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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.

Family taking over myprivacy

11/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi, I am a 19 year old girl. I just started college and was diagnosed with JME in February. Since then I have had 3 tonic-clonic seizures. My last one...
Driving with Epilepsy -- Words of Wisdom?

11/2015 | 1 Comments

I have a relation who has had epilepsy from the age of 5 -- he is now over 45. On medication. Convulsive seizures are rare, but small seizures (loss...
Nocturnal seizures - waking up after

10/2015 | 2 Comments

my husband was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was around 20. For the most part, he has nocturnal seizures. He hadn't had one for many years until...
TIRED BEING ,MY MOTHERS SHADOW!

10/2015 | 0 Comments

my mother used to everything for me. I liked it then but I don't want that anyone. I want to be able to do things on my own. so when I do. people be...
Words Of Encouragement For Husband

09/2015 | 0 Comments

My husband has been having seizures every 4-5 months. His neurologist told him on 2,000mg of Keppra and 200mg of Vimpat should be what he needs to be...
family members stress

09/2015 | 0 Comments

I am so tired of living with my mothers spouse. putting me under stress I try to keep peace, but he get angry over alot. then I get blamed. right now...
Spouse with seizures caring for baby

09/2015 | 1 Comments

My husband and I have a 9 month old baby boy. my husband's seizures are fairly under control (maybe 5-7/ year) but I worry about leaving the baby in...
Serious Dating with Epilepsy

09/2015 | 1 Comments

I have an ex boyfriend who I stayed close with over the past few years, I do have feelings for him and he has told me that he still loves me. We met...
Brother

08/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello, I am here for my dear brother. I have gone through all the blogs and I just thought I would start my own to vent and tell my story. Not so much...
Post Op mood?

08/2015 | 0 Comments

My husband may have surgery for complex partial seizures (he's had VEEG and will be having Wada test later this month). Just wondering if his mood...
Research Project

08/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I am getting my master's degree online (something I definitely recommend to other epileptics - it's so much easier to replay the lecture if...
Concerns about husbands second seizure

08/2015 | 2 Comments

Hi all, My husband is 24 years old and just had his second seizure yesterday afternoon. His first was a grand mal 14 months ago and he's managed it...
Teenage daughter with JME

06/2015 | 1 Comments

on 3/31/15 I woke up to a loud bang thinking my daughter dropped something on the floor. When my husband and I bolt through the hosue to her room, we...
Teenage daughter with JME

06/2015 | 1 Comments

on 3/31/15 I woke up to a loud bang thinking my daughter dropped something on the floor. When my husband and I bolt through the hosue to her room, we...
Sleep Walking

05/2015 | 1 Comments

I have been reading up about Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, and think I match up with a lot of the symptoms (deja vu, g.i. issues, memory/mood issues)...
Epilepsy and pregnancy

05/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello I am writing this to gain some knowledge on the subject of epilepsy and pregnancy I've been with my wife 10 years married 1 year she is 27 and...
Sick and Tired of Keppra Outbrusts

04/2015 | 3 Comments

hi, My Fiance has complex partial seziures and about two years ago a Doctor in Montreal put him on the drug Keppra. It is a wonderful drug when it...

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