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I Have Epilepsy

Sat, 07/26/2008 - 20:11
Enough said.

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Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...

Submitted by tracymarie on Thu, 2009-01-22 - 11:00
yes yes YES!!!!!! i am 41 was born with epilepsy then when i was five the seziures stopped but about 4 years ago my spouse, me and our two daughters were in a car accident.  The seziures started again.  You sound like me the only difference is they have NO idea where my seizures come from.  But the medications are awful.....i have been on 8,9 10 ??? different meds.  a year and a half ago they decided to implant me with the vns device (www.vns.com)  My life has totally changed!! i do not need the high doses of meds anymore (i am on depacote)  18 months ago the dose was 1500 mg i am now down to 250mg a day.  I do still have seziures but with the device they are stoppable.  (exuce my spelling i am a little tired today so my brain is slower than my fingers)  ask your dr's about this to see if it would help you..........along with all the med changes i had lots of depression (which is a side effect of almost all the seziure meds!)  so please take care of yourself and realize that there is hope and may God bless you in whatever decison you make!

Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...

Submitted by markyannone on Wed, 2008-09-03 - 10:49

Just in case someone in this forum has missed it somehow, the diet sweeteners sucralose (Splenda) and aspartame (Equal, Nutrasweet, etc.) are well-known for initiating seizures.  See SplendaSickness.blogspot.com and AspartameSickness.blogspot.com for details. 

Mark

Just in case someone in this forum has missed it somehow, the diet sweeteners sucralose (Splenda) and aspartame (Equal, Nutrasweet, etc.) are well-known for initiating seizures.  See SplendaSickness.blogspot.com and AspartameSickness.blogspot.com for details. 

Mark

Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...

Submitted by coolcanadian on Sun, 2008-09-14 - 01:33

Hi all,

you have the greatest reason to love your life...a wife who loves, cares and understands you. Nuts to what everyone else thinks! Count your blessings. As long as you're not in the back of an ambulance or a police car, life can always get worse.

peace,

marko

Hi all,

you have the greatest reason to love your life...a wife who loves, cares and understands you. Nuts to what everyone else thinks! Count your blessings. As long as you're not in the back of an ambulance or a police car, life can always get worse.

peace,

marko

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