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Topic: Teen Zone

Seizures or something else?

08/2010 | 2 Comments

hey, I have been on keppra for about 6-7 months and my doctor recently decided to change it because i am having bad side effects. Currently i'm on...
I need a new charm, but all to ugly.

08/2010 | 9 Comments

I'm nineteen years old and I need to get either a medical alert bracelet, anklet, ect. I was diagnosed when I was about 11-12 I've only had two and...
Looking For Teen friends

07/2010 | 15 Comments

I'm looking to meet some teens to talk with. My Name is Alex and have had epilepsy (seizures) since I was 4 months old. I am 19 years old and have not...
Weird Insecure Feeling

07/2010 | 3 Comments

Every once in a while i get this feeling in which i cant explain very well. I feel insecure all day and i just lay down and sleep most of the time. I...
Afraid of DRIVING

07/2010 | 15 Comments

Hi my names Brittney from Arizona im 18 and terrified to drive. My parents yell at me for not being able to drive or go to college or a job. I have...
sleeping and swimming

07/2010 | 2 Comments

So... im 16 and i had about 10 seizures since last year i think. and my problem is that my doctor told me that i have to go to sleep at a specific...
Speaking just before a seizure?

07/2010 | 14 Comments

Alrighty, I have a question for anyone that cares to read this. XD Has anyone tried to talk right before a seizure? Like call out or anything? Because...
summer camp

06/2010 | 2 Comments

I'm new to the website and am looking forward to the community support. My 14 yr old daughter was diagnosed three weeks ago with complex partial...
I don't have epilepsy but...

05/2010 | 1 Comments

So I don't have epilepsy, but at the beginning of the month I had a seizure. I'd just retuened to my part-time job (at the local supermarket) that day...
First seizure?

05/2010 | 15 Comments

Hi everyone. I think I had a seizure on Sunday morning. Background info: I'm 17, recently stopped antidepressants (without doctor's opinion because...
Not sure what my seizures are!

05/2010 | 1 Comments

Hey i'm just new on this, really only became a member to try and figure out what is wrong with me! I'm 17 and have been taking seizures about once...
Epilepsy and Heart Diseases

04/2010 | 0 Comments

Hi there, I am 18 years, Female and i've had 2 epileptic seizures. Both happened when I was ill and had had irregular appetite. Both also happened...
Confessions of 40 years with epilepsy

04/2010 | 0 Comments

When I was first diagnosed as a teen, no one around knew what to do with me. My parents refused to use the “E” word. People treated me like I was some...
"Absence" seizures.

02/2010 | 6 Comments

i was diagnosed with epilepsy 5 months ago, i feel like shit. I can't tell the difference between awake or asleep. I feel like a 90 year old with...
Head Aches while on TopAMAX

02/2010 | 0 Comments

Is it normal to get headaches while being on TopAMAX? What should I do? How do I get rid of my headaches. I've been getting them for atleast two or...
absence turning into grand mal

01/2010 | 1 Comments

im eighteen years old and i have had absence seizures since i was in sixth grade. About two weeks ago i had my first grand mal seizure. I am on...
Pain in epilepsy

01/2010 | 0 Comments

My daughter is 15, and has suffered with epilepsy from the age of 4. She also has Hemiplegia which affects her right side. When she starts with a...
Psoriasis treatment

01/2010 | 0 Comments

Psoriasis Effect on the Quality of Life: Psoriasis is a disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and...
Not sure if it is auras

12/2009 | 6 Comments

Hello, I'm not sure if this is an aura since I've had these several times and didn't have a seizure. I get a strange feeling in the brain and I'm not...

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