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All People Stories

 

Anonymous
The story of astrophsx
Created by Anonymousat9/21/10 - 2:23 pm|46 Views
Brief story of someone who found out in their teens that they had epilepsy and how they are still trying to deal with it.


Anonymous
Am I crazy?
Created by Anonymousat8/30/08 - 4:42 am|153 Views
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...


Anonymous
this is my story...
Created by Anonymousat6/10/10 - 12:19 pm|111 Views
i am a 17 year old girl and in January of this year i was diagnosed with epilepsy... JUVENILE MYCLONIC EPILEPSY (JME)...


Anonymous
My journey
Created by Anonymousat1/11/08 - 2:00 pm|184 Views
Had first seizure when 11 and lost 5 out of 6 friends that very day. Life changing to say the least.


Anonymous
My princess!
Created by Anonymousat8/25/08 - 8:21 am|90 Views
My daughter is 5 and half years old and has epilepsy. We live in Texas!


Anonymous
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Created by Anonymousat5/19/08 - 6:10 am|531 Views
From being diagnosed with Depression to Bipolar to Epilepsy

0roxanne8
0roxanne8
My Story
Created by 0roxanne8at9/27/11 - 6:42 pm|13 Views
Brief story of my happenings...

10 yea...
10 yea...
right temporal lobectomy
Created by 10 yea...at12/31/09 - 10:22 pm|74 Views
I never thought I would find the answers about my childhood epilepsy. No doctor knew what to say. Now,after having surgery, it has been 10 years this January since I had a seizure.

11neon...
11neon...
Short Circuiting A Lifetime
Created by 11neon...at11/23/07 - 12:13 am|298 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.

11pooters
11pooters
me
Created by 11pootersat12/3/09 - 2:11 pm|26 Views
im 16 ie been diagnosed 1 year a go of absence seizure and later that year i had brain surgery for a tumor my nuerogologist discovered  

123G
123G
First fit and coping after
Created by 123Gat7/18/10 - 2:28 am|46 Views
Going from being a out  going 21yr old to being a stressed out 23yr old and not knowing what to do

123pau...
123pau...
25 Years In
Created by 123pau...at5/31/11 - 7:20 am|26 Views
  A brief overview of 25 years of epilepsy in Otatwa, Canada

1986mo...
1986mo...
deja vu
Created by 1986mo...at10/13/10 - 8:09 am|49 Views
Started with strong sense of deja vu ended up with grand mal seizures

1godis...
1godis...
Medicine Brain Damage
Created by 1godis...at9/12/10 - 1:10 pm|53 Views
Medincine that's damage your brain

2030iiii
2030iiii
APIDNR expanded the scope of its registration service +852 31757930
Created by 2030iiiiat7/25/10 - 8:04 pm|14 Views
domain name services;seo

23 and...
23 and...
In Need Of Answers
Created by 23 and...at4/16/08 - 11:39 am|167 Views
dealing with a loved one and epilepsy

23mary
23mary
the day it started
Created by 23maryat9/29/09 - 4:34 pm|124 Views
this story is heart felt and even when i read it, i still get jitters. 

2special
2special
Our beautiful children
Created by 2specialat1/10/08 - 9:46 am|161 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.

2wright
2wright
Can You Hear what I Hear
Created by 2wrightat1/27/11 - 12:32 pm|23 Views
Its the sound in my head not my ears, nobody's listening. The Headaches, make them go away. My eyes are you sure it's my eyes. The GPs sometimes don't ask the right questions.

2XMommy
2XMommy
Life restricted by epilepsy
Created by 2XMommyat2/26/09 - 11:48 am|120 Views
Summary of my issues with seizures since freshman year in College

2young...
2young...
Can you identify with my story?
Created by 2young...at1/16/11 - 10:05 pm|53 Views
Had an unexplained "episode"...

320dor...
320dor...
My life with Epilepsy.
Created by 320dor...at4/27/11 - 2:02 pm|13 Views
I am a 37 year old who has lived with Epilepsy since I was 5. Taking multiple drugs to stop the seizures to having a resection of my Right Frntal Lobe to impede the seizure process and now back to the cycle of meds for treatment. Still having anywhere from...

3_Ring...
3_Ring...
Super Marshall's Seizure Journey
Created by 3_Ring...at8/13/10 - 1:42 pm|25 Views
Marshall is 15 months old and was diagnosed with a mild seizure disorder (they've never given me a name for it) in June 2010. Marshall has a twin brother named Keegan who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma Cancer when he was 3 months and is doing well at the...

4002315
4002315
About us:
Created by 4002315at5/26/09 - 6:58 am|39 Views
15 year old daughter with Partial seizures with generalization and diagnosed with gray matter heterotopia

4him
4him
Shawn Isenhoff
Created by 4himat9/15/10 - 8:05 pm|11 Views
My 9 month old son had 3 seizures over the weekend (one each day Friday, Saturday and Sunday).  EEG was not hooked up during seizures but they ran it later and say they are non-epileptic.  To me it seemed once they determined that they did not care too much...

