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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.

Living with my epilepsy

02/2005 | 35 Comments

Millions of people from all over the world suffer from a disorder called epilepsy. Five percent of the USA population has epilepsy. This disorder...
questions to ask Neuro?

02/2005 | 2 Comments

i'm going to my Neuro Monday to get the final results from all these tests i've been taking. If he confirms that i do in fact have epilepsy, what...
misdiagnosis?

02/2005 | 7 Comments

about 5 years ago i lost consciousness while walking down my stairs and collapsed. after being given various tests at the hospital, the doctor...
Either zipping or Zzzzzzz!

02/2005 | 5 Comments

I have TLE and have had for 30 years. I seem to have two speeds only. Sleeping or sleepy 24/7 or zipping around wide eyed and bushy tailed requiring 2...
Juvenile Absence Epilepsy anyone?

02/2005 | 0 Comments

Hi. Does anyone else have JAE, either controlled or partially controlled? It is characterized by Petite Mals that have an on-set between 7-16 years...
Relationships

02/2005 | 21 Comments

Do any of you tend to push people close to you out of your lives for no good reason? I have a wonderful, loving fiancee and I keep wanting to push her...
EEG's

02/2005 | 13 Comments

Can someone tell me whether an abnormal EEG always means that you have Epilepsy.Am I right in that some types of migraine show an abnormal EEG when...
memory

02/2005 | 26 Comments

After my seizure on Tuesday i dont really remember anything from the past like who people are i get lost and forget where im going and i am really...
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

02/2005 | 4 Comments

Anyone have experience with frontal lobe epilepsy ?Is it hard to achieve complete control? What are the effects on the executive brain functions? I...
Feel electrified or buzzy?

02/2005 | 35 Comments

I often feel in my upper arms and front of thighs like I'm plugged into a wall socket. At times it's so bad I feel like a sz waiting to happen. Other...
Depression & Epilepsy

02/2005 | 14 Comments

Do any of you battle depression? I have only recently discovered that I may have been depressed for quite some time and it could be related to my...
Stupid Doctors

02/2005 | 37 Comments

This is my latest thought, maybe if I explain to some people who actually have epilepsy my situation they might be able to suggest something or...
nocturnal seizures

02/2005 | 8 Comments

I was diagnosed with petite mal epilepsy 25 years ago. I was having dream like feelings and de ja vue. My doctor prescribed dilantin and I have only...
Neurology doctors

01/2005 | 0 Comments

Hi i have not posted before but has been following the discussions made by people. I am comfused at the moment, i will explain.I was just diagnoise...
feedback for me

01/2005 | 6 Comments

Hey guys,I'm tj, i had a brain tumor removed when i was a sophmore in high school, i am 23 now, the surgery was sucessful and the tumor was benign...
California DMV

01/2005 | 11 Comments

Hi! I am new to this group and have had three seizures. My last one happened at work and the paramedics were called. I ended up in the Emergency room...

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