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Epilepsy
by: Jennifer on Tue, Jul 10 2007
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My name is Jennifer. I had seizures when I was a little girl. Then in February of 1996 my parents took me to a hospital in Detroit and I had brain surgery there. It has been about 12 years since that I have had not had a seizure And that I take Tegretol with 200 milograms and it helps me out alot too.


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  1. Tue, Dec 04 2007
    jennifer ,my name is gary i started having seizures in 1985 at the age of 15 yrs old i moved to richmond va. in 1988 i was yrs 18 . in 1992 my doctors...Read

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  • My son’s Epilepsy Diagnosis - by David - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
    My son has been dealing with complex partial siezures [seizures] for over ten years. He has the VNS implanted and it did help, especially during a siezure [seizure]. He has now developed, what has been described as a focal siezure, so now he suffers from both the convulsive and the focal siezure. [more..]
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    This is just happening with my cousins young son who is abt. 1 1/2 yrs. old. Last week he was sleeping and had a fever which spiked suddenly and he started having a seizure. She called 911 and they had to resuscitate him. He was admitted to stay in the hospital a day. When he was being released in the ER, he started seizuring again. [more..]
  • Epilepsy - by Jennifer - (Tue, Jul 10 2007)
    My name is Jennifer. I had seizures when I was a little girl. Then in February of 1996 my parents took me to a hospital in Detroit and I had brain surgery there. [more..]
  • my story - epilepsy and relationships - by William - (Tue, Jul 03 2007)
    Hi I am 34 years old. I have had right temporal lobe epilepsy or been diagnosed for ten years. I take depakoate er , and it helps alot .I do suffer from horrible behavior problems though and it is very hard for me socially. [more..]

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