Community Forum Archive
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults
A place to share questions, concerns, and challenges that adults with epilepsy may face in understanding, managing and living with seizures.
02/2020 | 4 Comments
Hi, I'm Shira. I apologize for any spelling mistakes, I am not from an English speaking country. I am almost 29, and have had absence seizures for as...
02/2020 | 4 Comments
Can anyone recommend a Dr. for a 2nd opinion? I am a 75 yr old male; episodes for 12 yrs but more intense the past 4 years. I am happy with my Dr....
02/2020 | 3 Comments
I had a seizure after just under a year. I know that I tend to feel down afterwards but it is so hard to snap out of it. My partner has been amazing...
02/2020 | 2 Comments
Hi, I live in South Carolina. I had my first seizure in Aug. 2018. At that point, I lost my ability to drive for six months. I had my second seizure...
02/2020 | 5 Comments
Hello, I would like to ask if it is possible to fly airplanes with epilepsy. in my work, it is necessary going abroad, but I'm afraid of negative...
02/2020 | 4 Comments
i'm sorry if this topic already was. but i want to ask if some of you take clonezapam for epilepsy. i want to quit it, or minimize, but it the only...
02/2020 | 2 Comments
I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy 7 years ago and it has been under control with Lamotrigine ever since. During my epilepsy diagnosis I had...
02/2020 | 4 Comments
Hi, I've had epilepsy (complex partial and grand mal) for ten years. I had to drop out of school, and currently live on disability epilepsy hasn't...
02/2020 | 1 Comments
Hi, I was just wondering if anybody has any experiences of taking anti depressants alongside anti-epileptic medication. I began having focal seizures...
02/2020 | 2 Comments
Hi all im 23 years old. I've had night terrors where I would scream loudly and wake up suddenly during my sleep since I was maybe 13-14 years old. 2...
02/2020 | 5 Comments
I’ve been out on a medical leave since December for something not related to epilepsy, and I’m returning back to work on Tuesday. I forgot to take my...
02/2020 | 5 Comments
Hi, I'm 21 years old and last year in February I lost my license. Previously I was seizure free and got my license back in 2018. I had it got an...
02/2020 | 6 Comments
Hi, I've had epilepsy for three years now, I'm 26 years old. It's been very difficult with the dealing process. However, I think the biggest problem...
02/2020 | 3 Comments
About once every 3 weeks my wife has an episode. She says she feels funny, dizzy and tired. Her eye lids flicker, her hands cramp up. She is usually...
02/2020 | 4 Comments
Hi. I've had epilepsy for 10+ years now but still haven't learned to deal with the fear of having a seizure which leads to a seizure and more fear etc...
02/2020 | 3 Comments
When I have seizures, I wake up confused for about a minute and my muscles are pretty sore. Well I just woke up feeling this way, where I forgot...
02/2020 | 1 Comments
About 3 weeks ago I had what i no2 understand to be a Tonic-Clonic (grand mal seizure). I had been using sleep medication, up to 100mg - 120mg of...
02/2020 | 1 Comments
Hey all I had right temporal lobectomy for a cavernous malformation on my right temporal lobe. 10 yrs later I now can't handle stress and have...
02/2020 | 3 Comments
Hello, I am suffering from epilepsy from the last 8 years.have been operated twice .i am on regular mediation of Torleva, Clobazam, and Tegrital...
02/2020 | 11 Comments
So I was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy back in 2011, right after graduating High School. After 9 years, I have come to realize that this...