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Am I Having Seizures?

02/2020 | 3 Comments

Sometimes at night I'll wake up feeling weird. It feels like im so tired that I can't keep my eyes open and I usually just try to go back to sleep...
A bit of embarrassment My story

02/2020 | 1 Comments

Thank you for your concern and I am actually recovering from an embarrassing seizure, It happened in the Highschool Men's Bathroom I was done the...
Dreaming or Waking

02/2020 | 2 Comments

Hi! My name is Hailey. I've had epilepsy since I was in high school, but it's never been like this before. It feels like I'm sleepwalking and I can't...
Photosensitive Epilepsy

02/2020 | 1 Comments

Hello. My 7 year old daughter was diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy 1year ago. I've never witnessed her have a seizure due to light triggers, but...
My Experience....

02/2020 | 3 Comments

When I was 7, that was the start of it all. I was leaving gym class when I had my first episode. I fell to the floor, it felt like someone was pushing...
Is it Seizures?

02/2020 | 7 Comments

So as a child I would stretch and yawn at the same time and that would cause me to lose vision, control of my body, and seize(?). It happened almost...
Partial Seizures

02/2020 | 2 Comments

Please explain to me in detail your partial seizure.
Advice for 9 year old daughter

01/2020 | 1 Comments

Hi, I’m not sure who to speak to as I still feel a bit confused. Last night when I went to bed my daughter was asleep, I noticed she’d suffered a nose...
Autism and Epilepsy

01/2020 | 1 Comments

Hi my son has autism and severe learning difficulties. He developed epilepsy tonic/clonic seizures 6 years ago as a teenager. He only has about 5...
Traveling With Epilepsy?

01/2020 | 1 Comments

Hi There! Currently I am staying in Barcelona, Spain as a travel companion for my little brother, who has had Epilepsy since he was 1 year old. He's...
i need an idea of what's going on:(

01/2020 | 4 Comments

while sitting in class today i felt lightheaded, sort of dizzy/a bit delirious (just plain out of it) and i felt this rising feeling in my stomach...
Newbie here!

01/2020 | 1 Comments

Guys, How are you all? I'm a newbie here. I would like to say hello to all. I hope everyone here is doing well so far. Thank you so much!
help

01/2020 | 2 Comments

Hi thanks for taking the time to read, I won’t make this long. My car was rear ended at 90 mph and my airbags did not go off, I broke my spine in a...
Epilepsy and Tourettes syndrome

12/2019 | 1 Comments

I was just diagnosed with Epilepsy 4 days ago after an eeg. My story begins with an endoscopy gone bad 3 weeks ago and i was internally bleeding. Went...
Have I got TLE?

12/2019 | 6 Comments

Hi everyone, 3 weeks ago now I started having these experiences and after googling ‘dejavu that causes nausea’ I ended up reading page after page of...
Hi Everyone!

12/2019 | 0 Comments

I feel very happy to join you all. I have over 5 years of experience working as homework assistance for students, which has been made possible by Do...

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