epilepsy

I am the daughter of a mother who was recently diagnosed with epilepsy (complex-partial onset) in October 2008 after 2 known seizures and an EEG done my neurologist where they could see the seizures. My mother has been superwoman her whole life and devoted the past 23 years to being and...

Hey, I'm new to this forum and just thought joining would give me an outlet to vent and get to grips with things..... i guess everyone on here knows that epilepsy is just something you have a part of you but it doesn't make who you are...why is it some people dont understand this and i end up...

Greeting to everyone in this site. This is my first time to post. My wife and I just found out today that my kid has epilepsy. He's turning seven this year and all along we thought that his seizures were nothing serious. Until his school teacher suddenly woke us up and told us that she also...

Did You Know? 1.In old Ireland, epilepsy was known as "St. Paul's Disease". The apostle discreetly mentioned his epilepsy on several occasions. In the 2nd. letter to Corinthians (2, 7) he says "...to keep me from being puffed up with pride...I was given a painful physical ailment...to beat me...

NOTE: This is NOT to offend any person with a certain type of epilepsy - I'm serious in this even though it may seem funny - no harm to anyone else intended - I am not that type of person intentionally. ********************************************************* I have Media Edition on my PC and...

Hi there ! My name's Dave and I'm 22 and I think I have temporal lobe epilepsy although I'm not sure. I'm getting an MRI in the next couple weeks to confirm this. Here's is my strangest seizure ?: I was sitting in my den and I started hearing strange strange music. It is unrecognizable...

ABSENCE SEIZURES INCLUDING ATYPICAL ABSENCE SEIZURES This vote and comments section applies to those who suffers from ABSENCE Seizures. *Special Note - ATYPICAL ABSENCE APPLIES TO THIS POLL AS WELL * Here are some partial quotes: ABSENCE SEIZURES - from eMed ABSENCE SEIZURES - Epilepsy...