My 7.2 yr old son has been on Trileptal for almost 2 months. He is currently taking 2 in the morning and 2 at night total of 600mg. The mornings are the worst...
Hello to all I hope it is a good day for everyone ! I have just found out that my daughter has epilepsy about 3 weeks ago and has had it since birth she is 2...
In the last month my 17 yr old daughter has experienced several times feelings of being very light-headed. Three times after this she has "passed out". The...
Jenn, Your nephew sounds alot like my daughter, Michelle, except that she began having seizures at almost 12yo and she's not blonde or blue eyed, but many of...
Which epileptic diseases can blonde hair blue eyes be symptomatic of? My son has blonde hair and blue eyes as well so I was just wandering. I had never heard...
Hey everyone I have a question for the group. I have a little girl who is 10 she has alot of seizures mostly grand mal but some staring spells, the staring...
... have gone over the edge and I would be looing for bail money. I give you great credit for just surviving such a bunch of idiots! Jill, Blair's mom...
... Mobile EEG must be something new, when my son did his extended one we were in the hospital 5 days! They put the probes on then wrapped his head in gauze...
... anything! People with epilepsy will tell you they have "auras' who are the doctors who do not have seizures to disagree? My son Blair will crawl up on my...
Hi One of the seizure types that my son has are similar to what you discribed. He loses all his colour and muscle tone and he is unable to move or talk and...
Chrissy, If you go to the site Epilepsy.com you will find a lot of info there that will help you better understand what a seizure is and will answer many of ...
Carol, Absolutely auras do happen before a seizure. My daughter gets auras, but fortunately hers doesn't go into a seizure, but I've heard of many people ...
Jill, I absolutely agree with you 100% and they also hate it when you don't agree with them ro try to question them. Grace On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:28:38 -0000...
she has been pretty well stable but she is starting to complain of tummy pain which is why i am asking the questions. I have asked the dr and he said that she...
Two weeks ago when I brought my child to Gymboree, one of the moms was telling everyone about a program that allows you to save large amounts on your...
Hi Jenn, My nephew had a seizure disorder due to malformation of the Corpus Collosum. I found an informative site you may want to visit. In the search field...
Hi all, I have a question about side effects of topomax. Blair is 7 and just last saturday we reached topomax up to 100mg. He is also on clonazepam and...
Hi Blair's mom. I'm Robby's mom. Robby is 11 years old and has had seizures since he was 1 year old. He has been on many seizure medications and is currently...
Brandon was born with epilepsy. As brandon has grown it has only got worse. He has been on 6 different aed. Phenobarbital doing the most damage. He started...
Hi, Auras can also be simple partial seizures. These occur when a part of the brain is effected, but not conciousness. Some epilepsy specialists think that all...
Wow--how frightening and creepy! Mi will change skin tone qhen she has a seizure--her skin will turn a waxy color and the whites of her eyes will gray. The...
{{{{hugs}}}} How is she now? What a horrible experience!!! >:( Will you be writing letters of complaint? I would write a letter to your health insurer and...
Leslie, I'm normally a lurker but your post caught my attention. You seem to know about auras and seizures and I was wondering if anything in my daughter's ...
Thanks for asking. She is doing ok I have been in constant email contact with her doc. He is the greatest. All of her seizures have gone back to normal (if...
... wait it out. The claitatin is ok with seizures? I recently read a lot of the stuff I have Been giving Blair for colds are not reccomended, no Dr has ever...
Thanks for reading this. And if you have any thoughts or know of any resources, I'd greatly appreciate it. Jenn ... The only comment I have to offer is that it...
leslie, hi its laura and little eric christopher! miss you and myleigh :) how are you both and all the good stuff? we arent doing too great right now, eric has...