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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

Bedwetting.

11/2017 | 6 Comments

I posted several months back. Long story shorter my 8 yo son had an extended EEG recommended by his neuropsychologist. It came back abnormal with...
1st time and confused

11/2017 | 2 Comments

My son is almost 12yo and he was diagnosed with epilepsy last night and I’m reaching out for assistance or guidelines with this new challenge we have...
New Seizures in Toddler

11/2017 | 2 Comments

Hello everyone, I'm new here and so lost and confused. As a child, I had 3 febrile seizures. My oldest, who is almost 8, had 11 febrile seizures...
Does this sound like seizures ?

11/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi All, Our son is 2.5 yrs old. He has always been good with cognition and speech. His vocabulary has always been good. During his birth process he...
Abnormal EEG-

10/2017 | 10 Comments

A few months ago, my daughter (8) had a sleep study to test for possible sleep apnea. As a result of that test, we were told she had several spikes in...
Help with teen's symptoms?

10/2017 | 15 Comments

My 16 year old granddaughter had a gran mal seizure two years ago and suffered some memory loss and continued strange sensations and temporary...
Teenage Daughter Is Struggling

10/2017 | 1 Comments

My name is Robin and my 15 year old daughter is Madison. She was diagnosed with a Convulsive Seizure Disorder in June of 2017. We are still undergoing...
Our seizure journey

10/2017 | 7 Comments

My little guy is 18 months old as of 10-7-17 and he started having seizures out of nowhere late September sorry I don’t know the exact date. He is...
Zarontin

10/2017 | 1 Comments

My son is 7, going on 8 and he's been taking Zarontin for almost three years. Of course we've seen side effects but I think i'm more worried about him...

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