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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

Concerned Mother

05/2017 | 1 Comments

Hello everyone. New to this forum. My husband and I recently adopted a 4 year old boy who has been having seizures. We have a consultation with a...
Keppra withdrawal

05/2017 | 2 Comments

My daughter is 11 years old, she was on Keppra for 23 months. Her last dosage was 1000mg twice a day from October 2016 until 11 May 2017. Her...
Water Immersion Reflex Epilepsy

05/2017 | 1 Comments

My 10 month old son was just diagnosed with water immersion reflex epilepsy. Apparently its very rare so there isn't a lot of information out there...
ADD or Seizure med side effects

05/2017 | 1 Comments

My son is 7 years old. As a 9 month old, he had meningitis followed by a stroke and partial seizures. At one he had surgery due to a subdural empyema...
Can anyone help a grieving Mother?

05/2017 | 4 Comments

42 yr old daughter-living @ home f/2 yrs. 1st seizure @ work. Passed out-bumped head-few seconds. Month later(on the 8th) 2nd seizure-few seconds...
Zarontin, early update

05/2017 | 1 Comments

My 12-year-old started Zarontin on Friday morning for juvenile absence epilepsy, so he's on day 4 of beginning meds. The plan is 10 days of a once...
Partial Epilepsy & fevers

05/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi all, I am somewhat new (5 year old son was diagnosed with partial epilepsy a couple of weeks ago. My son had his first seizure at 14 months...
Repeating a Grade?

04/2017 | 4 Comments

My stepdaughter was diagnosed with benign rolandic epilepsy 3 yeras ago. She has only had 2 seizures. She is in 3rd grade with an early 2nd grade...
Possible BRE?

04/2017 | 4 Comments

My daughter is 21 months old. She had her 18 month vaccines on Wednesday. She had a low grade fever all day Thursday. I noticed her fever rise around...
Frequency of Absence Seizures?

04/2017 | 3 Comments

I'm very new to this, so fair warning. We just found out this week that my son, 7, is having seizures. It seems to me like they're increasing in...
Possible absence seizures in 12-year-old

04/2017 | 60 Comments

Hello. I'm very concerned and found this site. I have a 12-year old son. Over the past maybe 3-4 months, we've noticed a few occasions (maybe 4-5...
Absence Seizure Treatment

04/2017 | 4 Comments

HI Our 15 y/o son was recently diagnosed with Absence seizures. I am worried about starting him on medication due to risk of personality change...

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