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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.

Deja vu and Seizure

11/2019 | 2 Comments

Hello I am 37 old now and 6 years ago I had my first deja vu 2 years ago I had my first seizure in while asleep. My wide and son was scared and called...
Struggling at the moment

11/2019 | 3 Comments

Having a bad few days and just wanted a place to vent out :/ I’ve not been completely diagnosed yet, but specialist seems to thing I have temporal...
Ginger and Seizure Threshold

11/2019 | 2 Comments

Sharing this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920121114000217 And, here’s my recipe for homemade ginger ale (because ginger...
Lasting psychological effects

11/2019 | 2 Comments

I was discussing a recent seizure with a friend when she had the bright idea "Oh I know, the seizures are the reason you're a homosexual." I know it's...
Both My Husband & I

11/2019 | 1 Comments

So I met my husband while attending college in the year 2008, he was 19 and I was 18. We moved in together the year 2012 into a house his mom had...
Memory

11/2019 | 1 Comments

Starting to forget simple basic words in everyday conversations and I think its because of the grand mals and tremors I have. Ive been diagnosed with...
Lamotrigine and eosinophils

11/2019 | 2 Comments

Hi, I've taking lamotrigine for about 10 years now and it has always worked perfectly. Since the past year or so I've seen that my eosinophil count...
Music “hallucinations “

11/2019 | 1 Comments

I stole this from a old post I found. I feel like I'm totally present and marvelling at this rapturous enthralling music which is more real than...
Dr

11/2019 | 2 Comments

Well I am having a Doc appt before the 6 months is up. I woke up and had wet myself and got to the bathroom and couldn't hold it anymore. My dr...
Anyone here with an NJ Driver's License?

11/2019 | 2 Comments

Hi! I'm fairly new here. I joined a while ago, but never really got involved. It seems like a very useful forum though! I'm a 25yo female with complex...
Unprovoked Seizure?

11/2019 | 1 Comments

I have break through seizures and I've gone 9 months without a seizure. However, within the past few days I've been feeling like I'm falling real fast...
Provoked or not

10/2019 | 4 Comments

Hello there! Last summer, almost 1.5 year ago I had a Tonic Clonic in my sleep at the age of 28. It is the only one I have had. My gf contacted an...
Help me plz

10/2019 | 5 Comments

I should start by saying I do not have epilepsy but I have an extreme extreme extreme fear that controls my life of passing out and seizures. I'm here...
advice my First Child on the way

10/2019 | 3 Comments

So I have full grand mal seizures say once a month but these I can be somewhat prepared for as I get enough warning of the upcoming seizure as I...

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