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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

Seizure Meds and Mood Disturbance?

12/2014 | 2 Comments

my little brother went to the hospital a year ago for an intense onset of seizures. he was in the hospital for 5 months, lost and regained his...
New to epilepsy and need help

12/2014 | 1 Comments

I am 16 years old and i just finished year 11 at school. I was diagnosed with Complex Partial Blank out seizures. My teachers this year have been...
My Future With Absence Seizures

11/2014 | 1 Comments

Hi all, I am new to this forum and it is comforting to know there are people just like me. A little background information: I was diagnosed with Child...
How i got cured from epilepsy

11/2014 | 0 Comments

I am from Canada, I was diagnosed of Epilepsy in 2004 then i was just 17years, the disease is so disgracing and embarassing because atimes i get...
Leg Twitching and seizures

10/2014 | 0 Comments

My son is 11 and was diagnosed with a seizure disorder 5 years ago. He started having seizures in his left leg only. While waiting on an initial appt...
Sleep Seizures

10/2014 | 0 Comments

Hello, My name is Emily, I have had seizures for a year and a half, after a tramatic brain injury. Recently, a new problem developed. I believe I am...
Topiramate dosage

10/2014 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone, I have bee on topamax for three years now and I'm still trying to find the correct dosage. Topamax is for migraines which is what causes...
Trileptal vs Keppra

10/2014 | 3 Comments

Hi all, I am new to the group. My son was just diangosed with Epilepsy in Sept. His Epilespy is a direct result of a stroke he survived at birth. He...
A NATURAL DIET I MAKE TIME

10/2014 | 0 Comments

I generally take about 3 hours out of my day to go grocery shopping....sometimes longer. :-) I usually go to a store with great organic values, budget...
I need to know what I have

09/2014 | 1 Comments

Hello, I am a teenager and I have had these feelings as long as I can remember. My grandpa, and my mom has them. So did his mom. My sister use to have...
Society's Misunderstandings of Epilepsy

09/2014 | 2 Comments

I have a lot of experience (20 years) with "dealing" with epilepsy. However there are still things that the population that do not have epilepsy (or...
Nighttime frontal lobe seizures

09/2014 | 2 Comments

My 6 year old son just strated haveing night seizures about 3 months ago after having daytime ones for the last 4 1/2 years. what is your story on...
DC Area Neurologists

09/2014 | 1 Comments

We are a military family moving to the Washington DC area to give my son better access to a neurologist. He is three. We have the option of seeing a...
any advise would help

09/2014 | 1 Comments

Hello I am william and i am 18 years old. I never have had a seizure that i was aware of until november of last year. First i had to cope without...

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