I have suffered from epilepsy for about 19 years; I was diagnosed soon
after my 16th birthday.  My first attack was little more than a black
out while pushing a moped along the road; the 2nd attack included
convulsions this was on September 9th.  It was at this stage I was

I kept an appt with my neuro a few weeks ago & seemingly
with everything stable, he reduced my medication of Lamictal
from 900 mg to 800 mg per day. That reduced my evening med
by 1 tablet, & I know that there are people out there that

hello group. it's been awhile since i wrote.
i was implanted on november,20th with a
VNS device which will be activated on the
5th of december. late today i had another

My husband & I are having to decide whether or not to have our 16 year old son have Vagus Nerve Stimulator implanted.
He has Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy and has the mental capacity of about a 2 year old (in most areas.)  He has seizures off and on throughout the day some ...

When my daughter was 4 she had a seizure, she just dropped down while
playing, and her eyes rolled back in her head and was unresponsive. She had
a normal CT scan, but didn't have an EEG.
We noticed today (she is now 5) as she stood on stage as an angel in her

I apologise if this one has been asked before;
I am considering brain surgery as a treatment for my uncontrolled complex
partials. Can anyone pass on their experiences or knowledge relating to the
removal of some or all of the right temporal lobe ? Any information would be

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My five year old son had a 5 minute seizure at school yesterday. Arms
and legs stiff, foaming mouth and eyes curled back.
It's the first one he's ever had. Two days before he had an
unexplained high fever and the day before he a stiff neck he could not

We all know about the issues involving seizures and driving.
Some of "know people" who have driven despite having lost their licenses
because they (we) have epilepsy.
I would like to get a sense of how common that might be.

Can anyone on this board recommend a good neurologist in Los Angeles,
preferably UCLA, Westwood, Santa Monica area? I am currently looking
over doctors right now with my medical plan and there are just too
many too choose from.

For quite some time now I've been experiencing pain in my arms -
forearms & upper arms up to the shoulders, but not in the shoulders
themselves.  This always develops during the night while I'm sleeping
with extreme pain although it gets better once I'm up & about and I

Here's one for the chemists;
I take 400mg of Dilantin (phenytoin) daily in a bid to control my complex
partial epilepsy. Yesterday the seizures seemed more severe than normal so
before going to bed I took 5mg of Antenex (diazepam) which was prescribed a

i was wondering if anyone on here has a child with adhd as well
as taking antiseizure meds
mine is 13 and takes 800mg of tegretol daily as well as 56 mg of concerta
were having lots of probs with him and wondered if it was the meds

I'd like to hear some experiences you all may have had during a med change.
My AED's are really expensive and now a divorce is being thrown at me. I may
have to use the public assistance insurance and they don't cover my meds.
Fear just seems to keep crowding my thoughts.

I hope somebody on this board can answer or at least understand some
of the questions I have. I have been diagnosed with epilepsy for about
5 years and HAVE NOT had a full blown seizure in over a year and a
half.