My daughter is 2.5 years old and has been having absent seizures for 3 months. She was put on keppra 3 months ago and it seemed to be working but now we are changing to Zarontin since the seizures seem to be getting longer and maybe more frequent. Until I...
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 jess1a Does my 2.5 year old realize she is having absent seizures???
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CroninS Enviroment
We have a 10 year old daughter with epilepsy. She has petite mal seizures that cause her to often "blank out" and forget where she is, much less watch where she is going.
We live in a semi-decent community where there are suppose to maintain...
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 emw Well-Controlled Defined?
Hi, At what point can I call my seizures well-controlled in my profile? What is the accepted definition? Thanks!
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maBenzi Osteopaenia a side effect?
I am on a med called Epanutin (Phenytoin Sodium) that has controlled my TC seizures for > 30 years. Can the osteopaenia I have developed be a side effect? From South Africa and don't know the AED equivalent name elsewhere.
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 bgt should I have LTL surgery or not
I have had the the Wada test and they want to do the grids. If some one says no to surgery does that mean they will get worse with out it.. I hear all about how I needs surgery, but I never hear about people who don't have surgery and how they...
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 KellyS Grasping for straws
I have absence and grand mal seizures which have been well controlled with Keppra for the past 2 years until this past April. I switched to genric Keppra and had 3 absence seizures and quickly switched back to brand Keppra.
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 epi_help Where have I been?
HI everyone,
This is epi_help and I want to apologize for not being here to answer your questions lately. We don't and can't give medical advice, but we try to educate people whenever we can. Those of you who visit chat know that we've been doing...
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liz_la... Siezures came back
I had 3 maybe 4 seizures from age 12 to 19. Then I was seizure free. Today I had a grand mal seizure at age 51. I was extremly tired and working in a convention hall with flourecent lights. I Problably have not had that light, tired combination before, though...
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cvahedian Memory loss
My daughter had a seizure almost one month ago. She has had this conditon since middle school but for the most part it has been under control. This last seizure was different is was very confussed, disorientated, emotional and did not seem to reconized the...
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 cherri... Resourse Dogs
I have been researching for information on resource dogs. I haven't had any luck with finding anwsers to any of my questions. Hopefully someone here can. My son and I both have seizures. But I also have other aliments such as social disorder and etc. I was...
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sherri... I need help
I am 31 yr old female. I had my first seizure(that I know of) in October 08. I didn;t know what happened my jaw hurt really bad afterwards. My husband said I just fell down and started shaking my eyes were open but I don't remember any of it. He said this...
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midas smoking and epilepsy
Hi, fellow epilepsy individuals. I fell of of a ladder ten years ago and my seizures seem to be under control. I take 300 mg of dilantin daily but I smoke cigarettes. I have been smoking since I was 18 I am now 36. Can cigarretes induce a seizure? I need to...
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kathyl... Help My Chat wont fully open
When I reformatted my pc I can no longer get into chat. Does any one know is there a seprate application I need to download so that I may fully open the chat room?
Thank you,
kathylewiss@aol.com
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R Wilk... coughing and vomiting
One of the clients I support experiences coughing following his seizures with phlegm or phlegm/brown stained vomit if more severe. I have been told that these episodes of sickness are many small seizures following the main seizure. Is this true or is it...
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 Lkaplan cold switch
my son 23 has had 3 tonic clonic on carbatrol in the last 30 day 1 was a double. level 9.04 after yesterday's seizure the office said to stop carbatrol 400mg 2x a day & Start lamical 25 mg this morning. I have never cold stop any medicine. So now I am...
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 babzy surgical wonder
i will be going for a temporal lobectomy next mont . ive done lots of readings and i am curious as to results from surgery.
can surgery cause seizure activity to re-ocurr at a later time in life due to continued use of medications.?most meds claim...
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alyshad tracking
I have brief but many absent siezures through out the day, how am I suppose to track them when I am not aware, do I asume that when I miss a minute or two that that was a siezure, I also have psycomotor with out memorie how do I track those?
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 momina absense seizures
I am 20yrs old Pakistani female, 46kg body weight& still suffering from absense seizures even when I am on medication with lamictal at dose@ 150mg/day since last 2yrs.Please suggest how long I should take this drug or suggest some alternate treatment or drug
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General Health and Women's Issues
Effects of seizures or treatment on general health, bone health, sexuality, pregnancy and menopause.
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Finding Help
How to find or access help in the community, talking to health care providers and navigating systems.
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Lifestyle and Stress Management
Managing lifestyle and stress to help seizure control and general well-being.
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Medication Management
Information about medications, practical tips, memory aides and problems taking meds.
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Parents and Epilepsy
Parenting children with seizures or management issues for parents who have epilepsy.
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Products and Resources for Epilepsy
Products, equipment, and resources for people with epilepsy, their loved ones and caregivers.
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Surgery, Devices and Other Treatments
Questions about surgery, devices, diet or other non-medical treatments.
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Thinking, Learning, Mood, Behavior
Questions about effect of seizures and treatment on learning, mood and behavior.
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