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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, Anyone?

04/2016 | 2 Comments

I was diagnosed with partial seizures in October 2015 because of my symptoms and an abnormal eeg. Was put on Keppra, that worked for a while than I...
Forensic Psychology

04/2016 | 0 Comments

I have signed up for Social Security and have recently been told that they made me an appointment to see a doctor from Forensic Psychology Practice...
Are these seizures?

04/2016 | 0 Comments

Hi, I am 27 years old and suffer from ME/CFS and Postural Orthastatic tachycardia syndrome and in the last 6 months have started having these weird...
Possible seizures or no?

04/2016 | 0 Comments

I got a concussion in November 2015, and have finally started feeling a bit more normal these past two months. However, I sometimes still get an odd...
New to seizures: Confused & Scared

04/2016 | 4 Comments

Okay I'll start off with the beginning: A couple weeks ago I had my first seizure I don't know what kind because I am not entirely sure how conscious...
Haven't had a episode in years

03/2016 | 0 Comments

Hello, I believe I have abdominal epilepsy. I have a terrible pain right before I know its going to happen. I never went to the hospital when I had a...
Possible seizure activity at sleep onset?

03/2016 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, I have been wracking my brain, researching like crazy trying to find out what's happening with me. Almost a year ago now, out of the blue...
To have an EEG or not?

03/2016 | 1 Comments

A little background diagnosed as a child with temporal lobe epilepsy. Was able to go off medication as a teenager. Seizures came back at 22 but were...
concussion seizures

02/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi, So i am 17 years old and i had a concussion two months ago, i have been cleared and i have felt fine in these two months but in the last two weeks...
Unexplained

02/2016 | 0 Comments

~~My husband was a normal guy of 48 with no issues but medicated high blood pressure and one day a year and a half ago he had an incident. Stroke? No...
keppra and lamactil

01/2016 | 0 Comments

My Neuro just called with the results of the eeg I had Wednesday. They said I was still having left sided sharp waves so since I didn't tolerate the...
weird?

01/2016 | 0 Comments

I had to go to Neuro office for eeg this morning because I asked if we could increase my keppra dosage a little because I was still having weird...
Maybe some advice?

01/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone, So, you might want to settle in for the background information. If not, there's a tl;dr question at the very end. I'm not new to either...
epilepsy and autism

01/2016 | 0 Comments

they say I had epilepsy for 49 years but autism I need to know symptoms and my grandson has autism
Just want feedback

01/2016 | 1 Comments

My stepson has recently had 2 seizures within 5 months..after the second seizure the neurologist put him on 1000 mg of keppra..he has days where he is...
Some help or advice?

01/2016 | 0 Comments

Hey, I'll try to keep this short.. I have been experiencing a lot of things at night, it's been going on for years. The doctors are just suspecting...

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