage. But how can a patient or caregiver know when a symptom is actually a side effect of the medication? When is a cough not just a cough? Gold acknowledges...

...the medical doctor who is prescribing these drugs and share your concerns. It may be that these are not the right category of medication and/or the dosage might be off, given his weight, size and how close he is to puberty. Additionally, for most psychiatric conditions, medication alone is not the exclusive...

...solution. He couldn't find anything that would help track the seizures and the medications in order to monitor the effectiveness of different drugs and dosages. So he created a simple web-based diary with the ability to chart Evan's progress. "Evan's neurologist asked if we would make the diary system public...