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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

Trouble With Muscle Control

05/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi there. I'm a sixteen year old and was diagnosed with epilepsy almost four years ago after a freak incident in a swimming pool. Since then I've...
Managing Side Effects ?

04/2015 | 2 Comments

I am taking 750 mgs of Keppra (I think thats what its called) and 75 mgs of zoloft, both at night. Iv been taking the Keppra for four days and zoloft...
Seizure response dog?

04/2015 | 0 Comments

i have simple partial seizures (seasonal allergy trigger) well-controlled with topomax I get an aura and when it comes it's really startling. I plan...
24 with epilepsy, its really hard

04/2015 | 6 Comments

19 Hey, I've never done this before... but hopefully someone replies and feels the same way I do. I'm 24 and was diagnosed when I was 14. I used to...
Parent advice

03/2015 | 1 Comments

My son is two and had his first seizure in January. It was a grand mal. He had an EGG and everything was normal. He started Keppra. Two weeks ago he...
burning feet

03/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi, My 17 year old daughter has a partial complex seizure disorder and has been on Keppra for 11 years (other meds before that.) In December we raised...
Hello, I'm 13 Years Old.

03/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello, I'm 13 Years Old. A few weeks ago, I started having seizures. They last about 15-25 minutes. Before and After my chest hurts. I don't know what...
"Episodes"?

03/2015 | 1 Comments

My son was diagnosed with benign rolandic epilepsy in July. We didn't medicate him right away. He had another small one in October and another big one...
Tonic Clonic Seizures

03/2015 | 0 Comments

I am nearly 17, and i have been on 2 different medications for the epileptic fits/sezires. (Keppra and Valpro) I was diagnosed at Christmas, 2014 and...
Please help

02/2015 | 1 Comments

I am 21 years old and I live with my boyfriend, also 21, who suffers from epilepsy. He was diagnosed in 9th grade and has kept his seizures quite...
8 year old son, new to seizures

02/2015 | 3 Comments

last Monday my son (8 years old) had his first seizure. We were out to eat when it happened and we took him to the ER. They told us it was a seizure...
Photosensitive Epilepsy

02/2015 | 1 Comments

Do seizures from Photosensitive Epilepsy only happen at the time you are exposed to the light or can they happen later like when you are sleeping?
cannabis and nocturnal seizures

01/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi, I'm just wondering exactly when I should do cannabis if I suffer from nocturnal seizures. These seizures are very random as well. I can go 3...
Empatica smart watch for seizures

01/2015 | 1 Comments

Has anyone heard of this embrace empatica smart watch to monitor seizures. I was going to ask doc at my sons next appt if she had heard about this.
epilepsy and college

01/2015 | 2 Comments

I am the worried parent of a 17 year old. I would like input from current college students or parents.I can learn a lot from both groups. My son, is...
Feeling Anxious?

01/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi, newbie here… I was diagnosed with generalised epilepsy on March 17 th last year and am on successful medication. Things such as lack of sleep...

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