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What EEG determine?

Hi, can an EEG determine if epileptic seizures are focal or generalized? See where in the brain they are triggered? Can EEG...

Blood Pressure

Has anyone else experienced a rise im blood pressure since getting off medication? I was on levetiracetam (keppra) for several years, but...

Is it epilepsy?

I feel like the seizures I've had are non epileptic in nature, but I'm afraid to go for a second opinion because...

Does anyone experience brain zaps?

I stopped taking my epilepsy tablets for a few years. Besides the occasional “aura”, I didn’t experience any seizures or symptoms -...

Symptoms

Does anyone feel extremely dizzy and shakey when they get up from a sitting position and then can't walk a straight line?...

Sleeping and wild dreams.

Ever since I became an epileptic I have had very vivid dreams. The neurologist says it’s probably the seizures that has caused...

Coming off my meds

Hi there, I wondered if anyone on here has been successful coming off their medication? I have been seizure free for 16...

Keppra long term use

Anyone who has suffered from cogntive problems after long term Keppra use? Reading, thinking, speaking. Anything like that?...

Strange triggers

Does anyone have anything strange or specific that triggers their seizures? I’ve had tonic clonic seizures in my sleep but not for...

How many experience physical abuse when having a seizure while hospitalized.

Every time I am admitted to the hospital for a seizure (or I have a seizure while hospitalized) I am physically abused...

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