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Nocturnal Seizures! Basically Seizures In Your Sleep, I Would Mostly Have One Right After I Fall Asleep Or Early In The Morning.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Parsons, KS

Then, sleepwalking after I have a seizure.

Is anyone out there who has had them before and has been successfully treated for them or perhaps someone who is taking any kind of medications that has been useful to a certain extent because I’m taking 3 different medications and I’m still having the same problem.

Thank you for your time,

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I agree with you and your post and the other people's posts here, I have those on occasion but I don't worry about them like before, they are more stable than before and I would suggest asking your… read more

1 day ago

Cognitive Decline

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Orlando, FL

Has anyone experienced cognitive decline due to your epilepsy? I definitely have, proven last december. But i feel it getting worse. Im just curious who else deals with this because it can be rather frustrating

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Sometimes I start to describe what I am trying to remember and it will come back to me. Or I remember as I am dropping off to sleep or in the shower.

2 days ago

Do I Have To Comfortable Just Seating Home Like A Child Because Of My Epilepsy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
zambia

I feel useless just seating home even if I'm told not to worry and that I'm still young. This is the time I have to learn how to make my own cash while am a youth. I can't ask my dad cash to take a girl out, or ask cash for snacks always.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It’s a good feeling being able to work a job of interest for your own cash . Even if you were being paid to help a neighbor or family/relative , friend . Thing like mowing the lawn , clearing the snow… read more

4 days ago

I Have Complex Partial Epilepsy. Can Covid -19 Affect My Epilepsy Symptoms?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Tower City, PA
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have complex partial seizures as well, always get my flu and covid injections yearly without any troubles afterward.

3 days ago
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Is It Possible That Your Brain Shrinks Faster When You Have Epilepsy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Plattsburgh, NY

I had a MRI and it shows my brain is shrinking faster then a normal 60 year old brain should.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

When I had my Temporal Lobectomy on the right side, they told me that stopped "Echo Seizures" on the left, my dominant side. I speak, remember, move, and other things there. They said they could do… read more

6 days ago

My Wife Has Grown Distant From Me, She Won’t Show Emotions Even After I Initiate.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Davenport, FL
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I agree with you and your post here, I am emotional person also, some people may not be able to handle or are not sure of what to do with the situation at hand, but as long as you love her and vice… read more

6 days ago

Balancing Giving My Child Freedom As Such Teens Need 'autonomy'. At School 100% Time Aide (she Hates It). How To Safely Give Her Autonomy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Penngrove, CA

My daughter is 16 and diagnosed with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. She has been on 14 different medication treatments and the two medications she is currently on have been the best so far. She still has absence seizures every day, however much fewer in number and shorter in length everyday. She also has autism, CAPD, and ADHD.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member
You’re welcome. I was in her shoes so I know how tough it is growing up with seizures. Every single book my class read in Literature my mom read too and guided me through.

5 days ago (edited)

Has Anyone Been Diagnosed With Frontal Lobe Seizers?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Middleton, NH

I lose time, eat and don't remember, verbally agree to things I absolutely would not and make purchases that I do not remember making. Friends say that they talk to me and I don't respond or look right through them. I have a video that was recorded of me and it is scary to see as I do not remember any of it happening. I was put on Levetiracetam ER 2,000mg a day.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

You are welcome

7 days ago

Anyone Else Out There Have Seizures 2 To 3 Hours Before Waking Up? I Do And They Wake Me So I Know I'm Having Them. Diagnosed Sept. 2022

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Verplanck, NY
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I agree with you and your post, I have generalized epilepsy and I think that may have happened to me a few times with my condition I have, I do also have nocturnal ones that accompany me and my… read more

7 days ago

I Have Epilepsy, But I Had A Seizure The Other Day That When My Daughter Found Me My Lips Were Blue And My Hands Were Blue.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
South Elgin, IL

She had to call 911 and do mouth to mouth cpr on me.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Yeah, some neurologists are very generalized. They will know the ins and outs of other conditions but may not be that specialised when it comes to epilepsy. They will still… read more

6 days ago
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