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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.

Surgery

02/2005 | 2 Comments

My seizures started out of the blue when I was 19. I've been struggling with them now for a little over three years. A couple months ago I actually...
Vegetarian And JME OR JAE ???

02/2005 | 2 Comments

Im new to this Forum and trying to find out some info about Vegetarians and Epilepsy. My niese is going for her EEG and unsure what form she has but...
Two Year Nightmare Over

02/2005 | 2 Comments

Hello all,First let me tell you a bit of history about my son Jordan. He was diagnosed after his first seizure two years ago, at 12 yrs old. We've...
Questions about seizures

02/2005 | 3 Comments

my son is 1 yr old and has had 2 big seizures. The first one was during the night so we didn't observe it. We were told by our neurologist that...
acquired brain injury

02/2005 | 2 Comments

Hello everyone! I am new to the group, and I have a child who has an acquired brain injury due to viral encephalitis. She has been having clonic/tonic...
Seizure after 4 years

02/2005 | 3 Comments

Hello all, I am from Singapore living now in the US. My little brother who is 25 yrs old now had his first seizure when he was about 8 years old and...
Reply about tonight's 'Judging Amy'

02/2005 | 0 Comments

reply received from epilepsy foundation... Quote: Our Communications Department has contacted CBS, and they should be adding information about the...
intractable seizure disorder

02/2005 | 4 Comments

My son is 19 yrs. old and had his first seizure at 5. He was well controlled until the age of 8 at which time he was put on phenobarbitol and...
ePILEPSY RUNS IN FAMILY

01/2005 | 2 Comments

Hi, I am the mom of a 7 year old boy, who had his first seizure about 2 weeks ago. I had Epilepsy when I was young and it was about this age that I...
I feel like im living a nightmare alone!

01/2005 | 13 Comments

My son austin ,3yrs,started having siezures about 2 months ago, and we have been through heck!!!! My whole family. Austin dosent see his dad anymore b...
Vascular Cluster Headaches

01/2005 | 3 Comments

Hey, all. My husband has been having these weird, severe headaches over the past two weeks. He finally went to the doctor (men!) and was diagnosed...

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