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Topic: Women With Epilepsy

memory regarding epilepsy

09/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi I'm new here and was wondering if anyone else has my problem. As a child (I am 49 now) I was diagnosed with mild staring dreamlike seizures. And...
Pregnant with epilepsy

09/2015 | 1 Comments

I am currently 12 weeks pregnant. Which was a surprise. I have simple partial seizures and clonic tonic seizures. My simple partial have become so bad...
Feeling alone

09/2015 | 1 Comments

This is my first post here. And I suppose it may just be more venting. I have had simple partial and tonic clinic seizures for 8 years. I'm also...
Catamenial seizure management post partum

09/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi, I am new here but would really appreciate some advice. I am 35 and had my son at the age of 25. 3 months after his birth I had 2 seizures having...
Feeling stressed and confused

09/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi, I'm Tracy and I am a 42 year old female. I have not officially been diagnosed with epilepsy but want to see if anyone else is or has dealt with...
Carbamazepine and birth control dosage

08/2015 | 0 Comments

I am hoping to get put on birth control again soon, but my doctor always says Carbamazepine lowers the effectiveness of the birth control. They say if...
Lamictal and Menstrual Cycles

08/2015 | 1 Comments

Hello everyone! I am a 28 year old female and I started having seizures in November of 2014. I had been on birth control for about 9 years and had...
JME

07/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi Ladies, i had been switching meds for the last 5-6 months, I used to be on Depakote for many years, we'll I switched to Lamotrogine which didn't...
Natural birth with epilepsy

07/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi all! I'm not pregnant yet but recently I have been toying around with the idea of having a natural birth(no pain meds)when the time comes and I'm...
advice please

07/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi my name is Ashley. I have suffered from partial seizures since I was around 5 with my first spell causing me to almost fall to my knees while I was...
AM I PREGNANT???

07/2015 | 0 Comments

I have grown up having seizures all my life from a low pain threshold (so only when I got hurt). 10 years ago I was in an ATV accident and now have...
JME Lamotrogine

07/2015 | 0 Comments

hi, my name is Lupe I was diagnosed with JME when I was 15 I am 39 now I was on Depakote for over 16 years and worked very well I was seizure free. I...
Birth Control????

07/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi ladies! I'm a 19 year old female diagnosed with JME 3 years ago with month actually. I've been on the same medication but different dosages since...
Medications

07/2015 | 0 Comments

hello, I have JME anyone in combination of Lamotrogine and Depakote??
Catamenial epilepsty CAN be controlled!

06/2015 | 0 Comments

I am now 59, and have had catamenial seizures since I was 15. They stopped in 2002. I have been seizure free (except on seizure in 2012 where I forgot...
Depakote to Lamotrogine (lamictal)

06/2015 | 1 Comments

I was diagnosed with JME when I was 15 I'm 39 and been on Depakote for about 16 years, it worked well on no seizures at all. I decided to switched to...
catamenial seizures

06/2015 | 0 Comments

I've been having these seizures 18 years, it took me a long time to find out the reason why I was having these seizures. I keep a log,where I would...
Epilepsy

06/2015 | 0 Comments

One year ago Feb 2014 I had brain surgery. I had a craniotomy having 2 tumors-1 behind my left eye into my optic nerve & 1 in my temporal lobe. All...
Lamictal interfering with sex life.

06/2015 | 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, I've looked online at other support forums and such, and it doesn't seem I'm alone, but is there anyone else who thinks being on lamictal...

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