This topic may already be addressed on this site. If it is, I apologize.  I'm new to epilepsy.com, and have a quick question regarding keppra and antidepressants.

Hi Everyone,   I am new here, my daughter has been diagonsed with frontal lobe epilepsy and we have not found a medicine that works that she can tolerate.  She is currently taking Topomax and Lyrica, she is still having 2-3 seizures...

Hello all, I hope in the right place. My husband has been having what I will describe as mild seizures for several years now. They almost always happen as he is laying down to go to sleep. At first, they happened 2-3 times a year and lasted maybe 1-2 minutes....

hi i'm martin and i'm 26. this morning It was the 10 time in like 30 workingdays that I didn't go to work. It started maybe with 17 that a had very strange feelings almost every morning. I was depressed and couldn't get a positiv thought and I felt like...

  I had a series of seizures several weeks ago, and I've had dizzy spells and migranes almost my entire life, after my seizures, I went into my doctors to get a referal to a neurologist, and my doctor told me that what I experienced wasn't as seizure....

Ok, my son Luke is four almost five, yesterday he ran a fever of 102.1 I gave him some tylenol and put him in a bath. the fever never really spiked as it had done in the past when he was younger. In the bath he seemed fine he was laughing & playing. all of...

Hi, I am here because I am concerned for my boyfriend.  He is 32 years old and just about a month ago, he had his first seizure in about 4 years and then a second one about a week ago.  It always happens at night and I am afraid to go to sleep. He was recently...

Hi, I am Kaity (Kaitlyn) I am almost 13, My little brother is 3, he has seizures. My mom comes on here too her name is averysmom on here. I want to find some kids to chat with that have seizures or live with some one that does. I try...

who is new here that has juevenile myo-clonic epilepesy please reply because I am new here and I just got it.

just wanted to stop by and say hi.  i am new to this site, i take care of an adult girl with moderate autism, who now we are suspecting siezures with. i'm just trying to find the answers to see what i can do to make it easier for her and everybody else...

Hi all, I am new to this site and am here to look for someone who has had similar experiences as mine. I have had epilepsy for 4 years and they have improved from when I was first diagnosed after being put on dilantin and lamictal. BUT I am still experiencing...

Im 18 years old. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy about 2-3 months ago. I have currently had 4 seizures, all of which were awake. Recently I've noticed that when I wake up Im more tired than usual even with the 4-6 hrs of sleep i get. My blankets are throw around,...

My son is 15, was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and was waiting for dr. appointment when he had a grand mal seizure. He was terrified, I was terrified, the whole family is scared.This is our first experience with seizures like this. He's only...

my daughter is 14 now she was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 12. we have been through so many medicines i have lost count. and this week changed to another one. so she now takes topomax and lamictal. her seizures have so far not been controlled. we are...

Hi, My daughter started having morning seizures three months ago.  She has had six that I have observed.  Two today.  This morning it lasted about 7 minutes followed by 1.5 hrs of sleep.  My wife was with her for the second one around 5:30 p.m. ...

thanks to shitty canadian health i still havnt been able to speak with a neuroligist, so i'm not 100 % sure what i have been having are seizures or that i have epilepsy. for the longest time i have tried to believe that these episodes were just me fainting,...

Hi I'm 29 years old and have a congenit mal formation in my brain. I've had seizures(grand mal until I was 5, then none for 6 years then partial and absence until the age of 20. Then things got a lot worse I had dozens of partial...

I AM A 34 YEAR OLD WOMAN, WITH 2 KIDS, SEEMINGLY HEALTHY UNTIL 2 WEEKS AGO I HAD A SEIZURE AND REALLY LACERATED MY TONGUE. NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I DROVE OVER TO THE URGENT CARE CENTER AND HAD THEM CHECK IT OUT. THEY HAD...

Hi! My 18 year old son has recently started having Complex Partial Seizures after having been well controlled for Grand Mals for the last 3 1/2 years.  He only had 1 breakthrough--2 years ago-- and they attributed that to only being on 100mg of Lamictal...

Hi. I have had epilepsy since I was twelve years old... and maybe earlier they aren't sure. I am now 24 and am really having a hard time with work situations. I am constantly tired and having a hard time focusing which I have been on Lamictal for several years...

Hi, I have been dealing with some things for a few years and No doctor has been able to help me. They say i have panic attacks or a change in migraine auras. I had a 72 hour eeg but it was clean. MRI was clean too. SOme of the things A feeling...

