My daughter is 14 and has intractable epilepsy and learning
difficulties.  She has been through many drug changes, none of which
appear to have significantly reduced her seizures.  Hence one gets
prepared to try any safe alternative approaches.

Anyone ever had problems with fish oil making epilepsy worse?
Our son had a first tonic-clonic seizure in January. Nothing else
happened for 9 weeks, until we started to give him Eskimo-3 fish oil.
1 ½ week after starting (1 tsp) he had another seizure. We increased

Has anyone here ever run across the word 'kindling' when referring to
electrical patterns resulting in seizures?  I just have heard this word in
relationship to me, and I'm searching.

I hope this doesn't get to long but this is a real sore spot for me and I
need to vent just a little bit.
Here are my opinions about Driving with Epilepsy. If I am having seizures I
will not drive. If my seizures are not controlled I will not drive, period

Me again.
Ou rneurologist thinks our nearly 2 yr old i having nocturnal seizures.  I
have been looking for a seizure alarm that wil detect very subtle myocolonic
seizures.  Most of the alarms I have seen (Australia and UK) are under the

Hi gang, can you believe how long it has taken me to fix the seizure
safety page at http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/safety/safty1.htm!!
I apologize to those of you who have had to put up with the hard to read
colors.

The company I work for is going to reorganize its human capital to decrease
the cost which means my job is going to be outsourced to India within three
years. They are going to invest in me again which means they are going to
send me to the US for three weeks so that I can get a ...

Most of my life I have been very sleepy. Doesn't matter how long I sleep for
at night, I can still doze off and have great trouble staying awake in
meetings etc.
After a sleep study ruled out apnoea or narcolepsy, my neurologist is

Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter.  He stated the her
left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be removed.  Does any
one no the effects of this procedure?  Please help
Thanks

Greetings - I am curious to know what are considered the
worst effects of having seizures.  Is it embarrassment from
peeing in one's pants or losing control.  Is it the damage which
can occur to our bodies when we lose consciousness.  It is because

I have been on Dilatin for almost a year but I have been transitioning over
to Lamictal the past 6 weeks. My question is if anyone has had side
effects from either medication or both together that have resulted in pain
in the hands? Any response is appreciated.

BlankThe following may be a bit too graphic or detailed for some of you but
I had a seizure today and I want to bitch about my life.  I hate these
things as you hate your problems
I have had seizures since I was 11; I'm now 49.  In the beginning they were

I was on Dilantin since 1992.  I took 2(200 mg) capsules every night.
I never had any "fits" during these years.
In 2001, my doctor felt that I should stop taking it and I stopped it.
A few days after that I suffered the fits again.  It happened on a day

I was speaking to my attorney and he was asking how my seizures were. I told
him I was doing great and I couldn't sleep. I laughed and told him I was
going to start drinking a couple cocktails before bedtime or smoke a joint
either one to help me sleep. He said to stick with the ...

Who here uses polarized glasses specifically for epilepsy? Are they for
indoor and outdoor? How about tints? Do they help? Ive read various
articles and such on the net. Im dont think Im photosensitive but I have
had problems to varying degrees in the past outdoors on very bright ...