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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

mom the one with epilepsy

07/2006 | 2 Comments

I am not exactly sure if this is the section for this. I am the one having nocturnal seizures and my 10 year old daughter is the only one around to...
son woke up with stomach pain?

07/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi, My son whom is almost 5 woke up the morning with bad stomach pain, he was crying and did go to the bathroom but went back to bed got up again and...
13 yr old son with epilepsy and OCD

07/2006 | 7 Comments

About 6 weeks ago I found my 13 yr old son unconscious in the middle of a major seizure (grand mal). Until that day I didn't know he was epileptic. He...
Parents and Children with Special Needs

07/2006 | 2 Comments

By Author Stacey Chillemi What exactly are children with special needs. By Stacey Chillemi What exactly are children with special needs. They are kids...
Parental Dilemma

06/2006 | 4 Comments

My son was first diagnosed with Juvenal Absence Epilepsy at the age of 13 in fall of 2003. We began then with one medication to contain the absence...
can anyone help me with child report

06/2006 | 2 Comments

Hi, my 4year got his eeg results but still waiting for appt.(it is not until July17th) Was wondering if anyone understood the wording and could...
"feeling" others siezures

06/2006 | 31 Comments

I am blessed to have certain gifts and one that I found by accident is the ability to tell when the little girl I am an Aide for has a siezure coming...
Wanting to be like other kids

06/2006 | 4 Comments

Hello, I am new here so please bear with me:) I am an Aide for a 8 year old girl with Cerebral Palsey and seizures. Her vision, fine motor and gross...
19 month old with seizure history

06/2006 | 2 Comments

My 19 month old daughter has had 4 seizures in the last year - all afebrile - all tonic clonic. All test have come back normal and we are not able to...
Petit Mal Epilepsy

06/2006 | 5 Comments

Hi there i am now 16, and i have had petit mal epilepsy for 11 nearly 12 years. i find it quite hard to cope with especially the fact i wont be able...
Date for VNS Surgery-Please comment

05/2006 | 7 Comments

Hi, this is my first time on this list and posting. My daughter Claudia has had epilepsy now for 3 years. She is an active, beautiful and very social...
Very confused and need advice

05/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi there, My daughter (16mths) has so far had 2 seizures, one on 5th March and one on 6th May and both were accompanied by a fever. The first one she...
Neck pain from seizures

05/2006 | 2 Comments

Anyone ever get sever neck pains after a seizure and if so what do you do about it?
Please help me understand

05/2006 | 3 Comments

I am really confused and please help me understand ...appericate any help/advise/comments/sharing experiences...I am reading lot of articles on this...

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