sleep disorder

I have had these experiences for ten years or so now. I am in my early twenties now. I told doctors about them over the years and basically nothing ever came of it. I figured it was no big deal. Then I went to a sleep specialist, who happens to also be an epilepsy specialist because I am always...

Hi all. I am the mother of a 5 yr old who was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was almost 2. At that time he had a "grand mal" seizure (I guess those are called generalized tonic clonic now), and went one to have a week of "drop attack" seizures while being hospitalized until the docs could get...

Hello. I'm 21. Originally a neurologist diagnosed me with epilepsy at 13 years old. I doubted the diagnosis, thinking it was a psychogenic reaction to a stressful situation at school, and convinced my parents to refuse meds. I don't remember the details of what kind of seizure they thought I...

In chronic conditions, such as epilepsy, the coexistence of more than one illness in a patient is the rule rather than the exception… Men and women with epilepsy have a two-to five-fold increase in the occurrence of conditions, such as migraine, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders...