A place to share questions, concerns, and challenges that adults with epilepsy may face in understanding, managing and living with seizures.
A place to share questions, concerns, and challenges that adults with epilepsy may face in understanding, managing and living with seizures.
Hey guys, I been looking at forums and there are forums of reviews thanking these Doctors for finding a cure to epilepsy. I'm reading hundreds of stories all thanking doctors by the name of...
Hi- I'm an old guy (65) and for a couple of months now, I have multiple incidents of seizure-like activity every night. My personal physician thought it might have come from taking the...
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I'm 18, relatively new. I've been diagnosed with Absence Seizures around May 18th, they're pretty late but I started getting small ones around 16, and now I'm...
I am a 48 year old male. My epilepsy has been under control now for a while,however I have just been recently diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. I have been looking for information on any...
Ecstatic seizures has anyone had them ? what have your experiences been when have them? i have had a few now when the first one happened i had it in my sleep these days i have nocturnal TLE i had...
Hey fam, look I know this is of heavy concern to you but I just earned my CDL and ready to get on with my life. I’m tired of going job to job and always getting fired and being trash at everything...
So I have had epilepsy for 5 years and was prescribed lamictal. For the past year I have been taking lamictal AND topimax. Like many others I have been experience memory and speech issues from...
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I've heard about a new medication coming out called Epidiolex. Does anyone know if this will treat partial seizures?
Hey I'm Kat I've had epilepsy since I was 20, I am now 26. I went 4 years with no episodes and was able to work full time. Last Nov 2017 I started having seizures again more then before...
Does anyone else get frustrated not being able to drive because of seizures. I’m 35 and have been told I’ll never be able to. Granted I try to look on the bright side. I can text, no tickets and...
This morning, (June 3rd, 2018 at approximately 7:30) I got up after staying up very late the previous night. Tired, I slowly attempted to start making my Breakfast. However, when I put my had on a...
Blue lights can trigger a seizure for me. Ex police lights and much more importantly for me are lights during a dance show. My daughter dances and the blue colored laser lights are really bad on...
I'm new to all about epilepsy. I had an EEG today to rule it out, and I'll have the answer within 2 weeks.
I'm turning 22 in october, female. No family history of epilepsy....
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My daughter (5 months old) has a mutation on the SCN3A gene. this mutation cause her to suffer from epilepsy and we haven't found yet the best treatment plan for her. to the...
Okay so it started in February. I started blacking out when I would go to lie down. Before I would even put my sleep apnea mask on I just blacked out. This happened multiple times, I'd say...
Epilepsy for
“Normal” People
By
Jacob Schaar
What is a “normal” person? Who decides who or what a “normal” person is? I ask this because when people find out I have...
Hi, i've had a video EEG for a week and no seizures.. does anyone have any tips for bringing them on in hospital? going back soon. my normal patter is when i'm relaxed after stress,...
Doctors have been treating me since I was a toddler.
My seizures have got more freqent and more severe over the last 5 years. I've been keeping a log of them, the build up to them and...
Apologies if I am not posting this in the right place(?) I only found this website a moment ago.
I believe I may have epilepsy, but figured I’d ask others opinions that are likely far more...
I've had epilepsy for more than half of my 50 years, and at this point, my doctor and I are doing pretty much all we can to control them, but I still have them once in a while. I had another...
The mission of the Epilepsy Foundation is to lead the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
