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Student nurse - vacant episodes

11/2017 | 6 Comments

hi guys I am 33 and live in Wales. I have been experiencing vacant episodes for a few years now but recently they have become more frequent. I am...
Hello

11/2017 | 3 Comments

My MRI results says that I have no problems in my brain and I have experienced this seizures for several time what can I do to be cured
Seizures or Fainting?

10/2017 | 2 Comments

Hi everyone, I am a 19 year old female and I'm pretty new to all of this but here's what has been happening to me. About a month ago I fainted in my...
Swimming With Epilepsy

10/2017 | 2 Comments

Hey! So I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 9 and unfortunately, I'm a freshman in high school now and I still haven't grown out of it. 8 months ago I...
Unsure of my EEG test results

10/2017 | 3 Comments

I got a call from my doctor’s office after having a 72 hour at home eeg. I didn’t have a seizure while having the test, only some eye rolling. I got a...
New to all of this!

10/2017 | 4 Comments

My 14 yr old sonebegan having seizures a little over a month ago. He has had 4 total and the most recent (about an hour ago) occured while he was...
New to all of this!

10/2017 | 1 Comments

My 14 yr old sonebegan having seizures a little over a month ago. He has had 4 total and the most recent (about an hour ago) occured while he was...
New with epilepsy

09/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi everyone I'm Cynthia I'm 21 and just got diagnosed with epilepsy. It's very hard for me at the moment. I can't seem to find help I can't get a...
Childhood Absence Epilepsy

08/2017 | 2 Comments

Hi I am just interested to know has anyone on here had childhood absence epilepsy when they were younger and if so, at what age did it start and stop...
volunteer coordinators

08/2017 | 1 Comments

I have stress seizures since I had that type volunteer coordinators deny me to volunteer because they think epilepsy people are unsafe w/people me &...
Is this siezures

08/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi all last year in October I had what seemed like episodes of absence siezures. It was like I was there and I could see and hear but at the same time...
Traveling with epilepsy/need medication

08/2017 | 2 Comments

We need advice or any help. We are in USA with my daughter, 6 years old. She has severe epilepsy. We have often seizures which we can drop only with...
Epilepsy or something else?

08/2017 | 4 Comments

I have been diagnosed with refractory complex partial epilepsy. I take AED medications and they have cut down on the severity and number of seizures...
Travel advice please

07/2017 | 3 Comments

We are due to travel to the USA this weekend for a big family reunion. Last Friday night my 4 year old daughter had a focal seizure at 2am then the...

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