HELLO, LIKE ANY EPELEPSY, MINE STARTED WITH SHAKING IN THE MORNINGS AND FAINTINGS. I HAD JUVINILE MYOCLONIC EPELEPSY. I'M 15 YEARS OLD AND FEMALE. I WAS PUT ON KEPPRA 500MG. AT FIRST IT WAS JUST DIZZINESS AND NOW IT'S BEEN AROUND...

Hello to all, My name is Dan diagnosed for about 9 years now. I have no family history of any Epilepsy I checked. I took Ritilian in my school years. I have looked into it alot, but no creditable sources say this could be the cause. I myself...

Hi I just want to introduce myself, I am not sure if I have visited here before, I have memory problems and often forget if I have been on a site or not. I am 47, a married father of three. I have had epilepsy for about 18 years, maybe a bit...

Well this is my first time EVER blogging, and i thought what a better place than here with fellow ppl that are or have gone through what I am going through now. He's a brief history of my epilepsy condition

Hey all,  I'm not really new here, I've been lurking in the background for a few months, but I haven't really done anything up until now. Just today I wrote the "My story" portion of my profile, so in an act of shameless self-promotion, here...

Hi there. I am new to this forum, and unsure whether I actually have epilepsy or not. I am hoping someone will be able to read my story, and tell me if they experience their attacks in a similar way or not.  

I have a story to tell and I would love to hear what you all have to say about it.

Hi, I'm a concerned family member trying to get some info. I'm wondering if anyone has had hallucinations and delusions while taking any certain epilepsy medication. My sister in law has epilepsy and has recently said she has the gift of talking to dead relatives,...

I have been reading about the different types of seizures and epilepsy and am pretty sure I have temporal lobe epilepsy (my neuro won't put a name on it yet). I just have a question. I spent a week in a neuro unit going from being just confused to almost a...

 My 9 year old son has Asperger's. His doctor tells me that this elevates his risks of comorbidity which could include seizures. Last year his teacher's noticed he was having many staring spells during school. I noticed them at home as well. A teacher thought...

Hi everyone! I was diagnosed with epilepsy about 2 years ago (I'm 31 now). My first few attacks were night seizures, the only indication i had was that i had wet the bed both times. Soon after, i had 4-5 seizures in succession in the span of 1 day and have...

has anyone who has ever taken keppra experienced burning or itching in the head?? not the scalp also i can not seem to tolerate the generic very well. are the fillers in the medication different? i take 500 mg 1/2 tablet 2 times a day .  any...

I have a daughter 14 does any parents out there avoid any public activities in fear of your child having a SZ that draws attention because it is a loud grunt  and scream type for the sake of having your child be stared at or feel embarrassed which they...

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I am new here, my daughter was diagnosed with JME back in Sept.  She had been experiencing twitches and ticks (I call them) for awhile.  I had told our doctor about it and he reduced her ADD medicine.  Still the same symptoms.  She normally takes naps...

i went to bed had a really bad headache could not drop off for ages , not sure i did but i got a funny taste in my mouth then i heard wispers in my left hear very loud and my body went stiff more aware about my fingers stiff and shaking i could move my...

so, my problem. begins with a seizure when asleep, had a MRI, CT scan, EEG, blood work, holter monitor, tested for cancer, tumors, MS, MD, you name it and nothing found. Then 3.5 years later i had another and tested again and nothing. was put on divalproax...

Are there other people out there using this site who have seizures caused by a brain tumor? I am interested in comparing stories and finding out what has happened with your seizures after surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation. Thanks! Liz

  My 10 year old son has a type of autism, PDD-NOS, and is having abscence seizures.  He is showing skills regression in his sociol, cognitive skills.  Does any one know anything?

Im 46 and had my first seizure 30 days ago while driving. This seizure was not a grand mal. Then 2 days ago I had a grand mal while driving with my son. He called an ambulance and I was transported to the hospital. I have an appointment with neoro on Monday....

Hello, I have been living with these "seizures" for about 5 years now.  I have been to several doctors and tried several different things but nothing is working.  I can't seem to find a doctor that knows anything about catamenial seizures or...

My 16 yo daughter, after getting worse on meds, has been on the MAD diet since June 09.  She has reduced her meds to only 1 and that at minimial dosage.  MAD will NOT cure epilepsy, BUT it does help ALOT of people.  My daughter went from 1,000s of myoclonics...

As often I'm confused. Years ago I was a member of a chat group which became a very supportive as well as informational group. The group is no longer here. I don't remember my ID name back then so if any of the past members are here I wish I could know but...

Hello everyone,