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Topic: Corner Booth

exercising post seizure

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Wow I've been posting a lot lately... I'm what you would call a "gym junkie". I work at a gym and I love working out. When do you think would be a...
Thankyou for all your help!

03/2005 | 0 Comments

I was needing information on Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and medication , I was so surprised and overwhelmed with the support I got from everyone who...
Epilepsy and the Brain

03/2005 | 9 Comments

Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system, specifically the brain. In simple terms, our nervous system is a communications network that...
Stacey Chillemi's Epilepsy Website

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Many people write to me to ask me questions about the articles I write and submit to epilepsy.com I just wanted to let everyone know that I have a...
A little thanks

03/2005 | 5 Comments

Hello, Well I'm 25yrs old and I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 15yrs old. Actually, my first seizure was when I was 14. It took well over a...
sun

03/2005 | 2 Comments

Can you have a seizure from being in the sun for too long? My aunt had one, (she doesn't have epilepsy) but I was wondering if that was the cause.
Dear Gretchen

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Gretchen- I am so sorry that you had to go through all of that. It's so hard to believe. Voyeurism is very bad and I'm sure that is just as bad as any...
Epilepsy Project

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Hello, my name is Whitney Adair and I'm doing a school project on epilepsy. I don't have epilepsy, but I'd like to learn more. I don't want to invade...
Famous People with Epilepsy

03/2005 | 8 Comments

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” But what if the “version of past...
Handouts & Pamphlets about Epilepsy

02/2005 | 1 Comments

Handouts & Pamphlets about Epilepsy Did a follow-up with my neurologist at a VA Medical Center yesterday [Thursday], which happens to be in the same...
Handouts & Pamphlets about Epilepsy

02/2005 | 1 Comments

Molly, this is the whole point IÂ’m now wondering about. Whenever someone goes in for clinical appointments, whether itÂ’s for their very first time...
Handouts & Pamphlets about Epilepsy

02/2005 | 3 Comments

I know about the handouts and pamphlets, because I've collected many from my local EFA. But the point I'm trying to make here and bring to everyone's...
new doc.

02/2005 | 2 Comments

My doctor, who I was getting along very well with and we were always on the same wave, is leaving. Who here has gone through a doctor transition and...
Epilepsy and Reflux Disorder

02/2005 | 5 Comments

I was just wondering if reflux disorder happened to be a common problem among those of us who have seizures? I've had my stomach pulled back in twice...
Need Info about Dreams with Epilepsy

02/2005 | 7 Comments

Hi Everbody! My 13 year old daughter was diagnosed with left temporal lobe epilepsy in the fall. She is on 200mgs of Lamictal a day which, so far, has...

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