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VNS Surgery

If you (or your loved one) have had a vagus nerve stimulator implanted, what happened after it?

no more seizures
5% (11 votes)
helped control seizures a lot
34% (76 votes)
helped a little bit
35% (78 votes)
didn’t help at all
17% (37 votes)
worse off
10% (22 votes)
Total votes: 224

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Anti-epilepsy treatments: What's new?
Created by Presidentat3/31/08 - 2:02 pm
Pipeline Group discussion on new developments in epilepsy treatments (including drugs, devices, gene therapies, etc.), and their potential to reach patients soon.
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Antiepileptic Drug Screening
Created by Presidentat12/7/07 - 3:38 pm
Discussion of preclinical models for screening potential antiepilepsy therapies
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Group
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy - to medicate or not?
Created by ursastat11/28/07 - 4:07 pm
BRE
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Group
Bugs Today: epilepsy.com Website Feedback and Architects Group
Created by warren7at11/15/07 - 11:57 am
Provide feedback and new ideas to make epilepsy.com a more effective resource
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Chanda's Group
Created by Chanda...at11/10/07 - 3:43 pm
The group discussion is up to you!
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Group
Coming Out of the Shadows
Created by ronbat3/28/08 - 2:59 pm
Using Epilepsy to Break Free
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Community Mentors
Created by epi_helpat11/11/07 - 2:21 pm
A group of community members interested in being volunteer moderators and mentors to users of my.epilepsy.com
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Dating and Epilepsy
Created by Pixied...at11/29/07 - 5:56 pm
Men and Women ages 25 to 40 who live with epilepsy every day of their lives and are strong enough to survive
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Group
Dealing with life and what ever!
Created by memtat11/10/07 - 4:36 pm
life and what ever
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Group
New - Epi-teens
Created by Epi-Teenat5/4/08 - 2:57 pm
A Group for teens living with Epilepsy to share their experiences with others, and share advice with others
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Epilepsy due to Viral Encephalitis (an Acquired Brain Injury~ABI~)
Created by ValNew...at1/11/08 - 7:05 am
Epilepsy due to Viral Encephalitis
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New - Epilepsy Innovation Summit May 2008
Created by warren7at5/13/08 - 7:08 pm
Notes and Discussions Inspired by the May 7, 2008 Epilepsy Innovation Summit in Boston sponsored by CIMIT and NIO
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Experiences with Simple Partial Seizures
Created by JayBri...at2/23/08 - 12:45 am
This group is for people to share their experiences with simple partial seizures with others.
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New - FACES Pediatric Subcommittee
Created by Cindy ...at5/1/08 - 11:42 am
Discussion forum for the FACES Subcommittee
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Group
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Created by criskrisat11/16/07 - 4:29 pm
A Group for Discussions Associated with Epilepsy focused in the Frontal Lobe
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Group
Husbands and Wives and questions
Created by Hisgraceat2/24/08 - 5:07 am
Spouses dealing with each other and their symptoms
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Group
Infantile Spasms or West Syndrome
Created by stanleyrat1/28/08 - 11:57 am
Infantile Spasms
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Karl's group
Created by karl34at11/11/07 - 5:03 am
Dealing with frustrations
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katelins group
Created by katelinat12/29/07 - 9:47 pm
before and after surgery in LA and Ventura county CALIF
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Lamictal
Created by Foxyfo...at2/29/08 - 2:07 pm
Daughter will be starting Lamictal and I need to hear of your experience with it.
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Group
Laughter The Best Medicine
Created by rebaat11/13/07 - 10:21 am
Relieving the stress of everyday life through laughter
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Group
LGS Foundation
Created by LGS Fo...at12/17/07 - 10:28 am
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation
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Living a life with Epilepsy
Created by kjcana...at11/18/07 - 9:13 pm
A place where people can come and talk about how they deal with their life on a day to day basis with Epilepsy
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New - living with epilepsy and ASD....autistic spectrum disorder
Created by sophia...at4/28/08 - 5:53 am
this is a happy friendly group to talk about living with A.D.H.D/ADD, Rett syndrome OR Aspergers syndrome this is for anyone who you know has got any of these conditions
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Miss Diagnosed
Created by annerut01at2/10/08 - 7:55 am
Teachers thought ADD my doctor thought differently
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Mormons Living With Epilepsy
Created by mormon...at4/13/08 - 11:16 pm
This is where members of the Mormon faith can talk about how their faith in God and living in the Church has helped them deal with their epilepsy.
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Group
Music Group
Created by IRobotat3/26/08 - 1:19 pm
A group for musicians and music lovers
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Group
My precious daughter has seizures
Created by AMbi071at12/17/07 - 10:13 pm
Love, Care, Tears, and Fears
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Group
NEW PARENTS
Created by angela...at12/14/07 - 11:59 am
partials seizures
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New - Northern Virgina Support Group
Created by Beryat5/11/08 - 5:22 am
Looking for people in Northern Virginia (Parents/siblings/Patients) looking for Support Groups
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O' Yeah Canada
Created by Godiva...at11/11/07 - 4:58 am
A place for people in Canada to sort out medications, insurance, driving laws & more.....every where seems to be different
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Old timers
Created by Colinaat12/18/07 - 10:44 am
A group of members who've been around a long time and have a lot of experience to offer.
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New - Pacific NW USA
Created by middlemanat4/21/08 - 1:28 pm
A place for people with epilepsy that live in AK, WA, OR, ID, or MT USA
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Practical Living with Epilepsy Catalogue Project
Created by warren7at11/15/07 - 10:44 am
A project to create a catalogue of products for safer living with epilepsy
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Readers Group
Created by Readergalat12/31/07 - 10:32 pm
Book club with group readings and discussions of books.
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Research Group
Created by spizat2/2/08 - 2:46 am
Researching Epilepsy
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Sample Group - Have a look at what you can do!
Created by etpweb...at11/10/07 - 6:45 pm
This Group has been started to provide and example of the new Groups feature and has links to the Help Section.
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New - Seizures + Weight Loss Surgery
Created by meltin...at5/15/08 - 5:46 am
Have you had WLS or are you planning it?
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Helen Keller and her pit bull
Service Animals, Therapy Animals, and Pets
Created by Vallie...at11/20/07 - 4:06 pm
A group for those who rely on the human-animal bond to get them through the day.
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Spousal support group
Created by jm2jmmat12/31/07 - 10:40 pm
to learn more about how others support spouses w seizure disorders , common experiences, offer help + hope
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Group
Struggling after surgery
Created by mommy2...at12/8/07 - 11:20 am
Those who've undergone seizure surgery and face a variety of struggles

