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Topic: Teen Zone

College Scholarships?

11/2011 | 2 Comments

I was wondering if there were any special scholarships strictly for kids with epilepsy. If anybody knows please share with me your information. Thanks...
Parents

09/2011 | 3 Comments

So, I was diagnosed with epilepsy last november. I'm nineteen and I had just started my first year of college. Yeah, it was hard because I had just...
school and epilepsy

09/2011 | 8 Comments

hey everybody. can anyone help me?im 16, and a junior in high school. i have abcense seizures, and they're really bad. i moved to a new state 6 months...
Song

06/2011 | 5 Comments

Hey guys i never heard a song about epilepsy so my friend and i are started to write a song were not production ppl were normal teens. I had epilepsy...
New onset JME

06/2011 | 0 Comments

My 15 y.o. daughter has been having twitching for about a year when she didn't get enough sleep. This morning she had a full blown seizure in the car...
Did I have a seizure?

03/2011 | 1 Comments

Hi, uhm well I'm kind of wondering whether or not I'm having seizures..... at times my vision blurs and I get extremely dizzy, as if I'm about to pass...
School and Epilepsy

03/2011 | 6 Comments

So, I'm 17 and in the 11th grade. I was diagnosed last semester but never told my teachers or anything. I ended up failing 3 classes last semester...
Switching from Keppra to Depakote

03/2011 | 0 Comments

My 13 year old son's doctor wants to switch him from Keppra to Depakote because he has been having issues with emotional side effects, anger, defiance...
Alcohol - Need Help Quickly

12/2010 | 6 Comments

Hello, I'm 14 years old and i have been invited to some New Years parties and now i finally made a decision.In my 14 years of life i have never tasted...
Brain fog in the morning

12/2010 | 3 Comments

Hi, im 16 and have had epilepsy for about 3 years now. Im a junior in highschool and ive been struggling with JME. throughout the school week i...
Absence Seizures

10/2010 | 5 Comments

Okay, so supposebly I have Absent seizures.... But I have another appointment on the 26th, because I am about to be able to drive soon. So, my...
My Daughter and college

08/2010 | 7 Comments

My daughter will be going away to college next week and has partial complex seizures at least three times a day. The school knows, the counselor knows...

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