simple partial seizure

Hi everyone! I was diagnosed with focal onset epilepsy about 3-4 months ago after a year of being told I had panic attacks/anxiety disorders...so a little bit of a relief strangely enough. I have simple partial seizures which involve an epigastric rise (I believe thats what they are called)...

Hi all! I am new to the community, but have been a lurker for several years now. After experiencing another of what I will refer to as an "episode" yesterday, I wanted to poke my head in and see what the forum thinks...I am going to apologize in advance because my first post is going to be...

Hi all, I am a 50-year-old man who experienced simple partial seizures in my late teens through my mid-twenties. I've been fortunate that they stopped for good at that point (although I did miss them somewhat, in a strange way). I only learned later on by doing some internet research what I had...

Hey so I've never seen a doctor about this or talked to anyone, but I think I keep having these simple partial siezures induced by movement. Whenever I start to walk sometimes I get this feeling and sometimes I offset what I think to be the seizure. It normally starts with my hand and wrist...

I feel like the side effects of the meds are worst than having the simple partial seizures. So far I've been on Lamictal, Keppra and now Trileptal. All of them caused memory issues, speech problems, made me feel tired. Lamictal also gave me horrible acne. Keppra made me very irritable and the...

Hello, I just had a simple partial seizure. I've been having parties and over drinking and falling on the back of my head (falling backwards). My eyes were twitching uncontrollably, but I knew what was going on. I could not speak but I was able to move, and it happened for like 5 seconds. What...

So I've heard that Epilepsy could be hereditary, and the more I read here about people's own experiences with seizures, especially temporal lobe, the more I wonder if my brother may have temporal lobe epilepsy. As far as we know, no one else in our family has ever had epilepsy, so would it be...

Hi, new to this too! Joined today because I need some support because my anger is too intense at losing my driver's license and the poor treatment by my ex-neurologist. I'm not sure if I'm correctly diagnosed as my experience with the neurologist and his PA has been terrible but that's going to...