hi i have epilepsy since 5-6 years and i'm on depakine lately i was feeling very tired and i went to doctors they told me that i have to monitor my blood pressure for a while as i might have high blood pressure ... plz help me ... give me any advice...

  I was looking up some stuff online and inadvertently came across this. I didn't read the article thoroughly but I found my fast skimming interesting. http://www.healthresearch.com/myoclonic.htm ~Karen

Hi our daughter is two years old and had a 90 minute seizure. We live in a very rural area and it took that long for an emergency airplane to get to us and stop her seizure. She also aspirated on her vomit, then stopped breathing so they put in a breathing...

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I've had Epilepsy for pretty much five years now and I've grown more photosensitive and have recently been diagnosed with JME (Juvenile Myoclonic Epliepsy) but I don't have the jerks. I have everything else on the symptoms list but the jerks. Does anyone...

I'm having a problem getting a medical release form signed for my son, Steven, who wants to participate on his high school swim team. Steven developed partial seizures (about 1 every two months on average) at age eight and had surgery 18 months ago...

hi, im new here! 18, TLE. is there anyone similar to speak to? would love to hear fom you!

Hi everyone, i am 19 and have been having seizures for a couple years now. Doctors have not been able to find out if i have an aura yet, i want to know what exactly happens to you guys so that maybe i can find some relations. Thanks, Liam

FYI, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Eisai-Launches-New-iw-3742076881.html?x=0&.v=1 ~Karen

My 4 month old son is scheduled for a 3 Day Video EEG on Friday. Can anyone tell me what to expect from an Infant stand point?

Yeah, so pretty much I have been seizure free for a little over a year now. I am a pretty good driver (been practicing with my learner's permit) and I am READY to get my regular license. In the state of FL, if you have had a seizure in less than 24 mo., you...

Hi I am new to this but my daughter is going to be 18 soon and the doctor wants to take her off of her meds,  She has petit mal seizures so they ask if she has had any and I really don't know.  She also has learning delays so sometimes she may not tell me...

My daughter was diaganosed with photo generalized compulsive epilepsy. We tried the lamictal deal. My daughter broke out in a rash, and developed a blister on her lip... Immediately removed her from drug.. She is now on Depakote 250mg 2 pills twice a day.......

hi.  My 16 yo son has epilepsy and was diagnosed 2 yrs ago.  He has gran mal, absence, and myoclonic seizures.  He also has Asperger's syndrome.  He has never been seizure free for longer than 6 months.  A lot of the reason for this is his noncompliance. ...

HI I my 3 year old has partial complex seizures that have gotten worse since first being diagnosed in January. Im afraid her seizures are going to develop into tonic clonic's. Her neck is starting to be like a noodle during her seizures and she can't hold...

Hi, my name is Sebastian, I'll be 17 in about 10 days =) To get to the point, I've had these weird little 'episodes' since Grade 8 that were so confusing, and I had no idea why they started. Basically, I would get this feeling like I need to use the...

My child is "remembering" something that did not happen to her.  The way I know this, is because I was there when she says this happened, and it simply did NOT happen the way she is remembering.  She has been seen by a physician, and their findings...

I am 17 years old, and i suffer from memory loss. for about the past 5 years (has gotten ESPECIALLY bad within the past 2), my memory has been suffering. I can recall long term stuff, but short term is really bad.

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My daughter is 11 and was diagnosed a year ago with absence seizures.  For the past maybe 6 months I have noticed her memory is terrible.  She will know her math facts and then all of a sudden something switches and she no longer remembers them.  I have...

I am in desperate need to find answers for my soon to be 4yr old daughter. She had her 1st febrile seizure when she was 5mths. it lasted 55mins. she was put on phenobarbatol but found to be allergic & switched to keppra & giving diastat to give at the onset...

My daughter, age 6, has been on Keppra for 18 months.  The Keppra controls the seizures pretty well. All summer she has been complaining of headaches. The headaches are getting worse, and she is also complaining of body aches/cramps. Has anyone...

As  I wrote in my blog, my daughter has absent seizures and she has started school.  The teacher has recommended a speech therapist which was no surprise. To my amazement she recommended a behavorial specialist. Now she is 5 and can be a little "WHINEY"...

I have posted on here it seems like a million times and I always get good advise. My 10 year old son was seizure free for nine months and now this month he has had three more seizures. Same thing occured last September so that makes me think is there something...

My daughter had her VNS turned on in July.  We had it increased two weeks ago and in the last week she has had a small seizure almost every night during her sleep.   I think the VNS is causing them.  Before the increase, she would have seizure every...

