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My son having bad side effects on his meds.

I have a 26 year old son who is on to 250 mg Xcopri, 100 mg Vimpat, and 10 mg Lexapro. The side effects are very tired, memory loss, blurred...

Coping

Two years ago I started having seizures and was diagnosed with Epilepsy at the age of 45. Since then I have lost my career, my independence, a lot of my...

What has been your most embarrassing epilepsy moment?

Awkward moments can be hard to open up about, but sharing can help us see we are not alone in these experiences....

How did you or your family handle the harmful psychological assumptions?

The ER last year was the first place I encountered such harmful accusation. I’ve read similar stories everywhere. Years ago. Does not need to be ER related. Curious how often...

Equal Opportunity Policy is nonsense

I had a seizure in someone's house when assessing them for being a prospective Adopter. I had given them the information about what to do if I had a seizure...

Types of Epilepsy

What type of epilepsy were you diagnosed with?...

Epilepsy and Menstruation

Ladies, I’ve been living epilepsy for 16 years and I’ve learned we are prone to seizures near or during our monthly cycles. The estrogen gets dumped in our blood and...

More than epilepsy

My 33 year old daughter Deb was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis in 1990. She presented with infantile spasms at 7 months of age. Despite many meds and ketogenic diet she...

Burdens of having epilepsy

I have been diagnosed with partial complex seizure disorder. The challenges, I have faced is my law enforcement career. I had been a police officer for 35 years. Since was...

Epilepsy in the Media

Where do you feel the media excels at representing epilepsy and where does it fall short? Feel free to use this thread to vent about something you saw or heard...

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