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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

9 year old with absent seizures

09/2006 | 6 Comments

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but went looking for support. My daughter was diagnosed with ADD last year because of difficulties in focusing in...
9 year old son needs a friend

09/2006 | 2 Comments

Hi--I have a 9 year old friend who was diagnosed with a seizure disorder last year. It has been in check with meds until now but he recently got sick...
simple partials

09/2006 | 6 Comments

excuse me if I've posted this before, but I can't find my post, so i'll try again. I hope someone can help. My 12yrold started complaining of a weird...
topamax and weight loss

09/2006 | 80 Comments

Has anyone or have someone that experienced that Topamax side effects include weight loss. If so, is there anything being done to gain weight. My...
Tuborous Sclerosis

09/2006 | 1 Comments

Does anyone have any expereince with a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis? My daughter is 11 and currently takes 2500mg a day of Keprra and 700mg a day...
Over-Medicated or Not Enough?? PLS HELP!

09/2006 | 5 Comments

My 10 yr old son has intractable epilepsy of the right frontal lobe - he has complex partial seizures - he currently takes 1650mg. of trileptal (total...
Meds and sleepwalking

09/2006 | 1 Comments

Hello My daughter is 16 and was diagnosed with JME two years ago. She has been on Lamictal 100mg 2xday. She has been seizure free for 1 year...
Feet problems

09/2006 | 9 Comments

My 16 year old daugther who was dx with seizures 4 years ago and currently takes Topamax 100mg twice a day is experiencing problems with her feet. If...
Looking for a touch stone

09/2006 | 1 Comments

I am the mother of a son with generalized myoclonic seizure disorder. He had his first seizure 3 days after receiving his drivers license. It has been...
New diagnosis

08/2006 | 4 Comments

My 9-year-old son has been diabetic for 5-1/2 years. He had a grand mal seizure about 2 weeks ago. I took him to the ER, he had an EEG 2 days later...
Help with questions

08/2006 | 2 Comments

Hi all. I haven't posted in a while but need some input. My 13 year old was dx with E in April after her 2nd CT in a week. We have tried topamax...
Puberty/hormones & E

08/2006 | 9 Comments

Does anyone know if puberty and/or hormones increases the frequency of seizures? My grandson had one seizure almost two yrs. ago; then recently had...
Seizures and amusement parks????

07/2006 | 6 Comments

My daughter is 8 years old, and has had Epilepsy for about 4 years now. She doesn't have frequent seizures (about 1 every other month) but they are...
dealing with my seizures

07/2006 | 0 Comments

i am fairly new to this site and need to get some advice. i am recently diagnosed with epilepsy. i experience mostly grand mal seizures. i was taking...

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