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Topic: Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies

Documentary Advice and Assistance

01/2013 | 0 Comments

Please go to https:/vimeo.com/57937802 and review my first draft of a video submission to the American Brain Fdn. for their Lets Cure Brain Disease...
My Documentary Work In Progress

01/2013 | 0 Comments

Please go to https:/vimeo.com/57937802 and review my first draft of a video submission to the American Brain Fdn. for their Lets Cure Brain Disease...
Static electricity

12/2012 | 8 Comments

Hello fellow friends and or doctors I would like to ask a question on what you have experienced, and or if you have experienced static electricity...
Purple Pumpkin Project

10/2012 | 0 Comments

EVERYONE THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS PURPLE PUMPKIN PROJECT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD TO PAINT A PUMPKIN PURPLE FOR EPILEPSY. IF YOU...
Looking for answers

04/2012 | 1 Comments

I am 36yrs old, and have recently experienced my 5th seizure in 11yrs. The 1st was in April, 2001, 2nd was Sept, 2001, then I had almost a 3 1/yr...
Changing brains

01/2012 | 1 Comments

Hello fellow epileptics! I am here to share my amazing story with all of u and am also in search for anyone who might have a similar experience. I am...
Vision/dreams during grand mal seizures

10/2011 | 6 Comments

During sleep, you see a lot of things in your dreams, most of which you don't remember. I don't remember anything from most of my grand mal seizures-...
Depression on Topomax

10/2011 | 5 Comments

Hey everyone, I am 19 years old and have been on Topomax for about 4.5 years, though recently I have just been really down and unable to do anything...
MYOKYMIA

10/2011 | 0 Comments

hi, I have simple partial seizures. A couple of years ago I developed eyelid myokmia in both eyes. The myokmia spread downward so eventually my entire...
Occipital lobe epilepsy

10/2011 | 0 Comments

My 12 yr old son is typical, but has OLE. He would like to know if anyone else has this type of seizure his age. They are intractable, so far. Has...
question..

06/2011 | 3 Comments

I just want to ask, can a general seizure become a partial/complex partial seizure. I only know that a partial seizure can become a general seizure in...
Eye drops related to absence seizures.

03/2011 | 2 Comments

I am certain that my daughter's absence seizures began when her pupil's were dilated with cyclopentolate at a routine eye appointment. Seizures is one...
Oras

02/2011 | 5 Comments

I feel kinda feel silly asking this but does anyone have problems with partial siezures or what they call "Oras" on cloudy days in particular...
3 year old son on Keppra.....Tough!!!

02/2011 | 0 Comments

So my 3 year old has been on keppra for a year now, and I have been giving him Vitamin b w/the keppra to stabilize his mood swings...im having such a...
Question

11/2010 | 9 Comments

Hey, just wondering.... does anyone with epilepsy usually call someone they trust or feel safe with right after they have a seizure? As in no matter...
Starting a blog

11/2010 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I have epilepsy, migraines, head pain, and memory loss. I have started a blog on blogger.com and i hope it helps me along over the next year...

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