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TAKE CONTROL TODAYShare your story with friends, family and our community. Talk about your interests and experiences while sharing your photos and podcasts. Spread the word about your pages so other users can post guestbook entries, read your blog, and learn more about you! Customize your space however you wish! Begin creating your own Story by clicking the orange button below. Not ready yet? Use the links below to browse through others' Stories and learn more about your fellow epilepsy.com members! (Please note that any People Stories created on epilepsy.com prior to November 2007 can be found in the People Stories Archive.) Learn more in our People Stories Help Section.
Because these are your stories, submitted directly by you, they are not necessarily the opinions or positions of epilepsy.com. We suggest that you do not recommend medical or potentially harmful alternative treatments to others; because everyone's medical condition is individual.arober... New - My Story - Still Don't Know What it Means
Created by arober...at2/8/12 - 6:15 pm|7 Views I'm 26 years old and I've had 3 seizures since I was 23 but I don't have a diagnosis.
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Lindsea New - Help me plz. I can't go on like this
Created by Lindseaat2/6/12 - 11:40 pm|15 Views I dont know what to do or how to handle this
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britni... New - For my daughter
Created by britni...at2/6/12 - 10:58 am|3 Views
My 9 year old daughter was just diagnosed with epilepsy this morning. I still have no answers.
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dgreer27 New - Why can't I find out what is going on with me?
Created by dgreer27at2/5/12 - 2:25 pm|6 Views I've had a few years of frustration trying to find the cause of my epilitic like seizures. Several doctors, test, mri, xray, and other test have yeilded no results.
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krys New - my grandchild with possible panayiotopolous syndrome
Created by krysat2/5/12 - 6:49 am|2 Views Hi, Last winter , my grandchild had several infections(ears and throat) during that time she had about 4 "dos" where after being asleep for about half and hour she would be sick, pupils fixethe left. Although it was strange we put it down to being...
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WALLIG... New - Please Read and Help
Created by WALLIG...at2/4/12 - 11:38 am|6 Views I felt dizzy then just blanked out and woke up on the floor.
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Tom S. New - Hello. I'm new to the forum
Created by Tom S.at2/3/12 - 7:45 pm|7 Views Here's a brief story about my journey to this place.
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MDS2006 New - Maxx
Created by MDS2006at2/3/12 - 7:34 pm|1 View Hi! My name's Marie. I'm Maxx's mother. Maxx is 5 yrs old & has epilepsy, along w/many other med issues.
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ssidah New - Lyme Disease as a cause for seizures
Created by ssidahat2/1/12 - 7:06 am|1 View It is important to eliminate lyme disease as a cause of seizures.
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photo-... New - Living with photo-sensitive seizures
Created by photo-...at1/30/12 - 7:59 pm|9 Views I believe I'm the only one in my family with this.
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rckout... New - My mom with what I think is partial complex seizures
Created by rckout...at1/30/12 - 7:38 pm|7 Views I noticed my mom was experiencing weird symptoms or behaviors a few years ago. I never really acknowledged what it could be or what it could be caused by. She has these random trances or blank stares and rubs her hands together while doing a chewing motion with her mouth.
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mlmetkit New - Hi New Here and really, really need help. Please!
Created by mlmetkitat1/30/12 - 5:27 pm|6 Views
Not even sure if I'm in the right place. Sorry so long. Please help!
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w_mira... New - My Story- Partial Complex Seizures
Created by w_mira...at1/28/12 - 7:06 pm|5 Views
Hi.. I am 34 years old and a mother of two precious boys of 12 and 3 years old. I was diagnosed with partial complex seizures two years ago.
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simon4... New - My Teenage Daughter was Just Diagnosed With JME
Created by simon4...at1/27/12 - 10:55 am|10 Views
16 year old diagnosed with JME--used to describe having the "shakes" but attributed it to low sugar and diet--until the day I saw a curling iron fly across the room
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edenmarie New - Grand Mal, Nocturnal Seizures, and the Such
Created by edenmarieat1/26/12 - 11:46 am|17 Views Misdiagnosed for over a decade with 'Anxiety Attacks', I still don't have all the answers but maybe someone else might be able to relate to my story. Mild Seizures every few minutes up to 20 hours in a single day during the peak of the hormonal changes......
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psycic... New - Epilepsy almost ruined my life
Created by psycic...at1/25/12 - 5:53 pm|30 Views I feel obligated to share my story of what I went through with epilepsy and all the meds the doctors force down your throat. And the lies that were told to me.
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rctcra... New - My Story
Created by rctcra...at1/23/12 - 8:10 pm|9 Views Hi. My name is Cassandra and I am 26 years old. I have photosensitive epilepsy.
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Harleyp1 New - LIving or Surviving?
Created by Harleyp1at1/23/12 - 11:18 am|14 Views Adult with nonepilectic seizures
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cholledl New - New Member Concerned About Simple Partial Seizures
Created by cholledlat1/23/12 - 10:25 am|15 Views Coping with simple partial seizures
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bbookie24 New - My story...
Created by bbookie24at1/21/12 - 7:31 pm|19 Views I'm 23 years old, and I've recently been diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy.
