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    Drugs and alcohol with epilepsy, my story. Any similar?

    I have never been diagnosed with epilepsy, but I had 3 full unconscious epileptic fits over about 8 months when I was 21. The only thing I can connect with all 3 seizures was not having much sleep in the days leading up, and all 3 occurred within 1 hour of getting out of bed - and I was rushing...
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    Free sites for finding cheaper Prescriptions & coupons

    This article https://www.propublica.org/article/when-buying-prescription-drugs-some-pay-more-with-insurance-than-without-it talks about how widely varying the costs of drugs can be from pharmacy to pharmacy. Some meds can actually be cheaper without insurance! Companies such as BlinkHealth and...
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    Tonic Clonic Egotistical Depression

    Tonic Clonic Egotistical Depression I've never considered myself a substance abuser, smoker, yes, alcoholic, maybe, more than casual marijuana user, definitely, but as all substance abusers I consider it under control. The closest I have come to responsibly managing my condition as an...
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    Hi, I am new here to help my beloved newphew

    Hi everyone, After reading some posts, I decided to register to be a member. So glad to find this site. My nephew was dianogsed with absence seizure epilepsy when he was 2.5 and has been being on medication for 2 years now. Recently, we were advised that he would need to be on drugs for 2-3...
  5. JLogefeil

    What Do They Do If Your Allergic To Both?

    I was thinking today, and it made me very curious. What if I end up needed the ambulance and they look at my medical ID bracelet and notice I m allergic to Ativan and Dilantin. Is there any other medications they can use in the ambulance or do they only have those two? I live in California and...
  6. RobinN

    [Info] Drugs that deplete the body of Magnesium

    Drug Muggers of Magnesium Acid Blockers * Cimetidine (Tagamet) * Esomeprazole (Nexium) * Famotidine (Pepcid and Pepcid Complete) * Nizatidine (Axid) * Omeprazole (Prilosec OTC) * Pantoprazole (Protonix) * Ranitidine (Zantac) * Rabeprazole (Aciphex) *...
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    Just joined CWE, I'm hoping to get some answers!

    Hi all, my name is Patrick, I'm 35, and had my first two seizures this past December 28th. I went ahead and copied my profile section about my seizure history. Please feel free to comment or PM me if you have any advise, or suggestions. I still haven't been officially diagnosed with...
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    Photosensitive Epilepsy Treatment?

    Hey there, I was wondering how the drugs for people with photosensitive epileosy work, i understand that the intention of the epilepsy drugs is to reduce seizures, however if thats the case, how do the photosensitive epilepsy drugs work, do they prevent you from having seizures around flashing...
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    [Info] Possible Causes for Epilepsy and Seizures

    While there are about 40 different kinds of epilepsy, there are probably even more types of seizure disorders -- caused by a number of internal and external events. However most doctors and publications agree upon a number of possible or even probable reasons for these seizures. Here are just...
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