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Topic: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Testing

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...
can you point me to right doctor?

01/2016 | 1 Comments

My neurologist said he suspects the reason I suddenly started having these complex partial seizures at age 35 is a chemical imbalance. I'm on keppra...
Anxiety or Seizures?

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I am trying to determine if some symptoms I experience (vary between every couple weeks to monthly) are more typical of an anxiety response or a...
Looking for answers for my husband....

01/2016 | 1 Comments

This has been going on off and on for years, recently it has gotten more frequent since he had a job promotion and is working longer hours and under...
Nocturnal seizures

01/2016 | 1 Comments

My neurologist is having a hard time figuring out what is going on. My story i had a febrile seizure when i was about 2. I am now 23 and i have had...
Kinda deja vu, but kinda not?

12/2015 | 0 Comments

So, I've recently been diagnosed with Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. I've had 4 grand mal seizures in my life, spanning over 10 years, so they're not regular...
Provoked seizures for the non-epileptic

12/2015 | 0 Comments

I have a couple of questions I can't find the answer to. If someone who is non-epileptic and has a grand-mal seizure (general seizure) because it was...
Provoked seizures for the non-epileptic

12/2015 | 0 Comments

I have a couple of questions I can't find the answer to. If someone who is non-epileptic and has a grand-mal seizure (general seizure) because it was...
What else could it be?

12/2015 | 0 Comments

~~I began having deja vu like symptoms last spring. Following this was an unpleasant, disconnected, feeling in my brain. I did not lose conciousness...
Memory

12/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone! A couple months ago, before school started, I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. I am now 14 and have been having seizures all...
Looking for help for my daughter

12/2015 | 1 Comments

In 2011 my 11yr old daughter had been having migraines 3-5 (or more) every week for almost a yr, at the same time she was diagnosed with depression...
TRYING TO GET AN SPECIFIC ANSWERE

11/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone my name is Nancy and Iam a mom of a 3 year old boy who he means the world to me. So sibnce last year my son started with whats called a...
What to do?

11/2015 | 0 Comments

I will try to make this short. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy at age 16 by a Neuro after he did an EEG. I went into remission for 2 years before...

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