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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

Lamictal rash? (posted on meds forum too)

04/2006 | 3 Comments

My 2 y.o. son is on lamicatal--just started a month ago and we are in the slow ramp-up phase. My son is now on 10mg/day (he only weighs 26 pounds) and...
VISUAL - INFORMATION NEEDED

04/2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, Please advise I have a 2 year old little girl with multiple problems one of which the doctors think is epilepsy. She has been referred for tests...
New to this group...VNS questions

04/2006 | 2 Comments

My daughter is 6 and has intractable Complex partial with secondary generalization. She is taking 300mg of Topamax and had the VNS implant on Feb 20th...
Tegretol and Lamictal

04/2006 | 6 Comments

My daughter is being weaned from Clobazam and Lamictal will be added as an add on to Tegretol. We are having behaviour issues now which we suspect...
EEG please help

04/2006 | 1 Comments

Can someone help me to understand these EEGs better. My 23 m/o is left hemi due to a stroke. Here are her last two EEG reports: Here they are ... both...
8 yr. old son with seizures

04/2006 | 6 Comments

I am so glad I found this site. My son had his first seizure in July. We were scared out of our wits when it happened. He had a "Grand Mal" seizure...
idiopathic epilepsy...others??

04/2006 | 1 Comments

I would like to contact any other parents that have encountered this diagnosis. here's the quick version: NORMAL CHILD, No family History of epilepsy...
idiopathic epilepsy...others??

04/2006 | 0 Comments

I would like to contact any other parents that have encountered this diagnosis. here's the quick version: NORMAL CHILD, No family History of epilepsy...
Well it is finally official

03/2006 | 3 Comments

Well Lauren's Dr finally gave me a diagnosis. She does have confirmed epilepsy. But they still don't know what is causing it. she said it is...
Well it is finally official

03/2006 | 0 Comments

Well Lauren's Dr finally gave me a diagnosis. She does have confirmed epilepsy. But they still don't know what is causing it. she said it is...
Diagnosed sleep disorder and Epi?

03/2006 | 8 Comments

My son has sleep issues. He also has a "seizure disorder" that has not yet been dianosed. I am not sure if he has a sleep disorder, sleep seizures (he...
KEPPRA SIDE EFFECTS

03/2006 | 5 Comments

MY GRANDSON HAS BEEN TAKING KEPPRA FOR 6 MOS AND HAS DEVELOPED COLITIS, ANYONE EXPERIENCE THSI, HE IS 9 YRS OLD
Keppra for kids

03/2006 | 42 Comments

Hello, Very new 2 this, doctors want to put my 6yr old son on Keppra, anyone using this on their children? Thanks upanama
Benign Rolandic Seizures

03/2006 | 14 Comments

My son is 10 yrs old and was diagnosed with BRE in January. He had 2 seizures, had a neg. MRI. EEG showed BRE. I understand that most outgrow this...
Will they ever stop?

03/2006 | 4 Comments

Hi, My daughter was diagnosed with complex partial siezures & absence siezures at the age of 5. She just turned 11 the other day. I don't know if...
My daughters seizures

03/2006 | 2 Comments

Hello, I am hoping that I can find some help with dealing with seizures for my daughter who is 8. This started last July when she had a grandmal in...
My daughters seizures

03/2006 | 0 Comments

Hello, I am hoping that I can find some help with dealing with seizures for my daughter who is 8. This started last July when she had a grandmal in...

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