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Sludge
Sludge
New - Stigma in the Golden Years
Created by Sludgeat8/21/08 - 3:02 am|13 Views
    A story about what happened to me during my Secondary School years

heathe...
heathe...
New - for lillie
Created by heathe...at8/20/08 - 8:55 pm|5 Views
a year ago my daughter sat up from a sound sleep and started drooling and staring off out of the blue for no reason ..

poet254
poet254
New - Frustrated
Created by poet254at8/20/08 - 10:40 am|6 Views
Nocturnal seizures now with questionable migraines during the day

princessv
princessv
New - Veronica's Story
Created by princessvat8/20/08 - 9:42 am|7 Views
I was in a Car Accident when I was little and I thought that was the cause of my Seizures but come to find out I was born with them.

mofobo1
mofobo1
New - Dealing with NES and family issues
Created by mofobo1at8/20/08 - 7:51 am|3 Views
NES--are they as easily determined when one has other somatic events?

ka5drd
ka5drd
New - why im here
Created by ka5drdat8/19/08 - 10:28 pm|19 Views
the reason im here is because my girlfriend has epilepsy and i wanted to learn more about it  

gweb
gweb
New - Looking for Help
Created by gwebat8/19/08 - 6:32 pm|2 Views
Looking for any suggestions  

janemary
janemary
New - A TOTAL CHANGE IN MY LIFE
Created by janemaryat8/19/08 - 7:23 am|14 Views
STILL SEARCHING THE ANSWERS WHY I HAD AN EPILEPSY....UNTIL TODAY NO ANSWERS YET ...STILL DEPRESSING ,DREAMS GONE AND LIVE WITH SCARED ON HOW I FACE MY LIFE HAVING EPILEPSY....    

DebbieD
DebbieD
New - Who knew!?
Created by DebbieDat8/18/08 - 9:54 pm|10 Views
How the last week has changed my life, and I hope not too drastically!

qhodges
qhodges
New - Why me?
Created by qhodgesat8/18/08 - 7:53 pm|8 Views
My history of seizures over the past 4 years.

arw123
arw123
New - just the beggining
Created by arw123at8/18/08 - 6:33 pm|7 Views
  its like i thought i was the only person who had it and i didnt realize there was a name because it seemed like no one knew what it was....

lfvance
lfvance
New - Temporal lobe epilepsy
Created by lfvanceat8/18/08 - 1:38 pm|17 Views
Tired and Confused

mmoral...
mmoral...
New - My 29-year old daughter has epilepsy...
Created by mmoral...at8/18/08 - 12:16 pm|6 Views
My 29-year old daughter has lived with epilepsy for over 22 years...and now she and her four sons live with me.

sawyer...
sawyer...
New - Nobody but Us Really Understands Epilepsy
Created by sawyer...at8/17/08 - 7:07 pm|12 Views
Life has been a downward slide

irvkay
irvkay
New - My Story with epilepsy
Created by irvkayat8/17/08 - 10:09 am|4 Views
Doctors told my parents that "I would not live to be seven, or if I did I would be in a mental institution beyond seven years." I sought more through faith, hope, and perseverence, including an education, some college, a couple of good jobs, a marriage...

teardr...
teardr...
New - KEPPRA
Created by teardr...at8/16/08 - 11:08 am|5 Views
I was just put on "Keppra" & don't know a lot about it,can someone tell me more about it & the side effects,I am also a "Bio-Polar Depressant" Wondering if this drug will interfere with the med (CYMBALTA ) that I take for depression?

pprestage
pprestage
New - Paxtons Story
Created by pprestageat8/16/08 - 2:44 am|4 Views
My daughter Paxton is 15 and she has jme.      

jiejie...
jiejie...
New - Memories of my GuildWars
Created by jiejie...at8/15/08 - 8:28 pm|3 Views
  Unconsciously, GuildWars open beta has three months, and I still remember playing Bill Kircos, a 2002 game, after the change of agents, before playing the nostalgia, when the game friends on the discussion said.

r journey
r journey
New - tramic brain injury
Created by r journeyat8/15/08 - 1:29 pm|2 Views
son's trama at  age 10 months.  now 6 1/2 and in frist grade. 

mitsyb...
mitsyb...
New - The Neverending Journey
Created by mitsyb...at8/15/08 - 11:43 am|6 Views
I am 27 yrs. old and I have had seizures since I was 8 yrs. old.  I have been on every kind of AED you can think of nothing ever worked.  I have had 3 brain surgeries.  The most recent, was july'08.  I hope and pray that this surgery works.  I just...

tblake
tblake
New - My new life...
Created by tblakeat8/14/08 - 3:11 pm|11 Views
My previous seizures...

jmwash...
jmwash...
New - jocelyn's story
Created by jmwash...at8/14/08 - 11:21 am|3 Views
married women, 2 teenage boys 15 and 19,  I am getting ready to start school for Medical Office Assistant.

ninidr...
ninidr...
New - We see a few of the value of the philosophy
Created by ninidr...at8/14/08 - 2:55 am|4 Views
wowgold

irish2...
irish2...
New - Diagnosed for the first time
Created by irish2...at8/13/08 - 7:13 am|12 Views
I was 25yrs old when I had my first seizure (CP)

a.dobb...
a.dobb...
New - Living With Epilepsy
Created by a.dobb...at8/12/08 - 2:53 pm|3 Views
Peti-Mal Epilepsy. Brief lapses of consciousness, and awareness.

