Active 3 days agoHow 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...Reactions0reactionsComments11 repliesCognitive IssuesIntimacy & RelationshipsCoping
Having Seizures With Banging my head against the wall and yelingx543Hello i started having small jerks i do not remember what happen after that i assume from seizures then i woke up i guess ( i do not remember what...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptomsCognitive IssuesSeizures
EPILEPSY BRAINI never knew epilepsy meant anything besides someone who shook with seizures… never knew of diff type of seizures never heard of memory loss…. Boy oh boy a year and...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesCognitive Issues
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 - that is, until recently. I’ve been extremely tired...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesAwarenessHealthcare TeamCognitive Issues
Keppra long term useAnyone who has suffered from cogntive problems after long term Keppra use? Reading, thinking, speaking. Anything like that?...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSide EffectsCognitive 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTreatmentSide EffectsCognitive Issues
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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesCopingCognitive 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCognitive IssuesCoping
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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 repliesAwarenessCognitive IssuesCoping