My wife (a 26-year-old healthy female) recently started having seizures.
She's seeing a neurologist next week, but I just want to know more about
what is going on. Perhaps someone can share some information with me.
One day in 2000 my wife had a fainting spell when I came home from ...

Is it possible (I know all things are possible )that another persons
action or outside source can cause an individual's seizure to cease?
I don't know if I am having small seizures (I know I have had grand mals
a few times)or,just some sort of unwanted flashback or deep meditation ...

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Type 1 diabetes mellitus  is believed to be due to the damage inflicted by iron
overload of the pancreatic beta cells
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Can anyone suggest an epilepsy clinic for evaluation?  Thank you for
your input.

what doses do you take with this med and do you take it at once or twice a day?
Thanks

Have you ever thought about the possibility that people with epilepsy may,
in some cases, have developed their condition not because of a brain defect
as such, but because the brain is inherently inferior to the mind? In effect
I'm concerned with the possibility that epilepsy can ...

What does anyone know anout the medication "Zonegran" ? My neuro started me
on it last week, and I'm not sure what to expect.

I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy about 13 years ago, more
recently I have had to have a hysterectomy (age 44, which i believe is
quite young) I have also developed a problem with an underactive
thyroid. Some where inbetween I also developed an unusual form of

what is "type 1 seizure disorder" and symptoms anyone please?

In the middle of my second stage of building up Lamictal (100mg/day), and
go to 200/day next week. A few days ago I got this annoying white sore in
the inside of my lower lip. I thought I bit my lip. But after some reading
I read that this is consistant with a 'rare' side effect. ...

Thank you in advance for any information you may have on this subject.
Going from 300 mg to zero, dropping 100mg every 6 weeks.  
I'm experiencing episodes of depression and wondering if the
withdrawal has anything to do with it.  

I was lying in bed on Monday morning, rested and relaxed reading Bill
Bryson and laughing out loud, when I started regurgitating dreams. This is
much more than merely remembering them. It's like my brain being sick,
throwing up bits of dreams I have forgotten about for years. (Or ...

Dear a.s.epilepsy,
years ago I found an article from a Dr Declerck who wrote about the
connection between epilepsy and needing a lot of sleep. It explained
how, because of the disruptions of the brain, an epileptic person would

I have lived with epilepsy for 20 years.  I have been a patient at an
epilepsy center at a large university hospital for approximately 18 years
(and I have seen as many as 10 different doctors over the years).  My
seizures have been grand mal (4 in the past 20 years), but I have ...

Hello all:  Has anyone ( profetional or not ) considered if hypnotisim
would work to help epilepics?
TIA: John Porter