4kristen
4kristen
Autism, adult onset seizures 2 days after flu vaccine!
Created by 4kristenat6/20/10 - 8:54 pm|18 Views
I am trying to find answers and I am hoping that someone else out there may be able to help me help my daughter.

4mydal...
4mydal...
4alexis
Created by 4mydal...at1/15/09 - 10:38 pm|59 Views
LOOKING FOR ANSEWERS,TO STARRING SPELLS AND HEADACHES,,

5alive
5alive
eye of the tiger- 5 alive!
Created by 5aliveat1/9/08 - 7:13 pm|83 Views
in the land of the living

6ander...
6ander...
15 year old with Right Temporal Lobe surgery, post neurosurgery
Created by 6ander...at3/8/10 - 4:16 pm|29 Views
My 15 year old daughter had emergency neurosurgery on her right temporal lobe in October, 2009.  December 9, 2009 she had her first and second seizure and it has progressively gotten worse.  Neurology are now discussing further surgery as we have tried...

6Sheryl
6Sheryl
13 year old son
Created by 6Sherylat10/30/10 - 1:47 pm|11 Views
13 yr. old just diagnosed with epilepsy

a.dobb...
a.dobb...
Living With Epilepsy
Created by a.dobb...at8/12/08 - 2:53 pm|93 Views
Peti-Mal Epilepsy. Brief lapses of consciousness, and awareness.

a1ford468
a1ford468
vns
Created by a1ford468at5/29/09 - 8:46 am|27 Views
i was a guard and got shot in the face 50foot away then i became epilepsy

a323mo...
a323mo...
Evolution is LATE! (PARTIAL) Trisomy 15 & Uncontrolled Generalized Seizures.
Created by a323mo...at9/30/08 - 5:20 pm|32 Views
Our Daughter has (partial) Trisomy 15 with uncontrolled generalized seizures. How to make the executive disision?

aabrt
aabrt
8:11 A.M.
Created by aabrtat11/20/07 - 5:44 am|249 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|165 Views
I still have epilepsy but more important is that I have a life – there is life after being diagnosed with epilepsy.

aazz2030
aazz2030
Domestic internet industry has great potential,APIM is expected to thriveTel:+852 31757931
Created by aazz2030at7/18/10 - 10:46 pm|5 Views
copyrights reserved by Asia Pacific Internet Management Company Limited www.apidnr.com.hk

Abby a...
Abby a...
Abby's seizures
Created by Abby a...at2/19/10 - 8:28 pm|20 Views
Almost 5 month old daughters seizures

abbyabby
abbyabby
My Baby Girl
Created by abbyabbyat5/28/08 - 1:56 pm|99 Views
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...

AbbyRead
AbbyRead
Abby Rae's story
Created by AbbyReadat11/8/09 - 3:07 pm|33 Views
Our daughter had he first seizure back in May of 2008 and has had over 30 since then..

Abbytex21
Abbytex21
most of my life
Created by Abbytex21at11/6/11 - 11:51 am|5 Views
A short version of a hard life God has gotten me through.

Abednar
Abednar
16 w/JME
Created by Abednarat6/17/11 - 9:58 pm|21 Views
My story isnt as bad as some people's, but it has effected my life in ways i could never imagine

abhays...
abhays...
We have recently developed a novel systems biology model that may interest epilepsy.com readers
Created by abhays...at8/6/09 - 12:23 am|22 Views
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...

abhinay
abhinay
Generalised Siezure disorder
Created by abhinayat10/24/08 - 11:24 am|61 Views
I want to share my experience of having Generalised siezure disorder

Abhishek
Abhishek
All Tests Normal, still getting epilepsy episodes
Created by Abhishekat11/10/09 - 6:01 am|43 Views
I am 28 year old male.

abl126
abl126
Peace of Mind with Epilepsy
Created by abl126at6/18/08 - 7:31 am|63 Views
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.

abon
abon
Mother of a child born with epilepsy
Created by abonat2/19/11 - 11:47 am|13 Views
hello im a 26 year old mother of two beautiful girls. My oldest is 7years old and my baby is 17 months old. My baby was diagnoised with neonatal seizure disorder at birth later it was changed to pediatric epilepsy.

achope246
achope246
When my life changed
Created by achope246at3/10/10 - 8:56 am|42 Views
The story of my seizures

ACSutliff
ACSutliff
Inside My Head
Created by ACSutliffat2/25/09 - 5:05 pm|46 Views
All about my book

Addibaby
Addibaby
My son just diagnosed in June
Created by Addibabyat8/1/10 - 5:51 pm|29 Views
My son started having seizures at 2.

Ade
Ade
ABC
Created by Adeat8/3/10 - 4:22 am|16 Views
Epileptic fits triggered by music