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Topic: Family & Friends

A place for those who care for and about people with epilepsy - caring for yourselves as well as those around you.

Epilepsy and sterilization

03/2005 | 5 Comments

Hi! My fiance has been on epilepsy medication since he was nine years old and know is 28. We plan on having natural children in the future and we are...
Help for Eliza

03/2005 | 2 Comments

Hello, My name is Tom, my neighbour- Eliza - suffers from epilepsy, and she asked me to send her list via internet. Maybe sombody knows how to help...
My Mommy Has Epilepsy

03/2005 | 0 Comments

Stacey Chillemihttp://www.authorsden.com/staceydchillemiEmail: staceychil@aol.comDO YOU OR A LOVE ONE HAVE EPILEPSY? DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE EPILEPSY...
Trying to help my mom

03/2005 | 1 Comments

6 yrs ago my mom (61 yrs old now) was smelling odd odors (mostly Almonds) she had an episode at work where she was crying uncontrollably and her left...
14yo son w/ JME

03/2005 | 24 Comments

HI all.. I am new here and looking for some info. My son had a tonic-clonic in May 2004. He actually had 3 in 1 week but we didnt know about them...
Relationships: Only a little poetry

03/2005 | 0 Comments

I've had some problems with now some former family and friends and my relationships with them since I've gotten epilepsy. It bugs me a lot. I was...
mood changes and how to deal with them

03/2005 | 19 Comments

i am the parent of an adult seizure person, i need to know how other parents delal with the different moods and the anger the person has, the always...
I need advice

03/2005 | 2 Comments

Hello, My family has a histlory of epilepsy and MR. My elder brother has both and so is the case with my father's elder brother's daughter. Also, my...
please help do not know what to do next!

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Hi my son is was on lamictal for seizures he had one big grand mal last april and 2 petit mal lately. he also takes adderall 5mg for adhd and at night...
west syndrome

03/2005 | 1 Comments

my daughter now 2 years old with infantile spasm diagonised with west syndrome . it started when she was just 3 months old , we noticed her getting...
mom & dad

03/2005 | 15 Comments

I am a 20 yr old college student who is in the process of getting her license. But that's not the problem here. I'm 20 and i need to move out of my...
8 year old boy

03/2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, I have an 8 year old boy who had a tonic clonic seizure one and has since been diagnosed with seizure disorder. We think he has had a number of...
Lennox Gastaut

03/2005 | 23 Comments

Hello, I am new to this sight. I came here trying to find some help. I am a caretaker of a 16 year old girl who has lennox gastaut syndrome, is blind...
Mind pulses, head zaps?

03/2005 | 65 Comments

Every few months, my husband has something happen where it's like he feels pulses in his head that interupt his concentration. they only last about 2...
New and Confused Please Help

02/2005 | 0 Comments

My daughter is 10 mths old and neuro says she is having myloclonic jerks ? Emergency room drs said she is having seizures. Her MRI AND EEG were normal...
seizure symptom

02/2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I have an 8 year old son taking Keppra for seizure disorder. Last night he said he woke up during the night to get water and had a super heavy...
Quality of life, seizure rescue

02/2005 | 4 Comments

I was reading a thread and someone mentioned seizure rescue. I have taken cpr many times, but never really heard of "seizure rescue". My son is 10...
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?

02/2005 | 4 Comments

My 3yr old just had three seizure like episodes in one day that only physically effected her eyes and sense of awareness. The first one happened when...
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures?

02/2005 | 0 Comments

Most children at this age don't have "psychogenic seizures". There may be some attention seeking or go manipulate a parent into "giving in". Breath...
Seizures without abnormal brain activity?

02/2005 | 8 Comments

Hi. My mother has been having seizures daily for the past two years. She mostly gets them when she's stressed out, but I've seen her have them when...

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