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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

Need help

10/2007 | 1 Comments

The girl i'm with has a seven year old little girl who has epilepsy, and a six year old boy. She is staying with me because she has no home and car. I...
My Daughter has Epilepsy

10/2007 | 0 Comments

I was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of a child having seizures from a developmental venous anomaly? If anyone has heard of it, I am looking...
Hell on earth

10/2007 | 2 Comments

Hey, im new to this site and im just looking for answers, if you are reading this then your child has had or have seizures. 45min. after my sons birth...
Seizures and Stress

10/2007 | 17 Comments

My son was diagnosed in March of 2007 with BRE. He has had 5 other seizures since the first. He seems to have had them on nights before a possible...
IEP assisstance at school

10/2007 | 6 Comments

Does anyone else have any experience with IEP's? I am in Ontario, Canada and my daughter is starting an IEP at her school. Has anyone else had success...
Help! unsure re simple partial seizures

10/2007 | 1 Comments

I am 17 years old and have been experiencing what i now believe to be simple partial seizures since I was about 6. after reading information about...
Rolandic Epilepsy and Contact Sports

10/2007 | 7 Comments

My 10 1/2 son has been diagnosed with Rolandic Epilepsy after experiencing one seizure. His EEG came back abnormal, his CT was perfectly normal. The...
6 year old having small cluster seizures

10/2007 | 1 Comments

My 6 year old has had epilepsy since before age 2 but were mostly controlled or so we thought. Seemed to only have them upon falling asleep but lately...
Seizures every 28-30 Days in 5 year-old

10/2007 | 4 Comments

I know that this is probably just a coincidence, by my 5-year-old has had 3 seizures that were approximately a month apart. The last one was followed...
weird episode last night

10/2007 | 1 Comments

As I've posted before, Im only suspecting seizures in my 7 year old, we've not been to a neuro. yet because I have to get a doc to give a referral...
Children with BRE outgrowing it.

10/2007 | 2 Comments

My 9 year old son has BRE. Is there anyone that knows for a fact that children usually outgrow BRE. Our doctor said by the end of puberty. Hope to...
Chlorine Exposure and Seizures

09/2007 | 27 Comments

Hi, I'm pretty new around here, and I really appreciate all of the great information. Some of it is applicable, and all of it is informative. Thanks...

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