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Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults

A place to share questions, concerns, and challenges that adults with epilepsy may face in understanding, managing and living with seizures.

memory

02/2005 | 26 Comments

After my seizure on Tuesday i dont really remember anything from the past like who people are i get lost and forget where im going and i am really...
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

02/2005 | 4 Comments

Anyone have experience with frontal lobe epilepsy ?Is it hard to achieve complete control? What are the effects on the executive brain functions? I...
Feel electrified or buzzy?

02/2005 | 35 Comments

I often feel in my upper arms and front of thighs like I'm plugged into a wall socket. At times it's so bad I feel like a sz waiting to happen. Other...
Depression & Epilepsy

02/2005 | 14 Comments

Do any of you battle depression? I have only recently discovered that I may have been depressed for quite some time and it could be related to my...
Stupid Doctors

02/2005 | 37 Comments

This is my latest thought, maybe if I explain to some people who actually have epilepsy my situation they might be able to suggest something or...
nocturnal seizures

02/2005 | 8 Comments

I was diagnosed with petite mal epilepsy 25 years ago. I was having dream like feelings and de ja vue. My doctor prescribed dilantin and I have only...
Neurology doctors

01/2005 | 0 Comments

Hi i have not posted before but has been following the discussions made by people. I am comfused at the moment, i will explain.I was just diagnoise...
feedback for me

01/2005 | 6 Comments

Hey guys,I'm tj, i had a brain tumor removed when i was a sophmore in high school, i am 23 now, the surgery was sucessful and the tumor was benign...
California DMV

01/2005 | 11 Comments

Hi! I am new to this group and have had three seizures. My last one happened at work and the paramedics were called. I ended up in the Emergency room...
To the doctor I shall go...

01/2005 | 6 Comments

Okay, I took the first step; I went to the doctor today. We have Kaiser, so I had to see my general practicioner first and get a referral to a...
fed up waiting....

01/2005 | 5 Comments

hey,ive been a member on this site now for a few months as i have been experiencing what i call seizures since the beginning of last summer.At the...
Memory loss?

01/2005 | 11 Comments

Hello, After skimming a few topics & their replies, am I correct in assuming others w/ epilepsy suffer from short or long-term memory loss? Please...

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