My daughter is currently taking Zonegran and Keppra and has the vns.  Her seizure activity has increased and her Doctor has offered her to switch the Zonegran for either the Trileptol or Banzel.   She has partial complex seizures.  Can anyone offer me...

Hi there. I'm a teen living in Central Florida and I was diagnosed with JME almost two years ago now. I was put on the standard Depakote (500mg daily) for the massive myoclonic seizures (I would fall down, drop/throw things etc) but right before I started...

Just wanted to some insight into others experiences with Absense seizures in toddlers.  I have a son who is almost 3 years old.  Has a very limited vocabulary, and although he babbles and makes an effort to communicate,...

My six year old has generalized Tonic clonic, Drop attack, Myoclonic...Seizures. I just want to know what she is going through. I hurts terribly to see her have seizures but her neuro says they don't hurt and she doesn't remember anything....

Just looking for people that may have tried 5 HTP and vitamin E in help controlling there seizures. My 10 year old son is taking coromega fish oil, vitamin b complex, magnesium / zink along with his keppra. Just wondering if you had success with anything....

i'm 17, ive had epilepsy for almost 5 years and 3 major seizure within that time period. i experience almost on a daily basis jerks and blackout and memory loss is a big issue. this has all lead to depression and i still can't accept my issue or allow it...

Has anyone or have someone that experienced that Topamax side effects include weight loss. If so, is there anything being done to gain weight. My Alexia, 16 is underweight and is being teased at school. She weighs 93 pounds (called...

dear robfong iwas on keppra and i had arelergric reaction to it my mouth swelled up      and        thebest thing       i would do is get off of it now   tell your doctor                                                                        ...

About 6 weeks ago I found my 13 yr old son unconscious in the middle of a major seizure (grand mal). Until that day I didn't know he was epileptic. He had only seized once before when he was 7 yrs old during a very high fever. We thought...

My 10yr old son has frontal lobe epilepsy - I met someone the other day who had childhood epilepsy and she said that her dr told her mother that it was due to her being born early (36 wks) and that her lungs had not fully developed...my...

Hello out there My son, 7, had a right temporal lobectomy 2 weeks ago...the day after surgery he had 4 seizures in 2 hrs.  They looked the same as before (complex partial).  The doctors were very concerned that they didnt "take enough out". ...

Okay so I am new here we found out earlier this year that our son who is now 2.5 is having complex partial seizures and is currently taking trileptal 2x daily.  We have noticed that he is more aggressive.  He was always aggressive but ever since...

My daughter had a seizure, she is only 3,5 years old, and was the first time,about a month ago. Her fever went up very fast ,up to 40 degrees Celsius, and her body got stiff, and after she fainted.We went to ER, they took the liquid from her spine, and...

Hi all,  I noticed 4 days ago that my 5 months old son sometimes shakes his head with his eyes rolling back. It occurs 7 to 9 times everyday, and lasts for 1 - 2 seconds every time. Mostly this happens when he is sleepy. Other than this abnormal behaviors,...

I am in need of some feedback from some of you whom may have in the past or are currently going through this as well. I would like to first off take off my hat to those of you that have children with this disorder. Especially those that have a child that...

This happens to my son who is 11 y.o., everytime he has a seizure (several times a day), and it is very noticeable to everyone around.  They are complex partials from temporal lobe and only last 10-20 seconds.  If I hold my breath for the count of 10,...

My 10 year old son has BRE. Last night he woke up and was confused asking for things that did not make sense. He was very anxious and agitated. When I got out of the bed he was in the kitchen and then we went to the restroom and he was very gassy and thought...

My son is 3 years old and diagnosed March of 08 when he was 18 months old. From the start he has been on Keppra and we see little of the behavioral side effects we were told to look for. What we are seeing and noticing is our son is not getting bigger (mostly...

My 3 year old son was diagnosed at 17mo with epilepsy. He takes Keppra and th seizures are under control. what my question is to anyone out there is when your child has an infection are they more likely to have an episode? i have noticed everytime...

Since our daugther has had her first seizures, she has been sleeping with us.  My husband and I trade nights because we get so little sleep with her.  She cries out in her sleep several times a night and is constantly moving around.  Since we are new...

Have any other parents experienced growth delays in their children who have been on epilepsy meds? My child was on Depakote, then switched to Lamictal, and he has experienced delay in his growth with advanced bone age.

Hi everyone, I have 8 year old twins that both have epilepsy.  They both have had seizures since they were 10 months old. They are both on lamictal. Last week, one of them started blinking his eyes excessively. I was concerned because it was similar...

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