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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.

seizure response dog?

04/2015 | 0 Comments

I have simple partial seizures due to seasonal allergies well controlled by topomax but if I was to have a seizure and I wouldn't want to "wake up"...
Seizures and mood disorders?

04/2015 | 0 Comments

I was diagnosed with epilepsey when I was 10 years old it took my family and doctors forever to figure out what my trigger was (we found out this last...
Husband's First Seizure

03/2015 | 1 Comments

In December I was scheduled for surgery. A week before my surgery my husband had his first seizure. We were in bed and he flew out and started shaking...
Husband with Epilepsy

03/2015 | 1 Comments

I'm having trouble coping with my husband's epilepsy. He usually has partial seizures, they started last year. The doctors have no idea what's causing...
My Sister... Epilepsy and Heartbreak

02/2015 | 2 Comments

My little sister Irene was born on July 23, 1991. Prior to her third DPT shot, she began exhibiting “subtle episodes of eye fluttering” which our...
Fundraiser for dad with epilepsy

02/2015 | 0 Comments

http://www.gofundme.com/lbns14 I posted this fundraiser online to help give my dad who struggles with epilepsy the best birthday ever. He struggles...
Am I alone in feeling this way?

01/2015 | 1 Comments

Am I alone in how I feel about this? I live alone and have for several years. I am unable to drive with no means of transportation except for family...
Fifteen and Struggles with Epileptic Dad

01/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm 15 and my dad has had frontal lobe epilepsy since he was about 30. His triggers are hunger, stress, physical stress, and lack of sleep. I am...
Fifteen and Struggles with Epileptic Dad

01/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm 15 and my dad has had frontal lobe epilepsy since he was about 30. His triggers are hunger, stress, physical stress, and lack of sleep. I am...
TOPAMAX withdraw - children

01/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello all, I'm new here and desperate. i'm the father of a 7 yrs old daughter. She is disabled and has epilepsy since 1 yr old. Last year we started...
family

01/2015 | 0 Comments

5 brothers a good family
Faking seizures?

12/2014 | 13 Comments

Hello everyone, I came with a question I've been asking myself for a few days ... maybe someone here can help. I work at an adult education center...
Grandparents

12/2014 | 1 Comments

Hi guys! I’m new to this website. I’m sorry in advance for this post being so long! I’ve had myoclonic jerks/twitches since I was about 8. Now I’m 21...
24 and very overprotective parents

12/2014 | 1 Comments

I have had epilepsy since I was 8. It has been over a decade and I have had ups and downs. My parents are overly protective of me well because I have...
Because I love you

11/2014 | 1 Comments

Because I love you, maybe you should know I fell to the floor, but learned to arise from a fall. I learned nobody was there to understand at all, I...
epilepsy stigma

10/2014 | 2 Comments

I have two friends who have epilepsy but do not want to tell anyone about it, which just proves that there still is stigma surrounding it... I do not...

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