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Does Epilepsy ever totally go away?
Fri, 04/02/2004 - 01:57I've read that it does. But I have my own theory on it. I believe that Epilepsy is like a Volcano – it can lie dormant for a very long time and then raise its ugly head again. We all know that some Volcanoes have been dormant for thousands of years but that they can erupt again any day. Now because us humans don't live for that long, some epilepsy may remain dormant for our whole life and others are not so lucky. I've read a few stories when the people have gone 20 years with no seizures or medication and then bang they start having seizures again and need to be put back on medication – now I'm sure they thought that they didn't have it any more! I myself have gone 7 years (between 7 and 14) without any seizures or meds and then start having them and needing meds again. I recently had another seizure my first since 1997 although that was triggered by a drug so I'm just waiting to see if that's all it was. I use to wear a Medic Alert Bracelet before and are going to start wearing it again when I get my replacement one as I lost my first one – I think everyone who has a history of seizures should wear one cause you just never know when you may have another one
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Re: Does Epilepsy ever totally go away?
Submitted by katttyy on Thu, 2012-04-05 - 15:36
how old are you now ?
Re: Does Epilepsy ever totally go away?
Submitted by sparkasmile on Tue, 2012-06-12 - 00:42
hi my name is kristen i was born with grandma seizures/epilepsy i stoped around age 10/11 im now 17 im afraid that one day it will come back... but i believe we do still have seizures but there mild and you dont shake. i read up on that... but i also dont take medicine anymore is that bad
Re: Does Epilepsy ever totally go away?
Submitted by jwsocks on Wed, 2009-01-21 - 00:01
I was diagnosed with epilepsy around age 2 and around age 3 they said it was gone. Is it really gone? One of my greatest fears is that it will come back...