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Topic: Teen Zone

Watching my sister suffer

11/2018 | 4 Comments

My name is Mel I am 27. I have a sister who just turned 19. She has been suffering with epilepsy since she was about 5 years old. It has progressed...
Epilepsy with parents

10/2018 | 1 Comments

So I'm 16 living with TLE and patit maul epilepsy and my parents really don't understand how fatiuged I can actually get and how hard it gets to move...
Seizures alone

10/2018 | 2 Comments

Hello, my name is Dani and I’m 22 and I’m new to the site. I live with my parents,but they’re always busy and can’t really come help me. When I have a...
Nocturnal seizures

10/2018 | 0 Comments

I have had epilepsy since 8th grade and I am a senior in high school. I have tried multiple medications for my seizures and frankly I am giving up...
Share your story

09/2018 | 0 Comments

Hey, I am 17 and I am a teen with epilepsy living in New Jersey and I'm creating a video about the awareness of teens with epilepsy (daily life, extra...
Juuls

08/2018 | 1 Comments

I’m 16 years old. I haven’t had a seizure in a year. I’m on Vimpat and Kepra. All my friends around me use the e cigarette Juul. I’ve used it a couple...
Seminar on Epilepsy and College!

08/2018 | 0 Comments

Seminar in Nashville on Sept. 15 for students on doing college with epilepsy! Details/Register online: studentswithepilepsy.com
Socializing

06/2018 | 2 Comments

Is there any team groups in the Southern California region?
Annoyed with my epilepsy

06/2018 | 2 Comments

Hi I’m 12, but I’m going to turn 13 in 12 days. I’ve been having seizures since I was a baby. My parents said my first seizure was when I was 6 months...
Future Absance Seizures

04/2018 | 5 Comments

Hello. I am 12, and I have absence seizures. I have had these for two years. I was wondering if someone older than me would tell me some stuff about...
New to Epilepsy and Online Chats

04/2018 | 2 Comments

Hello everyone, my name is Ashley. I was diagnosed with epilepsy about 6 months ago and I have been having some trouble processing everything. Does...
Is this Epilepsy

04/2018 | 2 Comments

Hi there! I'm a daughter of long line of people with epilepsy in my family, including my brother and father. I'm actually here to ask a question about...
Lazer surgery?

03/2018 | 3 Comments

Hello I am going to a doctors appointment tomorow to see if I can get laser therapy to get rid of my epilepsy. I know I should be really excited but I...
New

02/2018 | 2 Comments

Hey everyone! Along with being new to epilepsy I am new to the whole chatting online thing and I was wondering if anyone would like me to start a...
Partner having seizures

02/2018 | 2 Comments

My boyfriend that is 18 years old has been having tonic clonic seizures for the past few months now. From what we know of he has had 5 of them in the...
My story

12/2017 | 0 Comments

I have had epilepsy for a year now. I am struggling with it because it has gotten worse over the months and i have been suffering tonic clonic...
TLE and Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

12/2017 | 0 Comments

My daughter was diagnosed 6-1/2 years ago with TLE at the age of 10. She started her menses at age 14, but was never regular. We kept mentioning it to...
my son 16 need help

11/2017 | 2 Comments

I have a son who will be 16 soon, and he want his own car. What kinds of insurance policies are there for minors and how is does it work? he does not...
Nightmare Trip

11/2017 | 1 Comments

Hey my name is David and I am 18 years old and I have been diagnosed with gran mild seizures for over a year now. My most recent one was perhaps the...
Confessing to friends

10/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi guys so I have been friends with 2 girls for a year now and I feel really comfortable with them but I'm not sure weather to tell them abaut my...

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