Living with Epilepsy/Seizures

December 2007

• What happened? - by John - (Fri, Dec 28 2007)
  Someone said I might have had a seizure All I know, is last Friday I felt my chest hurting. I have had problems in the past feeling my heart or chest hurting, abnormal ekg’s, only to return to normal and get told there is nothing wrong. For this reason, I didn’t think much about the pain. [more..]
• Myoclonic after childbirth… - by psw - (Fri, Dec 28 2007)
  I had my first seizure at age 27, 3 days after the birth of my first child. The doctors say genetic but I’m thinking morophin [morphine] epidural. I learned to live with [more..]
• My story when it all started - by S.K. - (Fri, Dec 28 2007)
  When I was just 26 1/2 months old, my dad wasn’t watching me and so, I fell off my slide and so, I broke my arm, right arm. I started having seizures and they were bad, [more..]
• Stay On Your Meds - by Adam - (Wed, Dec 26 2007)
  I began having seizures about 6 yrs ago. I am now 36. I’ve always only had seizures in my sleep, until Saturday, when I had my first daytime seizure. [more..]
• Epilepsy and Pregnancy - by CJ - (Wed, Dec 26 2007)
  I have been having seizures for about 4 years and my husband and I wanted to have kids. I consulted my neurologist and he referred me to a doctor for high risk pregnancies. At 6 weeks I found out [more..]
• NEW ONSET SEIZURES - by Robin - (Thu, Dec 06 2007)
  I first had a seizure, not knowing at the time it was a seizure in my home. i was taking my kids to school. i get up to go to the truck, there are no kids, the dogs gone, I’m calling school and sound like an idiot because they say i dropped my kids off. [more..]