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Topic: Parents & Caregivers

Seizures when sleeping!?

06/2006 | 5 Comments

My son is 9 and has absence seizures. He has never had a TC seizure and our neuro said that he could at any time. That spooked my wife and me. He is...
Here We Go...

06/2006 | 6 Comments

Well Kassidey had her first grad mal seizure yesterday. She was getting ready to go swimming and I went to put something up and there she was laying...
Seizure not easily identified

06/2006 | 3 Comments

I noticed the other day my 2yr old took an unusually long nap of 4 hours. A few hours later, while waiting for my daughter to finish karate class, he...
Uncoordinated 5yr old with E

06/2006 | 5 Comments

Reluctantly, I enrolled my daughter in karate for the summer. I noticed she has great difficulty with her sense of direction. I would love to tell you...
Do seizures cause pain?

06/2006 | 39 Comments

Hi I am the mother of a 5 1/2 year old who is progressively getting worse. His name is Danny. He has many types of seizures. He has at least 10...
abnormal EEG/Infant

06/2006 | 7 Comments

our 3 mos. foster baby who was exposed in utero to cocaine at the least, has had two EEGs. the second at a different hospital returned a report "...
daughter just dx with Infantile Spasms

05/2006 | 3 Comments

My daughter was dx with Infantile Spasms 3 weeks ago. My world has been turned upside down. She was developing so normally and was just a happy, easy...
Infantile Spasms and types of seizures

05/2006 | 1 Comments

Rebecca was diagnosed at 4 months with Infantile Spasms (she is almost 1 now). We have recently had 100% seizure control with a combination of Topomax...
Consistent Newborn Twitching

05/2006 | 2 Comments

I need some help/input. My 2 week old son has been twitching at least once or twice a day for the last week or so. He does it while sleeping or awake...
Medic Alert

05/2006 | 4 Comments

has anyone in here Joined them? they have several medical id bracelets that my daughter likes but you have to join them to buy them. from talking with...
Grow out of seizures???

05/2006 | 40 Comments

Hey, have you other parents out there heard that your child could grow out of their seizure disorder? My Zakry has idiopathic epi, so does that mean...
Parent and child both have seizures

05/2006 | 0 Comments

I am relatively new to epilepsy.com. I am a 33 yr old mom with epilepsy that was diagnosed at age 12. My 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with the...
traveling overseas

05/2006 | 1 Comments

My 18-yr. old daughter will be traveling to Europe with her school soon and I wonder if there is any advice/info for her as far as managing the time...
New Here, 6 year old having seizures

05/2006 | 2 Comments

Hi I'm new here. My name is Michelle, I have 3 girls (17, 6, and 4 yrs old). My 17 yr old was diagnosed adhd age 7, ODD age 13, and then Bipolar at...

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