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Topic: New to Epilepsy.com

Advise, new to the site

12/2017 | 2 Comments

Hello all. My son was diagnosed with epilepsy (or some form of it) about 2 years ago or so, at 10 years old, and the Neurologist started him with...
Effects on Uni life

12/2017 | 1 Comments

I was diagnosed with epilepsy 2 weeks ago after having 3 major seizures in a resturant and ended up getting hospitalised for 2 days :( I'm on Keppra...
Seizures when eating . 11 months

12/2017 | 6 Comments

Hi. My son is 11 months old, about two months ago (10-14 days after vaccination against measles, he got the vaccine early because we went to Romania...
Just a seizure or epilepsy

11/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi. I'm Todd. 40yrs old, pretty good health. Quick history, in May 1997, I was assaulted and had severe blunt force trauma to the head. I had 2 Gran...
Did I have a seizure?

11/2017 | 1 Comments

So, in search of answers, I stumbled upon this site. I was wondering if I had a seizure. According to my friends, today in the locker room, I was...
Did I have a seizure?

11/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone, My name is Sydney, and I'm 19 years old. I found this forum trying to figure out what happened last night. Last night something weird...
Discrimination in the Workplace

11/2017 | 0 Comments

Hello, My name is Kelly and I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was 10 and my last seizure, at that time, occurred when I was...
I woke up uncontrollably shaking

11/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi there. I'm new here. So last night, I was up really late and was super tired with my baby keeping me up. I finally went to sleep and started to...
What is this ? I'm quite scared!

11/2017 | 3 Comments

Hello everyone, I'm a 19 years old male from a small town and I've got a question that really scares me. Last night, I was laying down in my bed and I...
You live and learn

11/2017 | 3 Comments

Unusually I am going to post on a forum but as I viewed Jon Snow’s interview on the Channel 4 news last night I thought it was time. All I’m hoping is...
Am I having seizures??

11/2017 | 4 Comments

Hi there I have been having these episodes now for the last year, but health issues and bouts of extreme exhaustion for four years. These episodes...
Am I having seizures??

11/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi there I have been having these episodes now for the last year, but health issues and bouts of extreme exhaustion for four years. These episodes...
Seizures linked to food?

11/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi. My daughter (aged 2), has been having absent seizures for about a year (very sporadic). She has had a test, but results came back normal. She hadn...
What Are We missing?

11/2017 | 4 Comments

My two year old has had seizures since she was a newborn. Now she mostly has absence seizures but they seem to be getting progressively worse. She had...

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