Hello there.  Well, we had our appointment with the U of Chicago drs
and they're confounded as to why Steve suddenly had these seizures, as
the usual causes have been mostly ruled out.  He hasn't had any
problems at all since starting the Lamictal (no side effects and no

I'm a 45 yo male, and I've been on 800mg Carbatrol/day for about 7 years...
Just heard about bone mineral density decline with long-term Carbatrol use.
Has anybody else heard about this?  Experience with it?  Solutions
(Fosamax?)

Hello, this is my first time here.  I have some basic questions that maybe
the community could help me answer.  I haven't asked a doctor about any of
this (yet).  
I'm a 47 year old male, generally good health.  About once or twice a week,

The term "Deja vu" is one that I have frequently heard mentioned associated with
seizures in this newsgroup and on epilepsy message boards. I've never seen
anyone explain what they meant by the use of that term though and its dictionary
definition doesn't agree with the feelings ...

    When I first started reading this news group before Windows became
the dominant operating system someone gave a great piece of simple
advice that I haven't seen repeated since the original author suggested
it. He or she reccommended that you always have your blood drawn for a

To recap for new people and those who may not remember... My 14 year old has
had epilepsy since age 8. We were referred to MCG epilepsy center and were
in the Phase 1 eval for temporal lobe surgery.  All of his past info has
pointed to rt temporal lobe.  The video EEG only captured ...

I am new here and just wanted to say hi and introduce myself a little
to all of you.
I am a single mother of one daughter who just turned 22.  I am 42 years
old and have been

Since I've know my boyfriend he had some seizures. I saw one in January
2005 and one this week. And the last one wa very strange for me. We
laid in bed at about 12 o/c at night, and as I put my hand in his, I
felt a very strange feeling (that I can't explain) and I just knew that

My daughter is 6 years old and started having seizures at 4 months. We went
through all the drugs and are currently on Keppra and the Ketogenic diet.
Our Neurologist told us Thursday that the blood test showed a mutated gene
which was the last marker for Angelman syndrome.

During the one and a half year I´ve been using Trileptal oxcarbazepine,
my dreaming (at nighttime ;-) ) has increased almost absurdly.
Prolonged and more frequent dreams during a nights sleep,
but no change in the "contents" or "subjects" of the dreams as such,

Last wed I had a seizure temporal lobe and Im still regaining memory.
I blacked out the last 4 months expecially the last eight weeks.
While im recovering I find myself very tired but most annoying is
recalling events and feelings associalted with things that have

Just posted this article http://www.epilepsyidaho.org/photosensitivity.htm
By Giuseppe Erba, M.D.
Special to EpilepsyUSA
Posted: March 6, 2006

Hi yes I have had major problems with memory expesially after a
seizure.  Recentley I have had a temporal lobe seizure and have
virturally forgoton the major events of the last six months including
my mothers death.  It slowly comes back but i feel a deja vu feeling

I have had my seizure disorder since I was 12 or 13 and I am now 43. I have
been on a lot of different meds but I have found with time that my memory is
not what it used to be. Actually it sucks! I also play a lot of chess and I
enjoyed playing 1 minute chess but I can't get even ...

Last wed I had a seizure temporal lobe and Im still regaining memory.
I blacked out the last 4 months expecially the last eight weeks.
While im recovering I find myself very tired but most annoying is
recalling events and feelings associalted with things that have