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Topic: Teen Zone

Saturday Night.

02/2005 | 4 Comments

Hello. I'm seventeen, female, live in Tennessee, on a farm. Nothing out of the ordinary, I guess. I know a lot of people are going to stop reading at...
Weight Gain and Depakote

02/2005 | 52 Comments

Okay so I went to see my neurologist yesterday and he told me some not so good things about my medicine. Well lately I've been gaining weight..but I...
What to do?

01/2005 | 20 Comments

Ok so I seem to be having a harder time concentrating on everything and all my words and ideas just seem to slip out of my head as I talk. I take...
Dealing

01/2005 | 6 Comments

Hi, my name is Liz and i was diagnosed with epilepsy at about age eleven. Now im fourteen and as I look back its been a long 3-4 years. My grades have...
eeg and seizures

01/2005 | 1 Comments

hi, i'm new on here and was just wondering if anyone could help. Early in September i had an episode which the doctor believes may have been a complex...
Hey guys!

01/2005 | 0 Comments

hey everyone names justin black im new too this site.... im a 19 male from texas and have been educated about epilepsy since i was about six. i have...
Hey

01/2005 | 0 Comments

Hey Justin i'm Robyn, i'm 20 yrs old and live in Australia! I was diagnosed with JME when i was 12. I'm currently on Lamictal and was on 300mg a day...
any help please?

11/2004 | 12 Comments

hi, i'm 17 and i've been reading up on epilepsy and everything. i'm not sure what i have, and i was hoping maybe someone could help... i get this...
Epilepsy and college..

11/2004 | 33 Comments

I'm going to college in a month . Although I am a commuter student , I'm scared of how I'm going to handle college. See, I was absent..a lot in high...
Guilt

11/2004 | 6 Comments

Hello, I'm 14 and i have epilepsy. I have gone in for eeg's at my "local" childrens hospital, and I've seen those that are less fortunate than I. I...
Do i have epilepsy?

10/2004 | 4 Comments

Hi!I recently have had an inncedent which may be the cause of epilepsy. I'm not sure whether i have it or not, and was wondering if anyone could help...
new here...

10/2004 | 1 Comments

hello, im just seeking some consolation here after recently getting some blood results back which apparetly were CLEAR. i am convinced that i am...
Unreasonable professors...

09/2004 | 2 Comments

I was put into a lower level math class because I didn't do well on my math placement test for college. So it's been a couple weeks now and I'm dying...
Impact of Epilepsy on Young People

08/2004 | 8 Comments

My name is Allison Clarke and I am conducting research under the supervision of Dr Christine Critchley and Dr Roslyn Galligan in the School of...
Seizures: Ambitions and Independence

08/2004 | 3 Comments

Hi! My name is Carolina and I am 22 years old. I am a patient of partial seizures and I am currently under Depakote. These episodes occur two(2) or...

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