After 5 years on Lithium for bipolar disorder (it helped my depression and anxiety but not my general mental weirdness), I was placed on Lamotrogine and became depressed and psychotic.  When I came off the Lamotrogine, I started experiencing all sorts of...

Hi Everyone,I know this is a touchy subject but I need more info on it if anyone has experience of this. The docs have told me they think my 'episodes' are non-epileptic because I had one on EEg and it showed no abnormality...

Ok I'm going to give a short version and a long version, as the long one might be too long for many... SHORT: -I'm 23, have had 5-6 deja vu episodes in 3-4 weeks. Daydream alot and have fleeting thoughts of normal things seeming weird or funny...

Hello, I am new to the forum and very confused over my son's eeg. He is 13 with autism and severly mentally impaired. I just got the results to his eeg after he had a seizure last month while on vacation. It was the first seizure that we know of. The results...

Arrrgghhh, I am very irritated and perplexed after my doctor's visit today. I'm not sure what to think or what to do, or what or whom to trust?

Hi, my name is Lisa and this is my first time posting.  I am 39 years and a mother of two daughters.  About 18 months ago, I had two experiences of deja vu.  After the deju vu feeling passed, I had a strange feeling...

I really want to keep this short as my story is extremely complicated, in a nutshell i was misdiagnosed with tics and my first neuro. was the doctor from hell. I had my second EEG today, and im starting to wonder if massive facial twitches are normal...

Hi Everyone! This is my first time on this site and I am glad to have found you all!  I was "diagnosed" with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 18mths ago following years of strange symptoms, 3 abnormal EEG's and an MRI which showed a leision in the...

Hi, my child of two years was diagnosed with Agenesis of the corpus callosum on july 2007. Normally all of his EEG's said that he have an hypsarrhytmic pattern. But on the EEG that was due on May I do not understand what it said and also they do not include...

My first seizure I had was when I was in 5th grade. In high school I quit my meds. I knew it all,lol. I m older and  have been having problems. My family doctor sent me to a nuerologist. Here are my results of my EEG, can someone please tell me what it...

2 years ago I had a pretty scary stress induced panic attack/seizure. And though I wound up in the hospital for it I never had it diagnosed. Recently I told my sister about it and she suggested that I might have a form of epilepcy.   However...

Hi, I have never posted on here before but I am a bit freaked out and everyone seems to know so much I was hoping someone could help me! I was diagnosed with Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy almost 3 years ago (I am 23 now). I had been...

My 2 year old went in for an EEG yesterday that included a strobe light for suspected petit mal seizures.  However, the strobe light really horribly, horribly effected me.  Immediately, I was terribly nauseous to the point I almost asked them to stop the...

My 2 year old went in for an EEG yesterday that included a strobe light for suspected petit mal seizures.  However, the strobe light really horribly, horribly effected me.  Immediately, I was terribly nauseous to the point I almost asked them to stop the...

Hi I am new on this site.  I am Tess and i have a 7 year old boy who was diagnosed to have epilepsy at age 2. He had EEG and CT Scan at that time. since then the doctor did not advise us to undergo EEG or any tests again.  Now that my child is 7 years...

Almost 4 years ago I was diagnosed with partial non-convulsive epilepsy. As a child I was thought to have had turrets, but the turret like systems cut back at 8. The panic attacks (later found to be partials) started when I was 16 but I thought they were panic...

Wondering if Aspartame also known as nutrasweet, (common sweetener in sugar free sodas and sugar free gum) is a trigger for anyone?...

Yesterday i spoke to the doctor about some strange things that have been happening to me in the last few months, such as seeing things, phantom smells and having no control over my hands for little points in the day.  

Hi Everyone! This is my first time on this site and I am glad to have found you all!  I was "diagnosed" with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 18mths ago following years of strange symptoms, 3 abnormal EEG's and an MRI which showed a leision in the...

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So, had a strange thing happen in January.  Not like my other symptoms and commented these to my Neuro in February.  Neuro ordered a MRI to rule out a possible stroke and so had MRI w/or contrast on Feburary 26th. Haven't heard a word from anyone...

