epilepsy

Alex Davies was initially treated for epilepsy but months later scans revealed he had a brain tumour and was told he may only have 12 to 18 months to live.

"When she lost her voice, I just thought, these ain't signs of epilepsy, there's got to be something else."

"I asked if I could do one for me because my son Tommy was diagnosed with epilepsy last year," she said.

She didn't know the new drug she'd been prescribed - which is used to treat epilepsy and migraine - could cause rapid weight loss, nor that it should have been monitored by her GP.

Coroner Kerrie Burge said there was no evidence that Anna, who had a history of childhood epilepsy, had a seizure at any time and concluded she died following immersion in water.