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How do we feel happy

Fri, 08/22/2014 - 15:59

I often feel sad and depressed living with JME. I'm nervous and have constant anxiety that I will have a seizure in my sleep. Also I used to be 130 points 2 years ago when I was diagnosed. Now I'm 18 and 147 pounds not knowing if I should increase my dose of meds because I have gained weight. Also I have constant leg weakness. How does everyone keep going. 

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I'm 20 years old and I have

Submitted by Misjoey101 on Sat, 2014-08-23 - 02:12
I'm 20 years old and I have gained 30lbs over the past 5 years I have been taking keppra. You are 18? Are you going to college? If you are applying, that is the time when epilepsy made me happy. I'm convinced that epilepsy was a major reason why I got scholarships and was accepted into schools like UC Berkeley. I just keep going by thinking about other things like class and the job that I have. I definitely worry about when I will have seizures but, that's why I tell the people I live with (especially my roommate). You can do it!

I have been living with the

Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2014-08-24 - 22:54
I have been living with the same roomate and I have't gotten him to pay his share of the rent. Can I send you his bill???

Well Me I feel with my

Submitted by just_joe on Tue, 2014-08-26 - 21:22
Well Me I feel with my fingers most of the time is what I could have put there.. Hows the boy doing and is he set to start college yet?

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