*G* My type of Temporal Lobe szrs, used to be called Complex Partial,
Secondarily Generalized, since once the seizure started (in the Rt. Temporal
Lobe)  it would spread ( secondarily generalize )  across other parts of the
brain, until I'd often lose consciousness.   I don't think that's a matter
of the seizure having a known cause, but is the description of how the
nervous system reacts as the seizure is progressing.
   I haven't seen the term 'symptomatic epilepsy' used on any of the news
groups that I've read since 1998.  Is there anything specific about the
behaviours or progression of the seizure that makes it 'symptomatic'  versus
other types of commonly referred to types of seizures (Grand Mal, Complex
Partial, Simple Partial, or Myoclonic ) ?   /

Some of the more common causes include the following:

G.- ***(I haven't seen this listed as a cause of seizures.  But someone
might have that type.) /

(G.-** Ditto too->  most of the szr. types I've read about, haven't included
types of withdrawal as triggers or causes of the more common szr. types? )

**G*  You forgot Brain Infections - such as Encephalitis, (possibly
Meningitis and other infections) which (the first) was the precursor of mine
by about 14 years (in Rt. T.Lobe as it turned out),  before seizures started
in 1993.  /

G.- Have you reviewed above with your treating Doctor?  There is nothing in
many of the seizure types that links weight gain to any? of the seizure
types.
 Messing up the Blood Sugar levels by rapidly reducing body weight or blood
sugar levels, might aggravate an *already sensitive nervous system though,
and make some types worse, if above were the cause of some types of
seizures?
 That's why I'd like a Doctor to supervise some things like above, rather
than assume we can do these things on our own, or with a 'group consensus'
from this group.  /

*G* Do you have another server or route you can use to subscribe to
alt.support.epilepsy ?  I'd prefer to not have my mails filtered or stored
by that server (MedKB) .
  Although I have anti-spam and anti-virii software,  it's just another
step to get to alt.support. links,  and I've seen posts show up from there
in last 3 days, that are at Least 4-8 weeks old, on the group.   MedKB
doesn't seem able to keep a current or recent  history of what current
conversations are?

 That might be some function of how you link to it, or access it, but the
older messages returning 6 weeks after they've expired, or repeating forum
information that should be in the History already, for this group, appear to
be getting picked up by a poor person's Google, and not keeping the message
threads in the order they were originally posted or discussed ?
  Perhaps if you have an option under Tools or Message View? to sort like
below, I found that sorting date ascending by Subject Title, kept all
related and new messages in the order they were posted, so that the recent
history was easier to follow.

  (I have message preferences set to Sort Date-Ascending by Subject Title,
but it doesn't seem able to put messages from the other reader (MedKB)  into
the correct location, while all the other posters have not had that happen
since 1998 until last Thursday or Friday from medkb ?  )    G./