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Is my daughter epileptic??

10/2017 | 1 Comments

Hello first time user. My 17 year old healthy daughter has her first seizure 5 months ago. Diagnosised with complex partial seizures and also an...
Scary Partial Seizures

10/2017 | 1 Comments

Hello, first Post. About 5 years ago I first had a major seizure (where I was unconscious) after withdrawing from alcohol one day. A few months later...
Simple partial seizures?

09/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi all! I am new here. I'm hoping to get some insight into what's been happening to me while I wait for my neurologist referral. 2 years ago, I was 7...
Mom to newly diagnosed 18yo

09/2017 | 2 Comments

My daughter was diagnosed today with "localized seizure disorder." She had 3 seizures on 9/6 and all 3 were, from what descriptions I've read, tonic...
Myoclonic jerks

09/2017 | 0 Comments

Hello I'm new here and I don't actually have epilepsy however I do have a twin brother with epilepsy. For the longest time my jaw does this strange...
Why siezures after swimming only ???

09/2017 | 1 Comments

My son is 16 and swims competitively since he was 8 years old . He also participated in numerous lake mile swims . This past year he has suddenly had...
About me...

09/2017 | 2 Comments

Hey, I'm Terry. I hope you don't mind if I completely unload. I just moved to Mississippi to live with my dad and stepmom. I've lived with my mom in...
Looking for similar symptoms

09/2017 | 3 Comments

Hello, My name is Hope, I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy as my EEG only had one 'spike' and my brain MRI came back clean. Yesterday I had a...
Questions!

09/2017 | 2 Comments

Hi, my name is diana. I was diagnosed with focal or partial seizure this July. I am 24 years old. I'm new to all this. So my question is, i feel as...
New with epilepsy

09/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone I'm Cynthia I'm 21 and just got diagnosed with epilepsy. It's very hard for me at the moment. I can't seem to find help I can't get a...
Seizure/Sycope Mystery

09/2017 | 3 Comments

I am a 19 year old female and for two months now, I've been getting these episodes that my neurologist thinks is a cross between seizures and syncope-...
Would you take medication?

09/2017 | 1 Comments

Looking for some thoughts on my situation. I had one possible seizure two years ago, no one witness it but that was the EMT's assessment. I had a...
Confused

09/2017 | 8 Comments

Our 16 yr old son had his first possible seizure 5 months ago. We found him face down on the floor mubbling and disoriented and he had trouble...
How to test for epilepsy or syncope

09/2017 | 1 Comments

I'm not sure if I have epilepsy, syncope, or just very low blood sugar. I pass out, or at least get very nauseous and dizzy but can sit down...
How to test for epilepsy or syncope

09/2017 | 0 Comments

I'm not sure if I have epilepsy, syncope, or just very low blood sugar. I pass out, or at least get very nauseous and dizzy but can sit down...
Please help - Jamais Vu? Seizures? Or?

08/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, So I am a 35 year old female from Ontario with some concerning questions. Some history - when I was maybe 10 years old, I had my first...
Daydreaming or a seizure?

08/2017 | 0 Comments

My seizures are simple partial and are happening in the frontal temporal lobe. I was having some "breakthrough" seizures that presented as a kind of...
New to epilepsy... Why so late in life??

08/2017 | 4 Comments

I started to have seizures in 2015. I was taking Topamax for migraines. The very first time I took Topamax I had my very first seizure. Well, my...

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