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teens!! our lifes and more
Created by davitaat11/10/07 - 1:26 pm
where tens can get to know eachother
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Created by katfaerieat4/13/08 - 7:47 am
Discussions on personal experiences with temporal lobe epilepsy
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Texas Group
Created by Sunflo...at11/10/07 - 8:00 pm
Ya'll come right in!
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The Cabana
Created by spizat3/14/08 - 10:11 pm
A place for the serious, the not so serious and the seriously silly...Enjoy!
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The Stolen Laughter - Depression
Created by spizat12/6/07 - 4:12 pm
Depression - The Misunderstood and Unspoke Of Disability
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The Sunshine State
Created by Sugerfreeat11/15/07 - 11:16 am
California Support Group
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Wearable Seizure Detection
Created by warren7at4/4/08 - 11:16 am
Our group will explore technologies and developments to enable a practical seizure detector that can be used in everday life
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Women and epilepsy
Created by Purple...at4/10/08 - 6:58 pm
Women can deal with epilepsy in a different aspect than men. When it comes to the start of puberty to when menopase occurs. There are a numerous amount of effects that women can have due to hormones and becaus of childbearing. Due to this I wanted to start...
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You Would Think I am Without Epilepsy
Created by joelat4/4/08 - 3:24 pm
Persons whom one of their problems is Epilepsy
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