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Topic: Men With Epilepsy

How do I earn an income anymore?

06/2015 | 3 Comments

I have had seizures since I was 21 years old, I am now 41. I worked in the field of construction and pushed it as far as I could and was forced to...
Hi!

05/2015 | 0 Comments

Glad to be here. Took the medical field 48 years to diagnose me with seizure disorder. Had maybe 5 TC's vey randomly spread out. Only one was...
problems

05/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi I'm Chris I have had epilepsy since I was 2 but recently have had problems with it as keep having migraines everyday and falling asleep during day...
suicide

05/2015 | 0 Comments

Yes I am serously thinking a bout it. I hate the born again 12steppers wwho convince me more of the choice. I had a second surgery with compliations...
Good evening. Epileptic seeking guidance.

03/2015 | 1 Comments

Good evening. I'm writing here because I don't know who else to talk to and quite frankly, a doctor may know all the medical details but won't ever be...
Thinking about discontinuing Dilantin

12/2014 | 3 Comments

Good morning all. I started having grand mal seizures when I was around 16 years old. About 5 years later, when I was about 21, I was diagnosed with...
Over 4 Years and still going strong

11/2014 | 2 Comments

Hi there everybody. I had my first seizure when I was 7 and am now 32. I have taken a number of medicines throughout my life until I went on 1 special...
hello

11/2014 | 3 Comments

hi.i´m new at this and i´m trying to get some help.my husband is taking tegretol 400mg/day and we´re trying to have a baby.does anyone knows if his...
Juvenile Myclonic Epilepsy Diagnosis

11/2014 | 0 Comments

First off, this is my first post here. Im a 38 year old male. Last week I was diagnosed with JME after seeing a neurologist for a few months. My MRI...
Unwanted for being an Epileptic person

11/2014 | 0 Comments

I have worked all my life in the oil industry, I've always been a healthy, hard working human being, responsible, kind to others, fun to be around...
How i got cured from epilepsy

11/2014 | 1 Comments

I am from Canada, I was diagnosed of Epilepsy in 2004 then i was just 17years, the disease is so disgracing and embarassing because atimes i get...
Lost time and Decisions without memory

10/2014 | 0 Comments

My seizures have been changing throughout my life. Diagnosed Video Game at 10yrs old. Got an EEG and was diagnosed with JMJ at 23. I was seizure free...
New diagnosis...

09/2014 | 0 Comments

Hello. My name is mike and 24. I was diagnosed in the ER yesterday as having focal seizures. I have had headaches for a few years. They usually hit as...
Can TLE have this kind of effect?

09/2014 | 0 Comments

Hello, everyone. I've been chasing down a mystery illness for over 20 years now. I think simple temporal lobe seizures *might* be a working model. I...
Concerned and looking for some advice.

08/2014 | 2 Comments

Hey there. I'm a first time poster here, though I've looked in on a lot of discussions over the last couple of years. I'm 40yrs old and have been...

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