Anxiety is a core emotion that many people experience at certain points in life. Anxiety can become a disorder, however, if it gets out of hand, causing a constant feeling of nervousness, distress, and unease for no apparent reason. ...

Anxiety, panic, and phobic symptoms can occur in people with epilepsy, especially those with limbic epilepsy. Limbic epilepsy is seizure foci arising in limbic brain areas; limbic areas are regions in the temporal and frontal lobes,...

Often doctors find that medicines are useful for more than one purpose. Besides controlling seizures, Gabapentin is also helpful for some kinds of pain. In 2002 it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat a syndrome...

Besides controlling seizures, gabapentin is also helpful for some kinds of pain. It has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat pain that follows the "shingles" (called postherpetic neuralgia)....

Often doctors find that medicines are useful for more than one purpose. Besides controlling seizures, Neurontin is also helpful for some kinds of pain. In 2002 it was approved by...

Several studies have confirmed that sleepiness and sleep disorders are common in persons with epilepsy. Patients with partial epilepsy have twice the incidence of drowsiness as people who do not have epilepsy, and this significantly...

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita or Chamaemelum nobile) is traditionally believed to be mildly relaxing and therefore is an ingredient in many types of herbal tea. Its effect has not been scientifically proven but the FDA does list it...

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Kava (Piper methysticum) is a plant native to islands of the South Pacific, where it was traditionally used in a beverage to foster relaxation and improved thinking. It is also known as kava kava. Some clinical studies have found...

You can probably think of at least one time when you changed your plans because you were afraid of a seizure. Or a time when you felt upset for weeks after a seizure with no reason. Or when someone behaved differently around you, perhaps...