From being diagnosed with Depression to Bipolar to Epilepsy

Had first seizure when 11 and lost 5 out of 6 friends that very day. Life changing to say the least.

Ever since i can remember, even as a child i have had vivid dreams and hallucinations and i have never known why. I also suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder and mild depression, with the hallucinations happening as well i was starting to think i...

My daughter is 5 and half years old and has epilepsy. We live in Texas!

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.

dealing with a loved one and epilepsy

this story is heart felt and even when i read it, i still get jitters. 

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.

Summary of my issues with seizures since freshman year in College

15 year old daughter with Partial seizures with generalization and diagnosed with gray matter heterotopia

LOOKING FOR ANSEWERS,TO STARRING SPELLS AND HEADACHES,,

in the land of the living

Peti-Mal Epilepsy. Brief lapses of consciousness, and awareness.

i was a guard and got shot in the face 50foot away then i became epilepsy

Our Daughter has (partial) Trisomy 15 with uncontrolled generalized seizures. How to make the executive disision?

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. ...

I still have epilepsy but more important is that I have a life – there is life after being diagnosed with epilepsy.

Never give up ! Stay strong ! Our baby girl is still way behind just started walkin almost a year ago ,and has the best services out there for her . We are very lucky to have the Neo that we have cause he is totally here for us as a family and wants to get...

Over six years' effort has enabled us to create a novel systems biology animal (Drosophila, an insect) model that seems to be relevant not only in understanding processes underlying epileptogenesis and antiepileptogenic drug action but also in discovering...

I want to share my experience of having Generalised siezure disorder

We were searching for extra protection for our daughter's night time seizures. It is scary not knowing if she was going to have one or not. Worse, if she were to have one and we would miss it. We found an answer.

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I was diagnosed with Petite Mal epilepsy at the age of about 11 and still have it after 47 years.

my names are uthman olubodun mutiu, an indigene of lagos state in nigeria...i am writing this for my brother

My daughter was diagnosed with seizures and polymicrogyria w/ mild heterotopia at 2 months old, infantile spasms at 3 months old. She is now 15 months old. We have tried almost everything.

How to survive the end of employment - AGAIN.

Hate it!!

my first time i had a seizure was today and it was the worst experience i could ever imagine. i just want some feedback so i have someone to talk to about it because i am afraid of whats going to happen. im 17 but i have never had experience with this so...

This is my life story and my epilepsy history.

This is a story  about a 28 year old female who had never had a problem with epilepsy until just  a couple of weeks after she turned 24.

Aiden was born on February 15, 2004. We were so glad that baby Aiden had arrived. Right away, we noticed he had a very large birthmark on his face and scalp. The doctors called it a Port-Wine Stain and warned that Aiden might have glaucoma as the birthmark...

Dean is ten and has epilepsy which is not controlled

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...

Been diagnose with Eplipesy since 1986 with complex partial seizures.

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4 months ago I felt great, I could drive and having a headache was an everyonce  in awhile thing. But it all changed seemed like over night. I started feeling disoriented, started having migraines every single day. My vision was off, felt dizzy and light...

2003 - First Grand Mal in 27 years resulting in bad wreck, Start major testing, what caused it....? 2004-2005 - CT, MRI's, Short EEG, MRSpect, 48hr EEG, EEG off meds, Ictal Spect- w, w/o, WADA, NeuroPsych,  Visual Field     2006 - Surgery

please write to us if you have any similar case. we ned information as much as we can get.my dauther alara had first seizure 11 hours after the mix vaccine when she was 4 and a half months old.

i'm Ateia 31 male fro libya where no phsycological doctres or whatever of things can decrease ur suffer even my english language is not good to  express my whole suffer some words i couldnot find in english whatever its 10 years of punishment where i dono...

Infant seizures,

Frontal lobe epilepsy for a year and a half.

This is kind of a quick summary of my history with epilepsy and medications, followed by surgery and the results, followed by current condition, hope this help for anyone trying to help control their epilepsy. If anyone wants to know any more information,...

lam 50 yrs old in ontariocanada.l livewith my brotherinlaw and my sister .my birth family found me it has been 5 yrs this june

Epilespy, diet and medications.  What are the best treatments for Idiopathic Drug Resistant Epilepsy?

MRI tests bring up more questions about her her condition

I have at least four types of seizures - (1) some with an aura before it occurs, (2) other times I have confusion (but no aura beforehand) afterwards - sometimes I lose my balance, (3) I also have a Psuedo... seizures, and  (4) some of my seizures are ...

I am 53, red haired, wife and mother and I  would love to get back to work!!!

This is a rough draft of my time with Epilepsy. My though are a bit scattered right now, so it might be hard to follow. I'm sorry for the miscommunication

Hi my name is allison and I'm a 32 year old female.  I have been living with e for many years now but it seems that they have taken a turn for the worse.  I use to have focal siezures about once every 6 months.  Ever scince feb. of 08 they changed and...

This is a brief telling of our story. I say "our" story, because as everyone who deals with Epilepsy, it's not just about the person who has it, but rather everyone around them. It has been our goal to help educate everyone we meet about Epilepsy.