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Post-stroke epilepsy?!?

Hi. My first post on here, nice to meet you all. I was just wondering whether anybody on here has any experience of post-stroke epilepsy? I had a massive...

Hi. My first post on here, nice to meet you all. I was just wondering whether an...

•3 hours ago

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Driving again after 1 yr seizure free

Hi everyone this is my first post so go easy on me! Last December I was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy after having several episodes of memory loss...

Hi everyone this is my first post so go easy on me! Last December I was diagnos...

•23 days ago

norithistorone

hi, have many people heard of and used the above tablet? I’m thinking of taking them because I’m going away and due on my period at that time. So I want to...

hi, have many people heard of and used the above tablet? I’m thinking of taking...

•3 days ago

Periods and Epilepsy

Does anybody find that just before and during their periods they tend to have a lot of seizures? I struggle with this every month and it is a real challenge...

Does anybody find that just before and during their periods they tend to have a ...

•9 days ago

night seizures

Hi, my friend had a nocturnal seizure (while asleep) last september 2023, wasnt allowed to drive for 6 months from the date of the seizure and after mri’s on...

Hi, my friend had a nocturnal seizure (while asleep) last september 2023, wasn...

•11 days ago

Has anyone ever experienced this before?

I cant remember what it was called it was a strange thing beginning with T I will get my GP to write it down for me when I next see her in a few days time that...

I cant remember what it was called it was a strange thing beginning with T I wil...

•17 days ago

Medication change

Good morning Advice appreciated please My son 20yrs old suffers focal seizures and tonic clonic sometimes partial absence too. He has learning difficulties,...

Good morning Advice appreciated please My son 20yrs old suffers focal seizures ...

•1 day ago

Is there examples of when a person has a seizure, they might burst out swearing, quite loud, quite out of character for that person?

I have JME epilepsy, had it for over fifty years, but have heard that a person is badly upset by my swearing at them, they being ignorant of my usual self and...

I have JME epilepsy, had it for over fifty years, but have heard that a person i...

•23 days ago

life with epilepsy

I have had epilepsy all my life and I started with just absences and tonic-clonic's but it has now progressed as i have grown up into myoclonic and focal as...

I have had epilepsy all my life and I started with just absences and tonic-clon...

•24 days ago

Epilepsy & sectioned ?

Am fortunate, in years experiencing Focal Impaired seizures, I was aware immediately that any seizure I have, is incredibly precise in timing I.e. Without...

Am fortunate, in years experiencing Focal Impaired seizures, I was aware immedia...

•24 days ago

Does your dog's loyal presence offer reassurance?

Epilepsy and Dogs Does your dog's loyal presence offer reassurance? We would like to learn more about how people with epilepsy feel about dog ownership,...

Epilepsy and Dogs Does your dog's loyal presence offer reassurance? We woul...

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periods and epilepsy

I have seizures every time I am coming up to my period and during my period for every period!

I have seizures every time I am coming up to my period and during my period for ...

•8 days ago

My Story

I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 6 months old and have lived with it all my life! I have been struggling to cope with life as I also have learning...

I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 6 months old and have lived with it all my life...

•28 days ago

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