Recent tonic clonic, worst one yet.Hi I'm new here and would like to share a bit. I'm a 51 year old male had my first seizure not long before my 50th birthday, was diagnosed with...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesCopingCognitive Issues
Switching Medication From Epilim to Keppra?Has anyone else with JME suffered unexplained, intense anxiety and increased myoclonus when switching from Epilim (Sodium Valproate) to Keppra (Levetiracetam)? Seizures well controlled for 15 years+ on Epilim. Switched...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesTreatmentSide EffectsCognitive Issues
Switching medsSo after a year of kepra I’m switching to trileptal. The only issue I had was random mood swings and occasional outbursts of crying. I had 6 days ago my...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesCopingCognitive Issues
Home health aide My name Lee Anne, My husband Rob and I have been together for 34 years. We met in high school English class. While reading the book of Mice and Men...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesCopingCaregivingCognitive Issues
Gelastic Epilepsy I read were you named some seizures that are less know. Like the laughing seizures. Yes, you are correct. Gelastic Epilepsy (laughing seizures) are rare. I know because I was...Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 repliesCognitive IssuesCopingAwareness
How has epilepsy impacted your relationship with your family?How well does your family understand your epilepsy? Do your family members fully understand how epilepsy impacts you? Are they familiar with the side effects of your medications and how...Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 repliesIntimacy & RelationshipsCopingCognitive Issues
TLEHi All I’m Michele from the U.K. I’m 62 and have had TLE (temporal lobe epilepsy) or focal epilepsy since I was 11. It’s good to share stories. My worst...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesCognitive IssuesCoping
Split Second BlackoutsHi, I have photosensitive juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. I have had it for 7 years and this entire time I have been struggling with split-second blackouts. They happen multiple times a...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesDiagnosisCognitive IssuesSymptoms
Sleep with Epilepsy Good morning. When I wake up, I feel overwhelmed if I think too much such as thinking of all the things I have to do in the day and whenever...Reactions 0 reactions Comments0 repliesSleep Cognitive IssuesTips & Advice
Tbi and epilepsy…Anyone have tbi and develop epilepsy after? Where you feel like you become someone else. You think you’re crazy all the time and you think you’re seizures are all in...Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesCopingCognitive IssuesDiagnosis