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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

New to this, help!!

03/2018 | 2 Comments

My 8 year old daughter just started having seizures on 2/15. She started keppra on the 20th after her second one. On 26th she had two in the morning...
Medication during Pregnancy

03/2018 | 2 Comments

Hello Parents! Have any of you gotten pregnant while on lamictal? If so, were there any birth defects to your baby? Thanks!
Parents of teenagers with epilepsy

02/2018 | 4 Comments

My 14-year-old daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy about 5 months ago. She has had 6 seizures and is on Lamictal - it has been increased gradually...
Non weight bearing after seizure

02/2018 | 0 Comments

Hi. My 11 yo artistic non-verbal son has had several seizures over the past 2 months and after them he is unable to put weight in his legs. We can...
Focal Seizure in Foot?

02/2018 | 3 Comments

Hi, Last year my daughter (age 10) was diagnosed with epilepsy after having about 6 seizures in 6 weeks. It all happened very fast and after we found...
How do parents ever sleep?

01/2018 | 6 Comments

My son was diagnosed with epilepsy a few days ago. He is 19 months old. We had finally hit that point where we weren’t scared of SIDS and what not, he...
Seizures Without Explanation

01/2018 | 4 Comments

My son had his first seizure at 18. Just out of the clear blue. Labs and scans were done, everything comes back normal. EEG was normal. The doctor...
Some advice needed

01/2018 | 1 Comments

My step son is Cambodian and 11 years old. He started having seizures 18 months ago. He was found to have cortical dysplasia. He was on medication...
4 yo boy jerking of arms

01/2018 | 2 Comments

My son is 4 years old and recently began jerking his arms at most random times. Some days he does it many times. Other days nothing. My other son's PT...
Absence Seizure?

01/2018 | 3 Comments

I’ve asked quite a few questions on here. Have a new one quick background. Son is 8 years old. Had an abnormal EEG last year. Our old neurologist was...
8 year old with first time seizure

12/2017 | 3 Comments

My son had a tonic clonic seizure lasting about five minutes Tuesday evening. He then had another seizure at the hospital that was only about a minute...
Seizures when eating . 11 months

12/2017 | 1 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...

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