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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.

Can Lamictal cause tremor in 6 year old?

12/2004 | 1 Comments

Hi...my 6-year old daughter has had post-Encephalitis seizures for about 2 years now. We have been through several (almost all) medications, usually 3...
11 mth old boy - Is he having a Seizure

12/2004 | 1 Comments

     Day 1 - CJ had a fever all day took 2 long naps but was eating and acting normal. When I got home at 6:30pm I took his temp it was 102.4 I...
I'm new and need support.....

12/2004 | 4 Comments

Hello, I'm new here and need to vent!Last March my husband, 8 year old daughter and I were in the car heading to church. Our daughter started kicking...
JME - Seizures getting worse

12/2004 | 6 Comments

I am new to this site. My husband was diagnosed with JME when he was 13. Until recently (he's 29 now), he's averaged about one tonic-clonic (grand mal...
STRESSFUL WORKPLACE

11/2004 | 7 Comments

I AM A 37 YEARS OLD, MOTHER OF TWO. DIAGNOSED AS EPILEPTIC PATIENT SINCE 1983 AND USING DILANTIN (PHENYTOIN) DAILY. MY JOB PUTS ME UNDER A LOT OF...
Medic Alert. Police ignoring.

11/2004 | 25 Comments

About 4 months ago now I had a seizure while driving. I hit a building. I woke up handcuffed in the back of a police car. I asked where I was. The...
13 yr old son diagnosed with right TLE

11/2004 | 1 Comments

Hello all! My 13 year old son had his first seizure in November 2003. After 3 weeks of one seizure after another and numerous tests (EEGs, MRIs), a...
Contact Your State

11/2004 | 0 Comments

Many State's have a First Aid Council and also the Department of Health at the State Level and let them know of these problems with the restraints and...
Seizures and Restraints

11/2004 | 26 Comments

Can someone help me out here? This past weekend, I wound up at the hands of the EMTs of my area. My ride to the ER was a literal nightmare.My question...
More than one member in the family?

11/2004 | 1 Comments

Long story, and I'm finding resources about heredity and epilepsy, but.....I'm receiving some preliminary information that my situation of seizures...
baby injuries caused by seizures

11/2004 | 0 Comments

hi everyone, do you know of any instances when a baby or young child has injured itself during a seizure? especially in its cot(crib) and if yes how...

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