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Topic: New to Epilepsy.com

Hi, I'm Bek :)

06/2018 | 2 Comments

Hey, I'm 19 years old. I had my first after-seizure-hospital-visit on Christmas Eve last year, so 12-24-2017. I don't know if I had them before that...
Questions

06/2018 | 1 Comments

Hi I'm new here, I'm 43 and I started having epileptic seizures about 9 months ago, I've had 5 since, my questions are I don't understand the lingo I...
Would these be 'seizures'?

06/2018 | 1 Comments

Hello everyone. For the past few weeks I've been having these.. episodes. I don't know to call them seizures yet. Basically, I'll get a little dizzy...
First Seizure at 52

05/2018 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone! I had a siezure for the first time 4 weeks ago. It was a fairly typical Tonic Clonic that started at 2am whilst asleep and of course was...
Sleep paralysis / epilepsy?

05/2018 | 2 Comments

I’m 21 years old, when I was 17 I started experiencing a type of shaking in my sleep. It’s very hard to explain exactly how I feel when it happens...
Post Ictal fear?

05/2018 | 2 Comments

Hello. I have had seizures for about a year and a half. After my seizures I feel very scared. I have this feeling of fear that is so strong. I’m...
Nonspecific punctate leukomalacia

05/2018 | 0 Comments

I am a 40 year old woman and just began having what seem to be focal seizures a few months ago. I just received the results of my brain MRI and the...
My story so far..

05/2018 | 1 Comments

Hiya everyone, Ive been diagnosed with nocturnal epilepsy today, and am only just coming to terms with it, I'm quite new to all this so please don't...
im new to the page

05/2018 | 0 Comments

I'm a 34 year old Hispanic and I was trying to get some ideas from other patients on the page about my epilepsy/seizures. what medications have you...
Please Help Me !

05/2018 | 5 Comments

Okay so I’m new to this site. I’m a 20yr old female. No history of seizures, no seizures in my family, never had a head injury, healthy for the most...
Newly Diagnosed - looking for advice

05/2018 | 3 Comments

Hi everyone! Im 33, living in the UK. So...Ive been diagnosed (last night) with Focal Onset seizures, I believe they were simple partial seizures. Ive...
Could this have been a seizure?

05/2018 | 1 Comments

I was driving home from work about three weeks ago, I was fine driving until I got closer to my town which is about forty minutes from my work. I wasn...
Possible Seizures?

04/2018 | 0 Comments

Hello all! I’ve been a bit curious about this for a while, but haven’t ever brought it up with a physician out of fear that they may just think I was...
Diagnosed yesterday with epilepsy

04/2018 | 3 Comments

Hi--Two weeks ago my 15 year old had a seizure while in class and was rushed by ambulance to the hospital. The seizure lasted 90 seconds and he had no...
Epilepsy Diagnosis Possibility

04/2018 | 1 Comments

Hello, my name is Devin smith and about a year ago I was diagnosed with epilepsy. Ive had 3 seizures since then and had Status Epileptus. I was...
Seeking direction for Disruptive symptoms

04/2018 | 2 Comments

Hi everyone. So, the process that brings me here is long, but i'll keep it concise. Essentially throughout the entire day, for the last few months, I...

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