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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

Memory Loss - Simple Partial

03/2016 | 0 Comments

At 4 years old I was diagnosed with Grand Mal seizures and began taking Tegretol. At 6 years old my seizures stopped and I stopped taking medication...
More after taking meds

03/2016 | 0 Comments

I used to have about five seizures a month and wasnt on meds for years.When I finally did get insurance and decided to see a neurologist to try to...
Coming off Lamictal to concieve

02/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi Everyone, I am new to the site and am very impressed with all of the support and openness of everyone. I suffered from epilepsy as a child. I was...
coming off lamictal / pregnancy

02/2016 | 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, I am new to the site and am very impressed with all of the support and openness of everyone. I suffered from epilepsy as a child. I was...
"medically intractable"....um, ok.....

02/2016 | 0 Comments

Hello everyone...I'm a 48yo who is very tired of being tired. Has anyone else ever felt like that? I have had a few grand mal seizures in the past-...
Will it ever be a good idea?

02/2016 | 1 Comments

I had 3 large seizures the week of my first menstrual cycle when I was 13 years old. The doctors then decided that hormones were increasing seizure...
Hyponatremia?

02/2016 | 0 Comments

Hi. My wife has Epilepsy since 2005 when she was 25 years old. We noticed that her seizures occur during the time of her period and late afternoons...
New Adult Onset Seizures

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I am a 47 year old adult female and I have only had two seizures, and the first one was only an "aura". My aura was almost purely visual. It felt like...
I totaled my Car

01/2016 | 1 Comments

Has anyone else had a seizure while driving? My neurolgist's PA sort of shrugged it off, and said you can drive in 3 months (I live in Texas). I have...
just diagnosed with epilepsy

01/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi guys, I was just diagnosed last week and told my siezures are tonic clonic seizures. Can anyone tell me about Lamotrigine? Is anyone on this...
Epilepsy and women having kids

01/2016 | 0 Comments

When I decided to have a child my seizures started when I had gotten pregnant they started I had them everyday some were grand-mals. After I came out...
New with questions

01/2016 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm 34 and a year ago I had a partial seizure, but nothing till November of 2015. I used to be on heavy painkillers for a chronic pain disorder in...
can you point me to right doctor?

01/2016 | 1 Comments

My neurologist said he suspects the reason I suddenly started having these complex partial seizures at age 35 is a chemical imbalance. I'm on keppra...
Insurance not covering brand name

01/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi everyone, I have gone ten years seizure free thanks to Lamictal and Keppra. The insurance I'm currently on made me pay full price for these meds...
Feeling Stuck

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I've been free from my seizure-like events for a couple of weeks (at least to my knowledge), but the constant dizziness, shakiness, and migraines are...
Traveling (early flight)

12/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, Next week I'm going away with friends, and the flight is not long only about 3 hours BUT, leaving at 4:00 am. Wondering if anyone has...
Lamictal/Keppra dosage increase/toxity

12/2015 | 0 Comments

I am currently taking 3000 generic Keppra and my doctor wants to raise my generic lamictal to 600 mg. Is this considered high? What types of side...

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