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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

Period, sleep and seizure

12/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi my name is Brittany, and I am 17. When i was 3 i was diagnosed with petit mal and it only happened every so often. After, when i was about 15 or 16...
Curious/Scared

12/2015 | 0 Comments

Hey, my name is Daniella and I'm 22yrs old. I've been having seizures since I was 15 and I was diagnosed with Grand-Mal seizures at 18. Recently my...
feeling alone

12/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello my name is jess I'm 31 years old and have four children under 8. I was diagnosed 13 years ago and was only having absent seizures but a year ago...
Increase in seizures after premenopause?

11/2015 | 1 Comments

Haven't posted here for a while, but am now seeing increased activity of grandmal seizures. I had only had myoclonic and petit mal seizures for the...
Lamictal while pregnant

11/2015 | 0 Comments

Hello, I have am newly diagnosed with complex partial epilepsy, and I am a first time mom, throughout the first semester I only took a total of 100mg...
Had epilepsy since three years old

11/2015 | 0 Comments

My name is Regina Irvin I had registered along time ago but I haven't been on it for a while. I had epilepsy since I was three years old I am now 52...
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

11/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, i am 22 and was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy at the age of 13, i am very fortunate that my seizures are controlled with...
Traveling while Pregnant with Epilepsy

11/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi - just wondering if anyone with epilepsy traveled abroad while they were pregnant. I've had epilepsy for about 15 years now (I have one roughly...
Epilepsy, hypothyroidism and pregnancy.

10/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I have juvenile myocolonic epilepsy and was recently diagnosed by a fertility specialist with hypothyrodism. My husband and I are trying to...
Epilepsy, hypothyroidism and pregnancy.

10/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi all, I have juvenile myocolonic epilepsy and was recently diagnosed by a fertility specialist with hypothyrodism. My husband and I are trying to...
COULD PAINS BE DURE TO MY SEZUIRES

10/2015 | 0 Comments

I in pain all the time, but no doctor seem to know what is. I starting to think that the pains may be due to my sezuire issue. having them for so long...
COULD PAINS BE DURE TO MY SEZUIRES

10/2015 | 0 Comments

I in pain all the time, but no doctor seem to know what is. I starting to think that the pains may be due to my sezuire issue. having them for so long...
TIRED OF TRYING MEDS OVER AND OVER!

10/2015 | 0 Comments

I've been trying meds since a 8year old girl. all kind of diffrent ones and diffrent ways. for about 19years now. at 30 I finally thought life was...
tegratol medication help

10/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi I am on tegratol medication 200mg twice a day morning and night. Not a nice subject i know but does anyone know if i can take any laxatives or any...
high risk pregnancy?

10/2015 | 0 Comments

I just visited a genetic specialist this morning per request of my neurologist and it got me thinking, when I get pregnant would I be considered high...

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