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Topic: My Epilepsy Diary

What is wrong with me?

09/2010 | 1 Comments

I'm new to this site but I have a few questions and experiences which has brought me here, About 4-5 years ago I was working in a grocery store, I was...
Drug side effects and Insomnia

09/2010 | 1 Comments

I have had seizure my whole life, they were Petite Mal when I was a little girl but never treated they lasted up until I had my oldest son at the age...
Seizure Triggers

07/2010 | 4 Comments

Hello all ~ my brother suffered a closed head injury when he was 12 after being hit by a car. He is now 36. He has been having seizures since his...
Life, Liberty and the right to choose.

07/2010 | 7 Comments

lHI, My name is Raquel Santiago, i am presdient of Disabled Students Association at San Francisco State University, when i was 16 i had my first...
Does Salvia make seizures worse?

07/2010 | 11 Comments

k, I have patial complex seizures about once a month and usually from laque of sleep. Usually I will only have them while im sleeping unless i have...
is this a seizure?

06/2010 | 3 Comments

I need your input and/or suggestions. I've been experiencing these episodes for about 3.5 years now. I am ussually alone (as I am single w/o kids)...
How do you go about this with work?

06/2010 | 9 Comments

When do you share your epilepsy with your work? At a job interview? How do you go about it with your coworkers and explain what it is with your...
Sharing diary info with doctors

06/2010 | 7 Comments

Hi everyone, Hope you've had a chance to try out the new features of the epilepsy diary. I have a few questions for you... please write in your...
Seizure Action Plans and Sharing Info!

05/2010 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, Have you visited the My Epilepsy Diary today? If you don't have one, now is the time to start one. We've added two new features that...
mixing topamax and marijuana?

05/2010 | 12 Comments

Hi, I was recently diagnosed with epilepsy. I was having these weird “episodes” which now my doctors are referring to as absence seizures, or aura’s....
Stress Trigger Sezures

04/2010 | 3 Comments

Hi, I am 30 years of age, male, had petite mal seizures from the age of 4 to 15 then was taken off the medication and was doing fine...At the age of...
Epilepsy auras triggers

04/2010 | 3 Comments

I was diagnosed with epilepsy back in Sept '09. Since then, I'm on meds trileptal (may have misspelled that) and Zoloft. I don't have the full-blown...
Does it mean anything??

04/2010 | 2 Comments

So, my neuro asked me questions about my thyroid today. It just so happens that half of my thyroid was removed due to a benign tumor. Why would this...
WHAT DO YOU FEEL AFTER SEIZURES

04/2010 | 40 Comments

I was wondering what people feel after a seizure, and how long that feeling lasts...I have been diagnosed with TLE, I get simple partial seizures...

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