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robj67 New - 29 years with epilepsy
Created by robj67at1/21/12 - 6:48 pm|15 Views ive live with this for along time worked and drove just like anyone else but lately been getting alot of headaches little scared whether or not its going to provoke a seizure.Now reading the moods and behaviors part i never knew about cause ive been always...
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kimber... New - 25 and Alone
Created by kimber...at1/21/12 - 4:42 pm|10 Views I have had seizures since I was in junior high school. My parents ignored it. I crashed my car when I was 19, and was diagnosed only after the state of California made me see a doctor.
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Bowlof... New - You have got to be kidding!
Created by Bowlof...at1/20/12 - 5:57 pm|50 Views And so it began. My 8yr old daughter's epilepsy.
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shelly... New - story by shelly1995 who is so confused
Created by shelly...at1/19/12 - 11:50 am|7 Views
THIS IS NOT WHAT IM USE TOO DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO ANYONE IF SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW IM ONE WHO DONT TRUST DOCS BAD PAST WITH THEM NEUROS SORRY DOCS. I KNOW THEY CANT ALL BE ALIKE.
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dannyp New - dannyp54
Created by dannypat1/16/12 - 4:52 pm|10 Views In 2008, at the age of 58, my journey in epilepsy began in ernest.
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BookLo... New - How it was discovered
Created by BookLo...at1/15/12 - 10:19 pm|12 Views The story of how I was diagnosed
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Bethan... New - when it all really started
Created by Bethan...at1/15/12 - 9:49 pm|11 Views this is the story of when I discovered my seizures developed more...
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Drewbie09 New - My beautiful baby boy
Created by Drewbie09at1/15/12 - 1:10 pm|7 Views Young baby/toddler with epilepsy
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Mounta... New - 7 Year Old Daughter Developed Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Created by Mounta...at1/12/12 - 8:42 am|4 Views My daughter developed Childhood Absence Epilepsy when she was 7 years old. She is now 9 and is seizure free after 2 years of natural therapies and meds. This is our story.
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sydney... New - nightmares
Created by sydney...at1/11/12 - 11:47 pm|5 Views hi. i don't know if this is a seizure or something? so i was hoping if you guys can tell me. i never told my doctor this. cause im not sure. so please help me if i do have epilepsy?
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kj1989 New - The closet
Created by kj1989at1/10/12 - 2:02 am|10 Views This is my story of realizing the simularities between my epilepsy and sexuality. Especially regarding the secrecy surrounding each one.
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amydoboss New - Seizure disorder
Created by amydobossat1/10/12 - 12:07 am|9 Views
( DID THIS HAPPEN TO ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY?)
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Shaelu... My seizures
Created by Shaelu...at1/7/12 - 11:44 am|7 Views I've seizures since I was 31 years old and my son was 8 years old at the time he found me shaking on the floor.
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Pnal B6 and Magnesium
Created by Pnalat1/7/12 - 7:28 am|10 Views My son has been seizure free since taking b6 and magnesium along with his medication.
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rosema... Seizures with little hope
Created by rosema...at1/6/12 - 4:58 pm|8 Views Told border line epilepsy, no insurance, unemployed applying for disapility and was denied.
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Agnija Just Need Help
Created by Agnijaat1/6/12 - 5:47 am|3 Views
I dont know how should i start. I am a father of a three years old kid. She is suffering from epilepcy. We just started her treatment. I am reading diffrent blogs browsing diffrent website to find one simple answer " Is it curable ?". My doctor...
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mic_1985 My Story from age 20
Created by mic_1985at1/5/12 - 9:14 pm|26 Views
Moving through life from my first seizure
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jmzubler Funny Bone Strike Triggers Seizure?
Created by jmzublerat1/5/12 - 7:50 pm|1 View High School Freshman hits his funny bone in class and has, what appears to be, a seizure.
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hadi20 Hope or despair
Created by hadi20at1/4/12 - 3:43 am|21 Views I'm twenty-eight years old and have epilepsy at the age of six...
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epilep... My Epilepsy Story
Created by epilep...at1/2/12 - 11:51 pm|6 Views simply about how my life and how its been living with epilepsy. the medications I've tooken, dr's, hospitals, etc.
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michelet Recently diagnosed with Epilepsy.
Created by micheletat12/31/11 - 7:07 am|19 Views
23 yr old recently diagnosed, extremely depressed and not sure how to deal with it all :(
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tiffy4681 EPILEPSY AND ME
Created by tiffy4681at12/30/11 - 11:23 pm|6 Views
I started having seizures around three years old.I was told by family it was due to an injury.I have grand mal and petite mal siezures. I dont have a very good memory and its hard for me to make friends because of my memory.I have tried most medications...
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Ramjet Simple partial seizures - excessive sweating
Created by Ramjetat12/29/11 - 3:50 pm|10 Views Interested in hearing from others with possible similar symptoms
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Iblis92 My story.
Created by Iblis92at12/28/11 - 7:18 pm|8 Views Im a 19 year old guy. My mother has epilepsy, although hers was caused by an injury.
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shknno... My Adventure
Created by shknno...at12/27/11 - 12:57 pm|6 Views The story/history of my seizure condition.
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