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Keppra overdose. Need help

05/2016 | 1 Comments

I accidentally took both of my day's doses this morning, one at the scheduled time and one four hours later. I feel fine just drowsy. I don't know...
Epilepsy Diagnosis

05/2016 | 1 Comments

After having been dehydrated and getting a seizure during the night (losing consciousness), my 29 year-old son had an EEG with convulsions. The...
Hormone therapy and epilepsy

05/2016 | 0 Comments

I've had epilepsy since the age of seven and after having medication the seizures have been on and off. For the past 6 months they have been getting...
Do I Have Epilepsy?! Please respond!

05/2016 | 0 Comments

I know little about epilepsy but I looked up what I've been experiencing and epilepsy keeps appearing. I have had two bad episodes which I was alone...
Complex Partial Seizures Symptom?

04/2016 | 0 Comments

A little background...My 15 y.o. daughter was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in June 2011 following a grand mal seizure. She was potentially...
General Question

03/2016 | 2 Comments

I understand that clearly a lot of people use the internet who also have epilepsy (I don't have it just have a question). I am aware that some images...
Head jerks

03/2016 | 0 Comments

Alright so I've had epilepsy since the age of 7 ( official diagnoses but I had seizures before that) I only had Petit mal/ absence seizures and I took...
Question about EEG Results

03/2016 | 0 Comments

So I went to have an EEG and these were the results in the report: "EEG Showed Sharps in the right temporal posterior temporal region with HV and PS"...
Please help someone

02/2016 | 0 Comments

I was wondering if this could be seizures in my sleep? I get this weird shaking and feeling in my head sometimes when I'm asleep. Ifeel like either in...
Diazepam

02/2016 | 1 Comments

This may sound silly but I am having issues with transporting around my sons Diazepam syringe. I have not ruined 2 in my purse. I have put them in a...
Peti-mal and passing it down to my son

02/2016 | 1 Comments

Hey, I'm a 25 yr old male and I was born with Peti mal epilepsy. They have never been able to stabilise my fits with medication and have my good...
Low-level light therapy

02/2016 | 0 Comments

No doubt using low-level light therapy to treat epilepsy must be controversial. Are there any good studies that prove its efficacy in epilpsy or in...
First experience Scare out my mind

02/2016 | 1 Comments

Hello everyone right now I'm in the hostpital I've been in here for about 5 days the doctors are running ton of test because I've had my first seizure...
Hitting during/after a seizure?

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I have generalized tonic clonic seizures. I usually have them at night. My boyfriend said last night I "spaced out" and then I hit him and pushed him...
driving with epilepsy

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I have Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. I have had lots of myoclonic jerks, and two tonic clonic seizures. I have been taking Topamax and my seizures have...
Scared out of my mind!

01/2016 | 0 Comments

My Son and Daughter in law live with me. My DIL is 29. She has had epilepsy since she was 12. I don't know that much about her epilepsy. Usually she...

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