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heterotopic periventricular grey matter

10/2010 | 8 Comments

my son is 12 when he was 3 he had a nasal dermoid cyst removed..since been 6 or 7 he has had very bad migraine..that can last for days he also so has...
help memory lost

10/2010 | 4 Comments

hello i have an 8 year old daughter with startle epilepsy the last 5 days now she been having more fits of a night time at lest every hour lasting for...
airport metal detectors and VNS

09/2010 | 1 Comments

Im going on my first plane trip since i got the Vagus nerve stimulator and i was wondering if anyone had problems going through the metal detectors...
epilepsy, anxiety and severe depression

09/2010 | 2 Comments

I have epilepsy, anxiety, and now severe depression. I have no insurance so can't see an Neurologist and am not on any anti-seizure meds but they put...
Seizures and Pain Relief Tablets.

09/2010 | 1 Comments

I now know from experience that Propain isn't the best thing for me to take to relieve the intense burning pain in my knee and elbow joint. I was just...
(SUDEP) on home page

09/2010 | 0 Comments

Hi, This is a bit nit picky I think .... I digress ... haha I get a bit upset seeing 'On My Mind: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)' post...
White spots on brain

08/2010 | 4 Comments

My MRI showed I have lots of little white spots on my brain - does anyone know what this could be? - I do have epilespy and have had it on and off...
dizziness too long

05/2010 | 2 Comments

I don't know where to post this I had ataxia and found out it I was low in vitamin D But the dizzyness is still there,was wondering is anyone...
Technical Issue

05/2010 | 4 Comments

Hi. I am having a problem loading the chat room page. I use Vista and followed the solution process suggested in the Tech Help part of the site, but I...
spam filter

05/2010 | 2 Comments

Epi, yesterday on May 6th, 2010, I kept trying to post a reply on the discussion titled " 13 year old son diagnosed before 6th grade", but kept...
I want to be a firefighter...

04/2010 | 1 Comments

Hello all, My name is Rommel. I am 25yrs. old, I had my first seizure when I was 9 or 10. had around 10 episodes in my lifetime. I always wanted to be...
Multiple Sclerosis

04/2010 | 2 Comments

Hi there, a friend of mine was recently diagnosed with M.S. Does anybody know of another website like this where she can learn about the disease and...
ALTERNATIVE CURE FOR EPILEPSY.

03/2010 | 6 Comments

my name is paul frombaltimore ...Ive been epileptic since my childhood and it had caused me so much embarassment, so much pain, it even happened a few...
Is it possible to have rsidualeffects?

03/2010 | 0 Comments

Alright, I have pretty bad back pain because i have scoleosis and i work at UPS (not the best of combinations!), so, my family doctor put me on...
Could salvia possibly cause siezures?

02/2010 | 7 Comments

I'm 26 years old with no history of epilepsy or seizures, and in mid- november of 2008 i tried salvia for the firsttime, it was really strange, you...
infantile spasms

02/2010 | 0 Comments

hi I am a grandmother and my granddaughter is 10 weeks old and having infantile spasms and they are not able to get them under control. We are looking...

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