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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

Annoyed with my epilepsy

06/2018 | 1 Comments

Hi I’m 12, but I’m going to turn 13 in 12 days. I’ve been having seizures since I was a baby. My parents said my first seizure was when I was 6 months...
Growing out of epilepsy

05/2018 | 0 Comments

Hello, I am currently living in the UK, I had my first seizure in January this year (It occurred during the night, from what my parents were...
Help! First seizure for 12yo daughter

05/2018 | 6 Comments

I am bringing my 12yo daughter the doc tomorrow, but I’m worried, and would like to hear others' thoughts. My daughter has no history of any type of...
absence seizure

04/2018 | 1 Comments

hi guys im from korea but im living in the philippines.my absence seizure is not actually a convulsion seizure but its mentally seizure snd it started...
Memory problem

03/2018 | 1 Comments

Im 14 yr female and I had a 2 severe grand mal seizures ( with history of seizures ) by what I was told I became unconscious and started jerking...
Epilepsy and EHCP at school

03/2018 | 2 Comments

Hi my daughter who is just 10 was diagnosed in september 2016 with Epilepsy. She had a grand mal seizure which scared the life out of us as. From...
11 Year Old Son with Seizures

02/2018 | 3 Comments

Hi, I am new to all of this and looking for some help, advice. Long story, so please bear with me. My son is 11 years old and has been very healthy...
Epilepsy Song & Interviews

02/2018 | 1 Comments

I am writing a song and doing interviews about living with epilepsy. It's for school and I would really really appreciate your help! If you have any...
scared

01/2018 | 2 Comments

ok so i am 14, 15 this year. i was diagnosed at age 8 with epilepsy but my mother denied it so i would miss days of school from headaches stomach...
11 year old seizures out of nowhere

01/2018 | 2 Comments

So my son started having seizures out of the blue at age 11 about 6 months ago. Was eating breakfast one morning and went into seizure while at...
Infant Rejecting Keppra

01/2018 | 2 Comments

Our 5 month old had his first seizure last week and his neurologist prescribed keppra. The first few days he took the medication fine but now he hates...
My story

01/2018 | 1 Comments

I’m a 13 year old suffering from complex partial seizures. I’ve been doing well but my medications have a side effect of anxiety that I constantly...
Driving

01/2018 | 8 Comments

I am a mother of a 17 year old who has had Epilepsy now for about a year. She is controlled with medicine now for 11 months. She has gotten her...

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