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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth

Focal Cortical Dysplasia, Type 2

10/2015 | 0 Comments

My 10 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type 2. Due to similar learning disabilities, the doctor(s) want to do an...
Dental surgery/seizures stopped

10/2015 | 0 Comments

My 24 year old son, was diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut type seizures 8 years ago. For the past three years he has had atonic seizures daily (3 to6 a...
B6 caused seizures in my son!

09/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello, my son is 16 and he doesn't have seizures as long as he doesn't forget to take his Keppra. Recently he had 2 seizures without forgetting to...
Focal Cortical Dysplasia, No Seizures

09/2015 | 3 Comments

My daughter is 10 years old. Since she was around two she's had behavior issues. She has been diagnosed with ADHD, ODD (she's now outgrown this)...
Discipline & Parenting with Epilepsy

09/2015 | 0 Comments

How do you discipline and hold a child accountable when they have frequent absence seizures? My 12 yr old daughter is on Keppra (which makes her very...
Seizure control and med side effects

09/2015 | 0 Comments

Hey everyone-- I'm wondering what your experience is with having "controlled" your seizures but trading off the seizures with uncomfortable side...
Borken Bone & Seizures

08/2015 | 0 Comments

Has anyone delt with having a broken arm or leg (from injuries not related to epilepsy) thats in a cast. How do you deal woth your body stiffing...
Mystery Events - Seizures or Not?????

07/2015 | 1 Comments

Anyone have any experience with nocturnal events - my 19 year old daughter has Idiopathic generalized epilepsy and during her waking time has grand...
Perseveration and Epilepsy

07/2015 | 1 Comments

My daughter has landau-kefler epilepsy. For 16 years she has been this sweet, loving and caring child...for still is for the most part. Back in...
Something That May Help You Too

07/2015 | 0 Comments

My name is Steven. I, like you, have seizures. They started at 17, but may help younger youth as well. Not every day. Maybe with different effects...
Is it epilepsy ?

07/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi im 19 and had my first seizure when i was five but my mom never told me anythinq about it. On april 29, 2014 i had just woken up and was walking to...
Granddaughter's Long Seizures

06/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello, This is new to me, I'm going to throw out these questions. My granddaughter is 1 year old, she had her first seziure at 5 months old, she has...
Child with Epilepsy and PKD

06/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello, I am new to all this. My 3 yr old daughter was diagnosed with a neuro disorder, paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) in December, then in...
Sweet smell

05/2015 | 0 Comments

I am a 16 year old female who been having seizures 3-4 times a week for the last month, so I'm new to all this really. I could never remember before...
I'm 16 and having seizures..I'm scared

05/2015 | 2 Comments

I'm 16 years old and I have just started having seizures. As far as we know they are non-epileptic but we have no idea why they are happening. I am...

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