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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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Anonymous
Choose wedding dress
Created by Anonymousat4/2/08 - 5:03 am|15 Views
there are several steps to choose your favorate wedding dressthere are several steps to choose your favorate wedding dress

11neon...
11neon...
Short Circuiting A Lifetime
Created by 11neon...at11/23/07 - 12:13 am|200 Views
I have never known controlled seizures, I have had them controlled up to a certain point (once I got to where I had only a few a week and only in the night) the rest of my life it has really been a roller coaster ride with the meds and the types of seizures I have.

23 and...
23 and...
In Need Of Answers
Created by 23 and...at4/16/08 - 11:39 am|12 Views
dealing with a loved one and epilepsy

2special
2special
Our beautiful children
Created by 2specialat1/10/08 - 9:46 am|62 Views
Hello all my name is Louise and my husbands name is Kevin. We have 2 children Jenna who is 19yrs and Liam who is 17yrs. Both our children have Doose Syndrome.

5alive
5alive
eye of the tiger- 5 alive!
Created by 5aliveat1/9/08 - 7:13 pm|38 Views
in the land of the living

aabrt
aabrt
8:11 A.M.
Created by aabrtat11/20/07 - 5:44 am|186 Views
I'm female.Have a Daughter 26 years old.I'v had Seizures since I was 17 Years of age,I was living a normal so called life.And out of no where I started having siezures.Which I thought would go away at the time,I figured it to be something that would pass. ...

aalowrie
aalowrie
Life after Epilepsy
Created by aalowrieat1/8/08 - 9:01 pm|48 Views
I still have epilepsy but more important is that I have a life – there is life after being diagnosed with epilepsy.

adelem...
adelem...
Why Me.... Why Now?
Created by adelem...at1/12/08 - 3:53 am|93 Views
The story of my "seizures".

AGmom02
AGmom02
Nichole's Story
Created by AGmom02at3/7/08 - 5:15 am|21 Views
This is my life story and my epilepsy history.

ahardway
ahardway
New - AHardway's Battle
Created by ahardwayat5/6/08 - 4:39 pm|7 Views
This is a story  about a 26 year old female who had never had a problem with epilepsy until just  a couple of weeks after she turned 24.

ailish...
ailish...
my son dean
Created by ailish...at4/10/08 - 2:29 pm|19 Views
Dean is ten and has epilepsy which is not controlled

ajadhas
ajadhas
suggestions needed
Created by ajadhasat2/5/08 - 3:18 am|6 Views
My daughter , aged 13 years is suffering from epilepsy for the past one year. After investigation, she is taking every day TOPOMAC 50 mg, NUTRISAN and MENTAT- an ayurvedic product for good health.  But she is continuously suffering from headache, giddiness...

Alexan...
Alexan...
My beautiful daughter
Created by Alexan...at1/18/08 - 11:37 am|33 Views
Infant seizures,

Alisha
Alisha
New - MRI Test with no answers
Created by Alishaat4/23/08 - 2:26 pm|6 Views
MRI tests bring up more questions about her her condition

amalcolm
amalcolm
out of a blue
Created by amalcolmat2/20/08 - 3:28 pm|24 Views
my first warning signs and never thought that something like this could happen.

amanda...
amanda...
Carissa
Created by amanda...at4/14/08 - 10:36 am|12 Views
sleepwalking , siezures and nite terrors

Amanda...
Amanda...
Complex Febrile Seizures
Created by Amanda...at4/12/08 - 5:21 pm|4 Views
My daughter had her first febrile seizure at 10 months.

amanda...
amanda...
My stoary
Created by amanda...at3/25/08 - 9:34 am|21 Views
I am 37 years old. I have had seizures all my life. In my early years it was staring at people and very clumsy. When I turned 16 I had my first grand mal. I normally have one to two  a year. I am on Depakote er and tegretol. I also have an avm in the brian.

amanda...
amanda...
My silver lining
Created by amanda...at4/12/08 - 8:19 pm|12 Views
In 1998 shortly after my 21st birthday I had my first seizure.

amati727
amati727
surgery again?
Created by amati727at3/9/08 - 11:28 am|9 Views
after corpus collusotomy should we have more surgery?

AMbi071
AMbi071
My 5 year old Princess
Created by AMbi071at12/17/07 - 9:52 pm|147 Views
My daughter was has complex partial seizures. She has had 1 febrial and 3 complex partial to date.

amk51789
amk51789
Annie's story
Created by amk51789at1/21/08 - 4:00 pm|27 Views
my life was changing before my eyes

ammustafa
ammustafa
newly diagnosed 9 year old
Created by ammustafaat4/12/08 - 5:48 pm|15 Views
9 year old daughter has been diagnosed with Epilepsy.She is on the generic brand of Trileptal.Continues to have seizures

Amy here
Amy here
New - Aaron's Battle with Epilepsy
Created by Amy hereat4/29/08 - 9:03 am|24 Views
Aaron age 10 and his journey through childhood dealing with Epilepsy.

andrea...
andrea...
A Wake Up Call
Created by andrea...at4/4/08 - 7:10 pm|17 Views
The first time I had a seizure

Andrew B
Andrew B
Andrew B "IS"
Created by Andrew Bat11/12/07 - 9:43 pm|169 Views
I'm new on here, and am courious if anyone know's someone diagnosed with "IS" Infintile Spasms?