Hi everyone, I was having symptoms of cognitive problems (memory issues) terrible migraines and seeing things, like shadows of people etc.. my neurologist ordered me to have an EEG and the test was abnormal.  The report said it was mildy abnormal due...

Here's the story: Three weeks ago my otherwise healthy and normal 15 month old son dropped to his knees, turned blue, arched his back, stopped breathing, and passesd out. He came around within 30 seconds and started breathing. We rushed to the ER (actually...

What is the difference between a seizure disorder and epilepsy? I had a bad wreck almost four years ago now and for the longest time the dr.s kept calling my seizures, actually the diagnosis was, seizure disorder. Now after the later video eeg they are diagnosing...

I've been reading up on the power of the mind, like collective conscious stuff and Law Of Attraction to gain control of your life and environment, success, etc.  I want to use an accompanying CD with a book I'm reading. It gives and Epilepsy warning...

I've had these "seizure-like" episodes for 5 months now.  The first one I had started while I was sitting at my desk at work and I had an aura for about an hour where I got this zig-zag line in front of my eyes and I couldn't...

I had my first ever grand mal  in Feb of this year, at age 32, so this is all new to me.  I've had MRI's, MRA, 1 hour EEG, and  24 hr take home EEG, all were normal, and now my neuro wants me to have a video eeg in the hosp for as an in-patient for...

I'm waiting for an appointment to see a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy. The one I have now just gave me the results and said, "yeah, looks like you're having seizures," and put me on Lamictal. I was hoping someone might be able to shed...

I am 29 and was diagnosed with Epilepsy in November of 2007 after a prolonged EEG. Since then I have moved and am on my 3rd Neurologist in this area. I have another EEG scheduled for this week. I was told by my other two physicians that I would not have another...

Jamais vous,  Jamais Vu? where are you Jamais Vu?    Maybe someone out there ought to write a movie and call it that? Way too many Deja Vus out there it gets all the generic celebrity symptom press name.....like everyone out theres heard and...

Hi! For those out there who have simple partials, are you able to explain how you feel to me? I am trying to understand if I am having anxiety about complex partials, or if I am having simple partials - or if its a bit of both! I...

My 7 yr old daughter just finished 48 hours of CCTV with inconclusive results. She has had Absence Epilepsy, but has been seizure/meds free for 8 months. During hyperventilation at her last office EEG, she had six varied types of...

Me again .. I was just wondering if anyone has seen a increase of activity or severity when they stopped smoking (ciggis) or similar. Ta! :o)...

I was given the diagnosis of epilepsy a year ago after a fall the lead me to go my doctors office.  Before I knew it I was in the hospital with a neurologist standing over me telling me that my life was about to change and I had epilepsy.  I had an EEG and...

I'll keep it short for you all, I had 2 suspected complex partials last year, but had no witnesses so it was just an "educated guess" Well, last week, 8 hours after giving blood, my own personal hell resumed from it's remission. Anyways, I had a Complex partial...

  Massively bored here. I'm on Day 3. Having lots of floaty moments that the EEG will not pick up.  I made the mistake of pushing the button for one of those small partials... what a pita.  SOOOO  I didn't push it again until today and...

Hi There, I am brand new to this site, and relativley new to seizures.  My son, who is now almost 3 years old, had his first seizure in May of 08.  It was deemed febrile.  He was alone in a room and I heard a horrible sound, when we found...

My teenage daughter's MRI showed evidence of febrile seizures, but she has never had a febrile seizure.  Could this sometimes be mistaken for another type of seizure and if so, which type?   She has had several seizures since she was 7 years old. ...

I had an EEG a couple of years ago that identified me as having Partial Complex Seizures.  Then in October I had a 10 minute Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure at a Pizza Place.  In January I had another seizure while holding on to my epileptic finacee...

Hello, and thanks for reading this! I feel silly asking for help, and am half expecting no response.

Hello- I'm new to this site and found it in hopes that someone might be experiencing the same things I am. In January or just before, I began having problems comprehending what I read or follow a lecture or story line. I'm 32...

Will people with swine flu have their symptoms progress into seizures?  Seizures related with the flu arent all that common. I suggest for more information regarding swine flu you can go to www.cdc.gov assuming that is if you can get through the thousands...