Michel...
Michel...
New - Looking for Great Brain Surgeon
Created by Michel...at8/12/08 - 10:32 am|10 Views
I may be a candidate for a Temporal Lobectame and I want to know more about my possible surgeon.

concer...
concer...
New - Does anyone have answers?
Created by concer...at8/12/08 - 7:44 am|6 Views
I've been working with a 24 year old man since he was 18 years old.  He was diagnosed with LGS at a very young age.  I am looking for any answers I might find about the long term effects of living with LGS.

alexm20
alexm20
New - My history of Epilepsy
Created by alexm20at8/11/08 - 7:43 pm|14 Views
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,...

Nichol...
Nichol...
New - how fast it happened
Created by Nichol...at8/11/08 - 5:29 pm|28 Views
you wake up one day and everything is fine and your a normal 16year old girl/boy with dreams and hopes and it all changes so fast.....

kristal26
kristal26
New - very lost
Created by kristal26at8/11/08 - 12:28 pm|13 Views
about my daughter kalieshia

LacyJane
LacyJane
New - Awakening to a Life Change
Created by LacyJaneat8/11/08 - 9:42 am|10 Views
First time seizure. Heavily medicated and scared.

Gloria120
Gloria120
New - Hello
Created by Gloria120at8/10/08 - 12:44 pm|16 Views
Do I really have seizures?

bttngl
bttngl
New - 52 YEARS OF STUFF YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE
Created by bttnglat8/10/08 - 12:36 pm|8 Views
A LIFE OF MISUNDERSTANDING, REJECTION, ABUSE, MISDIAGNOSES OR NO DIAGNOSES, 50 YRS OF SOMETHING JUST NOW IN 2008 CORRECT DIAGNOSIS (I HOPE) HAHA

Anita_
Anita_
New - Maybe I robbed my 16 year old by having epilepsy!
Created by Anita_at8/10/08 - 8:28 am|9 Views
Why did this have to happen? After a car accident with my Mother and Father with me... We were hit hard and rolled our car. My Parents didn't make it and I did. I missed their funeral and was stuck in the hospital. Gosh I miss them.... I never had the chance...

momtry...
momtry...
New - How can I cope with epilepsy.
Created by momtry...at8/9/08 - 9:12 pm|6 Views
I scared to death  when i see him having a seizure.

sweetc...
sweetc...
New - No one Seems to know what is Going on!
Created by sweetc...at8/9/08 - 7:07 pm|21 Views
21 mth old having sezuires and nothing seems to be working...

Specia...
Specia...
New - Crazy???
Created by Specia...at8/9/08 - 4:31 pm|5 Views
I have complex partial seizures and had brain surgery in 1992. I still have seizures.

krsm_131
krsm_131
New - My Story
Created by krsm_131at8/9/08 - 1:37 am|5 Views
Just my story of E and MS

enterp...
enterp...
New - My history of epilepsy.
Created by enterp...at8/8/08 - 11:02 pm|3 Views
Had both petite-mal and grand-mal seizures.

Antinm...
Antinm...
New - My Story
Created by Antinm...at8/8/08 - 3:21 pm|11 Views
See the link below and read how my life has changed after undergoing a right Temporal Lobectomy

lazy mary
lazy mary
New - epilepsy since birth
Created by lazy maryat8/8/08 - 6:22 am|4 Views
i have epilepsy since childhood and had a very over protective mother right throug aldult hood

banna
banna
New - Unknown monster
Created by bannaat8/7/08 - 6:52 pm|3 Views
I first had seizures as an infant,later doctors said it was a nervous condition called kojax syndrom. I am still confused of why,how,and what causes mine.  

Mildred
Mildred
New - A women with epilepsy
Created by Mildredat8/7/08 - 12:08 pm|16 Views
I am 32, Living with epilepsy.

joseluis
joseluis
New - driving at risk
Created by joseluisat8/7/08 - 11:50 am|7 Views
Driving when suddenly I lost controll of my driving.

dick
dick
New - My life as of July 27, 2008
Created by dickat8/7/08 - 8:35 am|7 Views
How I came to first be affected by epilepsy, reluctance on following the doctor's orders, prices I have paid, being seizure free for 15 years,my most recent hospitalization, and past feelings re-surfacing.  

ruth.b...
ruth.b...
New - Ruth Brown
Created by ruth.b...at8/7/08 - 8:16 am|16 Views
I am Ruth Brown. I am 65. I have had epilepsy since I was 6 years old. My story, I hope will help others understand more about epilepsy.

Liana
Liana
New - My Story
Created by Lianaat8/6/08 - 8:11 pm|6 Views
I had my first grand mal seizure when I was 24 years old.  I was newly married and trying to get pregnant.  I've gone through 15 medications and am now thinking about VNS therapy.

lisam1...
lisam1...
New - Free at Last
Created by lisam1...at8/6/08 - 11:53 am|21 Views
My name is Lisa-Marie Kinsman and I suffered with petit mal epilepsy mostly for 31 years.  I was born and raised in Massachusetts until I was forced to move down to Pennsylvania with my parents in 1991.  I literally met the man next door and we were married...

alarababy
alarababy
New - baby alara`s story
Created by alarababyat8/5/08 - 9:24 pm|13 Views
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.

lover
lover
New - Need Answers
Created by loverat8/5/08 - 5:29 pm|6 Views
6 year old living with seizures for 3 years now


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