We invite you to share your personal #DareTo Go the Distance story. Use this forum to talk about how you are managing your seizures, finding your best possible health care, and improving your quality of life.
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We invite you to share your personal #DareTo Go the Distance story. Use this forum to talk about how you are managing your seizures, finding your best possible health care, and improving your quality of life.
I've had seizures, partial/petit mal mostly and some grand mal since age 9. I am almost 34. The famous Dr. Benjamin Carson removed a part of my brain, left temporal lobe, in 2004. Seizures...
Almost 2 weeks ago, I had my first seizure at 41, while driving home from work. I wrecked my car and was taken to the emergency room(Where I later had another seizure) and stayed at the hospital...
Hi I’m after a bit of advice or wondering whether anybody has shared a similar experience, my nephew is currently in hospital he is nearly 4 years old and about a week ago he suffered a number of...
I had my first seizure before the age of one. I had 2 more grand mal seizures by the age of 5 and no one knew why. I don't know if any of you have ever heard of LeBonheur Children's...
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Just wanted to get a sort of view with anyone who goes to the gym that uses protein for weight loss while eating healthy & working out..
I'm 29yrs old I'm...
About 3 months ago i noticed i was getting migraines and around the same time my wife noticed my first siezure in my sleep. This could have been going on for longer but since i do not remember my...
surgery was 18mo ago after 8 years of seizures (grand mal, nocturnal, complex partial). surgery was a must due to seizures of course, but the memory loss had started in small bits that we were...
So I go to my primary care Dr, I go in for memory loss and feared dementia. So blood tests and other written tests he doubted it was dementia, he sends me to a neurologist. MRI and such CT scan...
I had a 15 minute grand maul seizure and went into status epilepticus in front of my 9 year old daughter. Very scary. It was my first seizure that lasted that long.
I wanted to bring up CBD. I had been diagnosed with epilepsy in 2015, and suffered through many seizures (while on medication) before discovering the benefits of CBD in 2018. I had a 15 minute...
I had childhood epilepsy and stopped having seizures when I was around 11 years old. I am now 22. I was diagnosed with 3 different types: petit mal, grand mal and drop.
I haven't had a...
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Looking for some advice to see if anyone else has had a similar problem to me. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy in 2007 and after many years of trial and error, my seizures were brought...
I started having seizures in 2017 and I’ve had only had three seizure on my second one I almost died and on my third one on New Year’s Day this year. Ever since I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety...
My name is Rich and I juvenile mayoclonic epilepsy, or however it is spelled lol. I started having seizures about three years ago at the age of 22. Ever since then I’ve had some major emotional...
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I go to the driving rang several times a week, ride bike go to the gym. I have almost 10,000 steps on my body daily. The more exercise you have the less stress you have. With me the...
Hello, I'm 25 and my first seizure was when I was 14 years old. It was at a friends house after staying up all night trying to get a perfect score on "Through the Fire and Flames"...
Hi, I am 24 years old and have had 4 grand mal seizures. My first seizure occurred when I was 21. All have been after heavy nights of drinking. I drank heavily plenty of times before that and...
So in the last year I have started noticing "weird habits" for lack of a better term (I blame my neurologist) and I'm not sure if it sounds seizure related or if I'm just being...
To think at 29 years old I would be dealing with this issue. Is something I never expected. Day in and day out it takes a toll on my body for 6 months I asked the doctors at Reading Hospital to...
Hi, I'm Jasmine I'm 26 & I've been living with seizures for 3 yrs now.. I also have Rheumatoid arthritis and I've been dealing with that since I was 12.. I go to...
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