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Topic: Family & Friends

A place for those who care for and about people with epilepsy - caring for yourselves as well as those around you.

Dating an epileptic

03/2017 | 2 Comments

I'm a female who is dating a man who has just told me that he's an epileptic. Initially it didn't bother me so much being that I'm a nurse and all...
Friend with Epilepsy

03/2017 | 4 Comments

HI, One of my best friends is an Epileptic. He got his first diagnosis about 5 years ago and has had issues on and off ever since. His life is a real...
My dad has unexplained seizures

03/2017 | 0 Comments

I'm going to delve right into this. My father has never taken care of himself. From age 12 to 38 not once did he brush his teeth. Causing teeth loss...
Search for Answers

02/2017 | 1 Comments

My seven year old son began having unusal mood swings (going from happy to crying or happy to very angry), difficulties with attention and focus...
Loss of Marriage

02/2017 | 0 Comments

I am just looking for some support from anyone who has lost a marriage due to epilepsy. I have nocturnal seizures that we cant get under control and...
Intimacy and epilepsy

02/2017 | 0 Comments

How do all of you that are married to someone with epilepsy, and are there caregiver for years, handle intimacy? It has gotten to the point I feel...
my mom had a seizure

02/2017 | 1 Comments

Hello, My mom had an unprovoked seizure today that lasted for about 1.5 minutes. This is the first time she has ever had one and she is in her early...
Coping with boyfriends epilepsy

01/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi, I'm just looking for some advice. My long term boyfriend has epilepsy, he was diagnosed about 2 years ago and we have been together for 6 years...
Needing a little advice

12/2016 | 1 Comments

Hello!! My name is Kirston and I just need a bit of advice. Maybe someone to talk to. Me and my boyfriend have been together almost 4 yrs now. He has...
How to help kids cope with dad epilepsy

11/2016 | 0 Comments

My husband was diagnosed with partial epilepsy in his teens. They had him taking keppra which he hates because it made him think crazy things but his...
How to help kids cope with dad epilepsy

11/2016 | 0 Comments

My husband was diagnosed with partial epilepsy in his teens. They had him taking keppra which he hates because it made him think crazy things but his...
Need advice

09/2016 | 1 Comments

Ok so my daughter has epilepsy and normally hers are the grand mal seizures and happen while she is sleeping but just last week she had an absence...
My 10 yr old

08/2016 | 0 Comments

I'm considering surgery for my 10 yr old son. His right front lope. He's being having seizures since 2 and this past April to today he's had 1-6...
Behavior changes during absence seizure

08/2016 | 2 Comments

My husband had epilepsy and it is pretty controlled by medication but today he had what I believe was some type of absence seizure. I have seen him...
Advice for dating someone with epilepsy

07/2016 | 0 Comments

Hello, I came onto this site to see if anyone else that has had a relationship with someone that has epilepsy could help me out with some advice. I...

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