Angel30
Angel30
My children have chromosome disorders, and two of them have epilepsy (ring21 and R21+1)
Created by Angel30at4/2/08 - 3:42 pm|17 Views
Hi my name is Marion and I am a single Parent. I have 3 children ages 7, 6 and 4. My eldest daughter who is 7 has a ring 21 and a duplication of 21 in a proportion of her cells, she has mosaic downs syndrome and quite severe epilepsy. As well as other...

angela...
angela...
New - Life Changing experience
Created by angela...at4/26/08 - 5:03 am|64 Views
30 yrs old, Diagnosed with Epilepsy July 24, 2007 and discovered I have Temporal Lobe seizures February 5, 2008 through Video EEG study. I don't understand, but I'm learning more everyday.  

angele...
angele...
New - MY STORY
Created by angele...at4/17/08 - 12:40 pm|13 Views
HELLO MY NAME IS ANGELESE. I LIVE IN FLORIDA. SINCE I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT EPILEPSY. I REALLY HACE BEEN HAVING SEIZURES IN GRADE SCHOOL. I REMEMBER TELLING MY PARENTS I COULD NOT SPEAK OR MOVE. OF COURSE THEY DID NOT BELIVE ME. SO I STOP TELLING THEM. I ALSO...

angelkixx
angelkixx
This is my story of tonic clonics and absences..
Created by angelkixxat1/12/08 - 1:02 pm|26 Views
hi, i'm 27, from uk. I have a husband (to be!) and 2 kids (9yr girl and 1 yr boy). Had epilepsy since i was 13.The doctors said it was puberty and i would grow out of it. 14 years later i am still having tonic clonic and absence seizures....

anna61
anna61
my seizures began at 41
Created by anna61at1/10/08 - 11:32 am|84 Views
i had my first grand mal seizure one day before my 41st birthday, 8/30/2002.  i had been having complex partial seizures for at least a year prior to that and had no idea what was wrong with me.  i was terrified to describe, or even attempt to describe...

anniem...
anniem...
Back in Circulation Again
Created by anniem...at3/7/08 - 12:48 am|6 Views
My life and Living with the big E-Epilepsy

apmast
apmast
Andrew Mast's Adult Onset Epilepsy Story
Created by apmastat3/12/08 - 1:17 pm|42 Views
My epilepsy story in a nutshell. How I had my first tonic-clonic seizure in my mid-twenties and how it has impacted my life.

aprill...
aprill...
New - Life with epilepsy
Created by aprill...at5/7/08 - 10:30 am|8 Views
when my son was nine he started having seizures which have never been controlled.

aquila316
aquila316
Aquila316 A.K.A. Susan's Story
Created by aquila316at11/12/07 - 5:47 am|224 Views
It pretty much sums up my 34 years with E, and reaching a certain point in my life where everything in the world is beginning to look different, and I am scared and awed all at the same time.

Aquiona07
Aquiona07
All About ME!!!
Created by Aquiona07at12/19/07 - 2:50 pm|118 Views
Just a simple summary of who I am, when I was diagnosed with epilepsy and how I am dealing with it now.

argie
argie
New - ARGIE
Created by argieat4/17/08 - 1:07 pm|4 Views
EPLIPESY TOO..

armybr...
armybr...
THANK GOD
Created by armybr...at3/27/08 - 11:07 am|14 Views
I am thankful for the military men and women at MEPS in Indianapolis

arsena...
arsena...
ROLANDIC EPILEPSY OR HORMONAL RELATED IN TEENAGERS?
Created by arsena...at12/8/07 - 12:11 pm|134 Views
My mum was hit with epilepsy when she fell pregnant with me at the age of 19, she was only a couple of weeks pregnant, she has now been seizure free for 13 years but is still on carbamazapine. This is my story. I first started feeling changes 4 years ago when...

ashlyall
ashlyall
monty
Created by ashlyallat2/15/08 - 8:53 pm|4 Views
my son monty aged 24 years having seizure disorder since birth and still he is having, even now he is getting worst type of fits

aurora...
aurora...
My little Angel Aurora....
Created by aurora...at2/26/08 - 3:26 pm|21 Views
The story of my 2 1/2 year olds journey to being diagnosed with Epilepsy.

automom
automom
New - Thanksgiving Morning
Created by automomat4/20/08 - 8:26 pm|13 Views
 New epileptic patient

autumn18
autumn18
19 month old NIGHTMARE
Created by autumn18at1/31/08 - 10:54 pm|14 Views
I was nineteen months old when these here problem started acting up and taking over my life. Turning blue, scaring my family, and making the doctors pick their brains was my thing.

aydens...
aydens...
New - Ayden's Story
Created by aydens...at5/13/08 - 5:06 pm|6 Views
My son Ayden was born full term, he had fetal distress so they used the vacuum to deliver him...

B.F.
B.F.
I just started taking Topamx for headaches my Dr. said.......
Created by B.F.at2/25/08 - 1:40 pm|54 Views
SIDE EFFECT QUESTIONS

bamaMW7
bamaMW7
I Though It Was Over
Created by bamaMW7at4/3/08 - 5:41 pm|24 Views
Complex Partial Seizures

banffgirl
banffgirl
my brain has died a thousand deaths...........
Created by banffgirlat11/11/07 - 9:43 am|309 Views
i have primary generalized seizures which is genetic. i also have nes, which the doc said is normal with my tipe of e. i use to have panice attacks in my 20s and 30s so i guess instead the anxiety is coming out as nes. sometimes i just feel like my brain is...

Barb O
Barb O
Can This Be Real?
Created by Barb Oat3/16/08 - 9:02 am|22 Views
Seizures begin at age 43.

Barb_740
Barb_740
My Epilepsy what a crazy life
Created by Barb_740at2/24/08 - 11:46 am|16 Views
18 went in to have a baby did that and also came out with epilepsy

bardc
bardc
Me and My Shadow
Created by bardcat1/9/08 - 9:13 am|28 Views
This is about a teenage boy and how he develops into a young adult and  is told by doctors that he is cured and that he no longer has to take medicine or have annual check ups. Then one day during mid-life a double whammy hits in the middle of the night!