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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

Hormones and epilepsy

10/2017 | 8 Comments

Hi everyone! I didn't know how to edit my previous post since I made a mistake on some dates I had mentioned. My epilepsy journey is kind of long and...
Epilepsy and hormones

10/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone! My epilepsy journey is kind of long and complicated. It all started at 13 years old (less than a year after starting my period) when I...
EPIDURAL

10/2017 | 2 Comments

I started having seizures after getting a epidural while giving birth to my daughter. Any other ladies ?
gestational epilepsy and peri menopause

10/2017 | 1 Comments

I had gestational epilepsy with both of my pregnancies and afterwards when I stopped breast feeding. That was quite some time ago! I'm starting to...
Aptiom side effects on period

10/2017 | 6 Comments

I know it is a relatively new medication on the market, but hoping someone besides myself is taking it. I have been having more intense cramps since...
Need a Great Neuro Referral- CA

10/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi all- I am desperately seeking a neuro skilled in TBIs and epilepsy. I live in Ventura county but would travel up Santa Barbara or L.A. Does anyone...
Losing Wieght and epliepsy

09/2017 | 2 Comments

Hello I have been on a variety of eplipsy drugs since I was seven I am now entering my early twenties and I find it difficult to lose weight. For most...
Help for ESA

09/2017 | 1 Comments

I have been living in a small town in South Dakota for 3 years. The apartment I live in is owned by my workplace and is rented out. It has a no-pets...
Long term mental health effects

09/2017 | 1 Comments

Does anyone know if there are any long term mental health effects (higher risk of depression, anxiety, etc) in adulthood if someone has suffered from...
Eclipse and seizures?

08/2017 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone, I'm completely new here...my 20year old daughter has just begun having seizures and her neurologist said it is likely a form of epilepsy...
Diffrent

08/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi I'm Krishelle I suffer from epilepsy. I have been since I was 1.5yrs old and I'm almost 21 in a few days. In October I went to the hospital to have...
Seizures

08/2017 | 1 Comments

Hello. I have had grand mal seizures since 2005 when I was 25 years old. Most of my seizures occur during the early evenings between 5pm-7pm. I have...
New to this site need help please!!

08/2017 | 3 Comments

I've been having muscle spasms like jerks in my fingers toes arms thighs it's not uncontrolled but it happens in waves. I never had a seziure before...
Help with menapause

07/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi I am a 46 year old wome who just been told I am going though my menopause I have been having more aurors and seizures and have had to go back to...
Maternal Mortality and Pregnancy?

07/2017 | 2 Comments

Hi all, So I see a lot about the health of the infant and all... What about mothers? How is it to have a high-risk pregnancy? Is there an elevated...

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