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Topic: New to Epilepsy.com

Hi there, been a long time lurker

01/2006 | 3 Comments

My name is Missy, I have an 8 year old son that was dx'ed with Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy Jan 19th, 2001 My son has been through 13 different meds and...
Hello Everyone

01/2006 | 0 Comments

Hi there all...My name is Yvonne, and I am 32 yrs old. I have been suffering from simple partial seizures since I was little,, they are sensory...
goose bumps & 'hidden' seizures?

01/2006 | 32 Comments

Hi, this is Maddie, I'm really glad to find this site. I still don't know for sure whether i have some kind of epilepsy. Neurology hasn't been much...
Are fits there for life

01/2006 | 2 Comments

Ive had fits for 30 years now i used to have 5 a year since ive swapped my medication ive gone nearly 5 years with out a fit.Is it possible to grow...
Epilepsy surgery and Wada Test

01/2006 | 1 Comments

Hi there I am considering to have Epilepsy surgery for my uncontrolled seizures and just waiting now to have the Wada Test done. I have already had 2...
I'm new to this.

01/2006 | 2 Comments

My 3 year old son was just diagnosed with epilepsy. Its been a tough 7 months for everyone in my family. He has been on 3 different types of medicines...
New seizure diagnosis

01/2006 | 3 Comments

Hello all After undergoing testing for the last several months, I have now been diagnosed with a simple partial seizure disorder. I experience very...
Should it hurt so bad?

01/2006 | 0 Comments

Like so many others whose blogs I've been reading, I've just found out that the "episodes" I've been having since 1998 were epilepsy-related. The...
New to site searching for prior poster.

01/2006 | 4 Comments

I have a 27yr old daughter undx but condition resembles a known rare neuro condition. I recently found this site and became excited at one of the...
has anyone else recovered from epilepsy?

01/2006 | 19 Comments

hi name is dagveg from nsw australia ,age 57. had epilepsy when i was 15. went from boarding school to n london epileptic institute, came to aussie...
In Search of Help

01/2006 | 4 Comments

I'm very new to epilepsy.com as my 6 year old daughter began having partial complex only 4 weeks ago. She's up to 40 per day - coming in waves...
hi from Honeybear

12/2005 | 5 Comments

Hi I have just joined and thought that I would say hello. I am from the UK and I have been having seizures since the beggining of 2005. My seizures...
Very new to all this (

12/2005 | 8 Comments

Hi, I have no idea how I got here. All I remember was getting up early on a Wednesday morning in the middle of November (2005) to go to the bathroom...
A Greeting to Our Guests

12/2005 | 1 Comments

Whenever I log-in, I always see a fairly large group of Guests checking out what this site is about. Let me say 'Welcome. Come on in!'. I think I...
New to the site

12/2005 | 3 Comments

Heya all. I'm a 23 year old woman from Ireland. I had Infintile Spasms as a baby starting at 5 Months and was given a pretty bleak prognosis. But due...
New to Seizures - 12/4/05

12/2005 | 6 Comments

I had my first seizures on 12/4/05. First one was in the mall with my husband and 5 month old, then he took me to the ER and had another one there...
new here! can you help me out!`

12/2005 | 1 Comments

Epilepsy on monday 7th of novmber of this year i was laying in bed i was not feeling very well and so i stayed in bed and i woke up a few time thought...
Live with it Positively

12/2005 | 1 Comments

I have been living with epilepsy for the past 20 years, am taking meds - known as "phenitone" since 1990 and had 7 attacks. I dream of having a life...

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