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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

Alone with kids and had a seizure...

04/2006 | 5 Comments

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and thought it might be time for me to find someone to talk to who can understand how I'm feeling. I'm a 36 yr old...
Topamax and losing hair?

04/2006 | 24 Comments

hello, im not new here but mostly im reading. I have a question if this happen with some of u. Im on Topamax - taking 150 mg par day and from few...
Considering a second child

04/2006 | 3 Comments

I am 34 yrs old and take Carbatrol for my complex partial seizures. I have one 16 month old son who is perfectly healthy. My husband and I are talking...
just found out that I have epilepsy

04/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi there I'm getting use to having grandmal seizure but I don't think my husband and my 4 children are use to it though how can I put there minds at...
Menopause?

04/2006 | 7 Comments

Hi everyone, I am currently experiencing something very strange and I was hoping someone could let me know if you have experienced it also. According...
Anyone taking Keppra?

04/2006 | 79 Comments

Hi Everyone! My name is Peggy and I've had epilepsy for about 27 years. They started when I was almost 16 and I'm 43, now. I have complex partial...
Weight Gain

04/2006 | 4 Comments

Hi I'm new to the site, and I didn't see any other discussion regarding weight gain. So I was wondering if any of you ladies out there experience...
Hormones causing Seizures

04/2006 | 10 Comments

I have been having hormone problems for a short time now. Stress and anxiety have become a big factor. I have been using progesterone and it has...
dont want to wait any more

03/2006 | 1 Comments

Does it really get easier as time goes by? Accepting the fact that what you want is out of the question so you have to find a new happy medium ground...
Lamictal and birth control pills

03/2006 | 19 Comments

I was just wondering if anyone was on brith control as well as Lamictal. My neurologist said that there is no interaction, but I came across 2 studies...
hot flashes...

03/2006 | 2 Comments

Joyce here, I was wanting to know if other women going through menapause had an increase in the amount of seizures they had or not? I have been going...
too sensitive?

03/2006 | 12 Comments

Hi joyce here, I just wanted to ask other women out there if they went through a period of time where there feelings were hurt very easily? Does it...
Driving

03/2006 | 7 Comments

Hello everyone, I am new to this site. I have had seizure on and off for years, but January 21,2006, was an experience I had never had before. I was...
Night Seizures

03/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi Everyone, In the last couple of years I have noticed something but didn't really think anything of it. I was wondering had anyone experienced this...
Menopause and seizures

03/2006 | 2 Comments

Hello to all, Sorry I have not posted for awhile...lately my seizures are increasing....I'm starting to menopause reactions...last week I had to Grand...
Do they really care?

03/2006 | 3 Comments

Goodmorning everyone, I am so saddened by all the negative tension beween my parents and me and I am also overwelmed regarding the lack of caring from...
Not epileptic but its called P.N.E.S.

02/2006 | 5 Comments

Goodeveing every one: I think I need to clearify something, Why I am here is because yes I have seizures and no they are not epileptic. They are...

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