Hi gang, as I have shared with the group, I am seeing a epileptologist
at the Idaho Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.  If any of you are not
getting good control with your seizures, or you haven't found the
treatment that works for you, meaning the side effects are unacceptable,

I have been having a lot of problems with my sleep routine, First off a
have a hard time falling a sleep at nights, most nights it's 1or 2 in
the mornings before I dose off some nights it has been 4or 5 before I go
too sleep. Now the second part I have trouble waking up, Most days I

Has anyone here tried the Atkins Diet for Seizure control? I am looking
at a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins. Please let me know of it helped
you. It would be costly for me due to flights and hotels, etc. Medical
visits and labs are paid for.

Does anyone have any experience with the vagus nerve stimulator?  Pro or
con?
Thanks for the info.

I was getting ready to download a game to try over at www.msn.com and just
happened to see a warning at the bottom of the screen that gave a seizure
warning so I clicked on it, it was pretty decent that they actually give
this warning I have never seen it on any other sites before. ...

I've been diagnosed with epilepsy for close to 7 years. I still have
auras and simple-partial seizures. During this time I had to stop drop
drinking all alcohol due to taking my medication -dilantin etc.
These days i've been dying for a beer and/or a shot of whiskey.

I  have partial seizures.  For the first 28 years,   I just ignored
them.  Thev never caused me or others harm.  Then at age 40, when it
was medically diagnosed that I have complex partial seizures, i was put
on Tegretol.  I  have responded well to Tegretol.  It helps me with my

Partials, I put this in it's own thread so it would be easier for you to read it
at your leisure or when you feel you have time.
Anyway, the reason I'm writing is that we had stimulating debate. A kind of
debate that that seems to have been lost on the Internet. While we didn't ...

Someone in the "About Arguments" thread mentioned reading the book:
"The History of God".
Sitting in a Philadelphia park recently, my curiousity was stimulated
as I noticed a neighbor reading a book of that title.  I inquired if

I ve a query regarding health insurance for epileptics. I am an epileptic.
I want to know whether I ll be able to get health insurance in
US, since I ve epilepsy. If so, will epilepsy be covered under
that? In other words, will the insurance company take care of

My wife has had seizures for years and she been under VNS therapy since
early this year.
   Have any of you women who have epilepsy also have some bladder control
issues?

Hiya Group!
I have been taking Epilim ever since I was 14 yrs old. I have Grand-Mal
Epilepsy and Epilim has so far controlled my Epilepsy up to my 27th
Birthday with only the occasional fit. Recently my fits have increased