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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

Fuming

08/2006 | 3 Comments

After a week with only one seizure (and been five days since he had one btw), I stretched the umbilical cord and let my son return to school. I even...
any comment

08/2006 | 2 Comments

hi..i am mother of 20 month old baby,his got seizure since he's 3 months old,now his took 3 kinds medicine which is could not stop his seizure.my...
No Diagnosis

08/2006 | 7 Comments

My 22 month old son has been inpatient for seizures for more than 30 days since May 1, 2006. On May 1, Beau was 18 months old, he vommitted and then...
Is my daughter's aura, really a seizure?

08/2006 | 0 Comments

My 8 y.o. daughter has auras of headache, dizziness and throat pain. If she lies down immediately, sometimes this is all that will occur. However, her...
Pediatric doc in Atlanta

08/2006 | 0 Comments

My daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy 2 1/2 weeks ago. She had 2 seizures during the EEG--showing primary generalized. Other than the EEG, I have...
surgery or no surgery

08/2006 | 2 Comments

If you were told your child was a surgery canidate would you opt for it instead of a life time of taking meds. My daughter is almost 2 and may be a...
Please tell me...do seizures hurt?

08/2006 | 2 Comments

My son frequently holds his head as if to say it hurts orsomething isn't right.are seizures painful?does your head hurt even when they are not having...
Carbatrol & Lamictal

08/2006 | 8 Comments

I'm looking for information for my 10 year old son. He has recently added a new medication to help control his partial seizures. He is now taking 300...
Wish I had answers ...

08/2006 | 0 Comments

Hi, my story reguarding my daughter is under Bobbie`s blog and the forum of new to my.epilepsy .com. My daughter is 9 years old and has rolandic...
Does anyone have sleep problems???

08/2006 | 3 Comments

My son wa sup from 12am to 4am last night.It seemed every time he would get himself to sleep He would wake right up...allmost hyper..like crawling out...
epileptic and non epileptic seizures

08/2006 | 8 Comments

hi my 16 yr old daughter has been told she has photosensitive epilepsy but she also suffers with non epileptic seizures as a result of the epilepsy...
speech therapy

08/2006 | 4 Comments

What is involved in speech therapy?I saw a pediatrician who recommended that i take my son for a speech therapy.He is three and can hardly construct a...
Why so long for EEG results?

08/2006 | 3 Comments

My daughter had an EEG one week ago. We're told to look for the results in 2 to 3 weeks. Is this a normal time period for result turn around? Thanks,
13 month old...what's going on?

08/2006 | 0 Comments

I'm started to get very scared.At first I thought it was going to all go away but now I just don't know.It started when he was 4 months old,the same...
Rassmussen's Syndrome

08/2006 | 3 Comments

My daughter was recemtly diagnosed with Rasmussen's Syndrome. My daughter has endured brain surgery and countless seizures. My wife and I are at our...

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