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Topic: Young Adults

Epilepsy/Seizures Disorder and College

08/2018 | 4 Comments

I am going to start my first year in college this year and I am really scared about what is going to happen because I get embossed when people see me...
Seminar on Epilepsy and College!

08/2018 | 1 Comments

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

07/2018 | 1 Comments

I had my very first seizure in October 2017 (9ish months ago), I was sitting in my college dorm studying for my chem exam and I had one. Long story...
Epilepsy and Picking a degree

05/2018 | 4 Comments

Hey everyone, Im 23 first diagnosed when i was 4. currently 6 years seizure free AED controlled. Any way it's looking more and more likely that im...
Seizures and exams

05/2018 | 2 Comments

I’m in my first year of university (college) studying nursing and I have 2 exams coming up so I have started revising for it. There are around 10...
college life

02/2018 | 3 Comments

hi everyone I have been diagnosed with epilepsy since I was 10 and recently I started having migraines I am on valporic acid and lamotrigine . I am...
Years Later

01/2018 | 3 Comments

Hey all...I've got a question. So I grew up with epilepsy; I was diagnosed when I was 4. I got off medication about a year ago, when I was 18. I haven...
JME/ Jeavon's Syndrome, Feel Alone

01/2018 | 1 Comments

I'm a freshman undergrad. I was diagnosed at age twelve and have had about eight or so grand mal seizures since then. Over the years, I've been...
College Scholarships/Benefits

11/2017 | 3 Comments

Are there any scholarships or anything of that nature available to college students with epilepsy. My neurologist has always mentioned them in the...
Discharge student loans-

09/2017 | 4 Comments

Hi I have a nephew,26, who is currently on medical assistance but needs possible help to get SSI disability. He is being evaluated for VNS therapy...
Epilepsy and recreational drugs - help??

07/2017 | 3 Comments

Hi, My name is Emily and I'm 19 years old. I was dignosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy 3 years ago now. Since then I've had 2 grand mal seizures...
Back to College

06/2017 | 1 Comments

So I'm going back to college. I start on August 11th. Here's my deal though. I've been in and out of college since I graduated in 2009 because of...
Epilespy && psychiatric technician?

06/2017 | 0 Comments

Hello, i am 22 years old and i am going to start college. I want to be psychiatric technician. I have tried to find things online about it but i haven...
Concentrating and Studying

06/2017 | 2 Comments

I'm 21 years old, I was diagnosed with JME when I was 13. I've been taking Lamicatal XR 400mg for the past years. My seizures are stressed induced and...

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