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Topic: Teen Zone

JME

10/2007 | 5 Comments

I'm looking for advice/opinions for my 14 year daughter. She is 14 and extremely bright. She had a grand mal seizure on July 2 at 1:00 a.m. She had...
confession--confusion--worried

09/2007 | 5 Comments

yesterday i did someting for the first time in my life. i told someone i had epilepsy. this was my peer councelor---dont even know how i got one but...
Dealing with Complex Partail seizures

09/2007 | 4 Comments

I have been dealing with this for a little over a year. It is hard on me because I can't drive rigt now. When I was going to school last year I had...
Forget Medications

09/2007 | 1 Comments

Anyone have this problem of not taking their medication because of the lack of it? My mom ordered too little of one of my morning pills which is...
High school and Epilepsy

08/2007 | 45 Comments

Hi everyone my name is Gina; I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. Even though my epilepsy isn't sever I still really feel like a total out...
I want to chop of my hand!!!!!!!!!!

08/2007 | 4 Comments

I hate my left hand!!!! I want to kill it!!! Ever since I was 15 or 16 my left hand has had this stupid, annoying tremor. It just trembles for no...
How do you deal?

08/2007 | 3 Comments

Hi My name is Dana and i just started having seizures at the end of june. And i am scared out of my mind because the doctors don't know what is wrong...
peti mal and marijuana

08/2007 | 10 Comments

i was diagnosed with peti mal when i was around the age of 10. i am now 16 and am off the medication for it bc it has "gone away" so...is it alright...
how to tell friends about E

08/2007 | 2 Comments

Hey all. I dont know how to tell my friends about my E. Ive had it for almost 7 years and none of my friends know. When they ask me what my medicine...
E and sports

08/2007 | 3 Comments

Have u ever wondered how you life will change after ur diagnosed with E? one of the main concerns is sports? Will you be able to continue the sports u...
MJ & seizures

07/2007 | 5 Comments

Hey this might be a silly question but i'm gonna ask it anyway and plz don't attack. So i've been seizure free almost 2 years now (knock on wood) and...
De ja vu anyone??

07/2007 | 6 Comments

Hi I'm a 16 year old. I have been experiencing "Spells." They come about 17 times a day on average and last 10-12 min. I have had two EEG Monitoring...
Burden to Friends?

07/2007 | 6 Comments

I feel like such a burden to my friends whenever they're out with me when I have a seizure. I mean like, they go out to places together with me, and...
Am i having night seizures?

06/2007 | 3 Comments

Hello, Recently I have been having reccuring dreams of passing out. Sometimes I dream that I am drunk (when I am actually sober), and I remember...
Epilepsy and Hypoglycaemia

06/2007 | 4 Comments

Hi! Does anyone else out there have both Epilepsy and Hypoglycaemia? If so, how does your Hypoglycaemia affect your Epilepsy? Thanks and keep well! :)
Stress and Anger.. Cause Seizure??

06/2007 | 2 Comments

I'm really angry at my mom cuz my family was away for about 2 in a half days so now they came back and she's really getting on my nerves. She keeps...

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