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Topic: Community Issues and Chat

Please make sure your subject is short

06/2013 | 1 Comments

If your asking a question on the forum please make sure your subject bar title is short. Apparently it can be no longer then 64 characters. So if your...
Medications and workout supplements

06/2013 | 3 Comments

I want to start taking supplements for working but I'm not sure if it will increase my chances of having seizures. I am currently taking Keppra 1000...
Can static/white noise cause seizures?

06/2013 | 1 Comments

Hey it's my first post here and I was wondering about something. I have epilepsy and I'm into meditation and astral projecting buuuut some techniques...
Nissan commercial

06/2013 | 0 Comments

Nissan has recently come out with a TV commercial that has rapidly flashing images and is a danger to us. The first time I saw it I immediately...
why aren't i drowning?

06/2013 | 2 Comments

I have had three events where I have been swimming and had a seizure: [Oct. 2000]: I had been swimming fast laps for 15-min. And then... I remember...
Help with recovering from seizures?

04/2013 | 1 Comments

Hey epilepsy.com! I am not an epileptic, but one of my friends is. She frequently has seizures (partial seizures? Becasue while she can not talk, she...
Doctors of epilepsy

04/2013 | 7 Comments

Well first I'd like to say doctors dont know shit about seizures period. There are so many different types of seizures and so many people that react...
Ethosuximide side effects

04/2013 | 2 Comments

My 7 yrs. son was diagnosed with absence seizures about 2 days ago and was prescribed Ethosuximide. My wife decided to go with the liquid form. We...
freind

04/2013 | 1 Comments

jusy putting my email address put there(abettermotivation@gmail. for one who might have question, or just want to chat, or just need a friend that can...
Seizure "bite sticks" on Amazon

02/2013 | 4 Comments

Amazon sells bite sticks for people having seizures... For example: http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Medical-%60Bite-Stick-Bx/dp/B000LU9KC8/ref=sr_1...
School - Seizures - School Nurse = HELP

02/2013 | 1 Comments

Greetings to all of you... I am a parent of a young gal with seizures since she has been 14 mo. of age. She had a stroke (like) seizure storm at the...
epilepsy

01/2013 | 2 Comments

I've been calling in 2x a day to my job for 3 yrs. Now my attorney told me its not necessary. I called in to tell the person I won't be calling any...
Sign and Symptoms

01/2013 | 1 Comments

Hello, I'm Greg and I have a friend who had couple of seizure and was diagnosed to have epilepsy. I wanna understand the sign and symptoms of epilepsy...

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