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msutrack
msutrack
New - Whats your experience with Comprehinsive Epilepsy Centers?
Created by msutrackat02/03/2011 - 9:05am|18 Views|1 Comment
My husband has been referred to Duke for an initial evaluation to see if we want to go ahead with the in-house comprehinsive testing. Thing is, Duke is out of network for our ins. We are in network for Emory or Winston-Salem Univ...
jc-32
jc-32
New - "Not Normal" Strange Symptoms, but dr still call it seizures
Created by jc-32at11/03/2009 - 11:14am|68 Views|1 Comment
I'm a teacher for students with disabilities and My "seizures" started a couple of years ago but are differant from any of my students. They all have the absent or grand mal seizures and are pretty unconcious where i tend...
Masterjen
Masterjen
New - "Standard" seizure pattern??
Created by Masterjenat09/07/2010 - 2:57pm|20 Views|1 Comment
I earlier posted a message about my seizure description not "fitting" a black-and-white" category, and that (along with a normal 30-min. EEG, during which I was medicated, not sleep deprived and did not have a seizure) my neuro. was...
AJGreyson
AJGreyson
New - "What's that sound?" "Who's that guy?" and other weirdness.
Created by AJGreysonat11/28/2010 - 12:04am|12 Views
When I was a teenager, I had a few minor seizures, and then they stopped when my sleep hygiene improved, and 10 years later.... ...
Dutchee
Dutchee
New - 'Spreading' epilepsy
Created by Dutcheeat09/22/2010 - 1:04pm|52 Views|3 Comments
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6ander...
6ander...
New - 15 Year old daughter started seizures in right temporal lobe after craniotomy
Created by 6ander...at01/11/2010 - 9:54pm|4 Views
After neurosurgery in October she has been experiencing seizures.  She is on Clobozan until today they also added carbamazepine.  They tell me temporal lobe seizures are difficult to control.  Has anyone had experience with this?   ...
ribijk122
ribijk122
New - 19 years old and very scared...
Created by ribijk122at10/26/2010 - 1:55am|24 Views|1 Comment
Hello everyone, I am 19 years old from Ohio and the first I noticed anything weird was when I was having a panic attack, I was laying down trying to fight it as hard as I could without medication when suddenly my right index finger...
FarmMom
FarmMom
New - 2 year old uncertain diagnosis
Created by FarmMomat03/29/2011 - 3:42pm|26 Views|1 Comment
I am confused about whether or not my child has epilepsy and how to proceed. Her symptoms started out with major hallucination sessions lasting up to 30 minutes saying she saw bees (she's 2). An ER visit and tox screen was negative....
sd99re...
sd99re...
New - 22 yrs old. 7 seizures. NORMAL TESTS. No diagnosis? Getting in the way of life....
Created by sd99re...at11/08/2010 - 9:32am|50 Views|7 Comments
I have had I think 7 seizures in the last few years. I have had an EEG, MRI, and Cat Scan..but all of those were normal. #1- Ok...so in April of 2007 I had my first seizure. About 2 weeks before this happened I had a bloody nose,...
ghuck
ghuck