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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.

scared i guess

12/2004 | 1 Comments

i have recently met someone who is so lovely, but tells me he has epilepsy. He has his last seizure in December where he hit his head quite badly.I...
Like a Clock

11/2004 | 6 Comments

Ive been having my seizures for the past 3 years now. It is always the same sensation, length of time and recovery time. For the past year or so they...
Question

11/2004 | 11 Comments

My boy just phoned me and said "what to you think about when you have a seizure?", i told him i'll tell him when i see him in a few weeks. Now i have...
Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis

11/2004 | 0 Comments

I am 37 years old and have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis sinc 2001. I have been having seizure off and on for over a decade. I was recently...
Bruised Rib

11/2004 | 0 Comments

Has anyone ever experienced an injury in their sleep, but not remembering anything happening? A few days ago, I woke up in the morning and attempted...
violence during a seizure

11/2004 | 3 Comments

I have complex partial seizures which sometimes go on to become grand mal. It is either during the seizure or right afterwards that I walk around...
state laws and driving

11/2004 | 1 Comments

The fire department rescue unit brought me to the hospital twice. They must automatically report such incidents to the state. The state of NH...
Complex partial epilepsy

11/2004 | 15 Comments

It is certainly difficult to live with epilepsy (at least here in Australia). I overwent the surgery but it didn't work. I don't blame anyone, of...
Temporal Lobe epilepsy & memor

11/2004 | 3 Comments

My head injury occured when I was 16, but the seizures did not manifest themselves until much later in my life when I experienced extreme stress (ex...
Career/Finances/Social Security

11/2004 | 0 Comments

Has anyone had to put their career on hold because of their Epilepsy? If so, how do you cope with Social Security telling you that you aren't...
Migraines and Epilepsy

10/2004 | 0 Comments

Speak to your doctor if your mgraines persist. There may be some other underlying reason that is causing the epilepsy/ head aches that should be...
I am epileptic and from Australia

10/2004 | 0 Comments

I am 46 yrs old, and I started to have epileptic seizures at the age of 19. I overwent the operation but it didn't work properly. I am taking Keppra...
back

10/2004 | 8 Comments

I had two seizures and I thought I fell out of bed. I hurt my back and it still hurt now three months after the fact. When I was in the hosipital I...
what is a seizure disorder???

09/2004 | 8 Comments

I do not have any idea what is wrong with me. I have a seizure disorder. When I look that up it is put together with epilepsy. When I read about...
Once you are diagnosed is it for life???

09/2004 | 5 Comments

I am asking this question because I had to provide a lawyer with "proof" that I have a history of seizures. I gave him a neurologist's report, a...

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