HI everyone,
I do volunteer work for the regional vocational epilepsy center in
Seattle and I was asked to come up with some research about the
percentage of people who are afflicted with epilepsy who are in some

Hi New to this site looking for information.
My wife has complex partial seizure epilepsy she has been on keppra for over
a year now on a dosage of 500mg per day.
Recentley she started to have frequent seizures so as a result our

There was a message regarding generic Dilantin, but I can't seem to relocate
it.
Anyway, I sent a note to the FDA regarding my experience with generic
Dilantin - that is, it didn't work as well as the brand version. They sent

I seem to be posting a lot recently, but just this one more and I'll stop.
My question is if anyone has any experience with sugar triggering absence
seizures? I've become suspicious when a log I've been keeping mentions
having a sugary cereal or soft drink prior to having these ...

Just as an update to my earlier posts, now 13 weeks on keppra & still
seizure free.  Only 3 more weeks to a personal best.  Wife & kids have
noticed a small increase in "depressive moods", but that could also be
due to other factors (1 daughter about to have knee surgery, other

I have been on lamictal for about 3 months now, after switching from
sodium valproate (depakote).  So far, so good - no more hair falling
out, lost some weight, seizures controlled pretty completely (except
if I miss a dose).  I'm on a VERY low dose; I kept increading to 200

first of all, I have TLE (right side), tried all meds, currently on
Keppra & Tegretol (10 weeks seizure free-another 6 weeks for a personal
best), so I reckon I know a little about epilepsy.  
However, the reason for the post is not to do with me.  Recently my

Upon changing doctors, I had to have yet another medical and my blood
pressure was again pronounced v. low and on the boundaries of
hypotension (90/60).  Is this due to AEDs or epilepsy, or is it just
genetic and something I have to live with?

Howdy!
Bob thought that the other thread was getting a bit long so I just thought
that I'd start a new one so people don't have to follow a thread for 10
miles.

We just received this experience.  This is a warning about substituting
generic AEDs.
"Michael from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA had Generalized Tonic
Clonic seizures. He was 22 years old. His sister, Amiee, submitted this

   I went to my neurologist on Wednesday and heard words I never thought I
would hear.  "Come back in one year".  I've never gone that long in between
appointments and it feels so good. I'm completely off all medications and
just on the VNS.  I haven't even had a small seizure in ...

I've had tle for a few years now, but have only just identified what may be
a significant pattern. Every time I concentrate on any intellectual type
activity for more then a few minutes, I get tremors bad enough that it takes
2 hands to hit any individual key on my keyboard - one to ...

i had taken the following medication for four years and stopped.
1. Phenytoin (brand name eptoin) 100mg X 3 tablets
2. Carbomazepine 200mg X 2 tablets
3. Clobazan (brand name Frusium) 10mg X 1 tablet

My neuro wants me to get another eeg. It's been years since I've had one but
he wants one to look for normal activity. I don't want to waist my time or
money. I've been doing good. I haven't had any seizures in a while. I'm only
on 400mg of Tegretol and seem to be doing good. I ...

Hi. I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but it seems the most
relevant place to ask a question... so firstly, apologies if it isn't.
The question is basically about an experience I had - last night, I went out to
a bar, without having eaten a proper lunch or a meal ...