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    Refractory Epilepsy (JME) and other strange symptoms

    Greetings All, New here. Some background: My son was diagnosed with absence seizures when he was about 16. He probably began having them @ age 12 unbeknownst to us. We thought he was just daydreaming as he was always an A student. He was tested after the myoclonic jerks began. Two years later...
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    Employer keeps calling 911 when I have a seizure. Is this standard for most jobs?

    I have been diagnosed with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), after having 4 normal EEGs. Two were 30 mins, one was a 3-day take home test and the last one was a 5 day VEEG. All were normal. I had a normal MRI as well, but it was 6 mos. after they started I have anywhere from 1-6...
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    My mission is to help those with PNES

    Hello everyone, My name is John Dougherty and I am the spouse of someone who has successfully overcome most of her psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) causes by sexual abuse in childhood. PNES are often linked to trauma and PTSD and there are up to 500,000 people in the US alone who are...
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