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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

New thing happening....need help???

09/2006 | 6 Comments

HI!! I have posted on this site with great responses so I hope that this time I can get some good help. This last week Emily Klair has been doing...
Benign Occipital Childhood Epilepsy

09/2006 | 5 Comments

I think my son might have Benign Occipital Childhood Epilepsy. I don't know because I am not a doctor and our Pediatric Neurologist told us this...
odd behavior - side effect of meds?

09/2006 | 1 Comments

My daughter (6 years old) has absence epilepsy. She tried lamictal alone for 6+ months and it didn't work for her. Then she tried lamictal + depakote...
New Here and questions....

09/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi All, My 14 year old son was dx'd three years ago with Complex Partial Seizures and has been taking Trileptal (suspension form) quite successfully...
grade retention issues

08/2006 | 10 Comments

Looking for any parent who has had their child's school suggest holding a kid back a year, even when child has an IEP. I am in a battle to keep my son...
needing help???

08/2006 | 7 Comments

Hi! I was just wondering when you have a seizure do you lose control of bodily functions? I know that my daughter has when she has had a really big...
14 month old and Keppra...anyone else?

08/2006 | 18 Comments

My son recently was switched to Keppra.We are slowly lowering his dose of Phenobarbital.and working towards a 500mg dose of Keppra.I am very anxious...
What happens during a seizure exactly?

08/2006 | 1 Comments

Hi! I have a daughter who has Epilepsy and the doctors always ask me if it runs in the family. I always say no but I remembered once when I was a kid...
Vomiting & Epilepsy

08/2006 | 1 Comments

16 year old finally seizure free. However she has been vomiting ALL SUMMER!! They say migraines, I don't agree anyone else experienced this? She has...
Breakthrough Seizures

08/2006 | 9 Comments

Are breakthrough seizures a normal part of epilepsy or is it a sign that the medication is not right? Sheila
Learning disabilities

08/2006 | 8 Comments

Hi all! Emma-Leigh just turned 3 back in July and I am having such a hard time potty training her. She does not know how to pull down her underwear...
Absence Seizure...What does it feel like?

08/2006 | 10 Comments

Hi all, My 3-1/2 year old has frequent absence seizures a day. However, she is too young to tell me what she is feeling before (and if possible during...
Daughter has to have a VEEG

08/2006 | 4 Comments

Well, they have scheduled a VEEG for lauren for next monday, She is having so many absence seizures per day that it is not even funny anymore, at...

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