Epilepsy
Questions + Answers
hi I take lamictal and epilem my question I have just registered with a new gp who has taken me of my pain meds
She said they stop my epilepsy meds working but I have been taking them for a long time with no problems has anyone else come across this?
Food Diet?
Did anyone have to change thier food diet when they had seizure like maybe the stressful kind of srpeizure if yes how did u find out out what kind of foid to eat and to advoid eating?
aura?
Would deja vu count as an aura? i remember i use to get that alot, before i was diagnosed and started medication. I was thinking that could be my aura my like warning to myself that i am going to have a seizure. Does anyone else get that before a seizure?
anxiety
This may not be an epilepsy-related question but I thought I would ask. I don't have a firm grasp on my anxiety and sometimes it controls me. What are some strategies that some of you use?
Is the RNS available in England??
Im not having much luck with meds and have looked into the RNS but cannot tell if it is available in England?!
Looking for anyiwho has been diagnosed with severe encephalopathy metabolic degenerative disease. They found it on my sleep deprived study
Thyroid and hormones and seizures
Has anyone been diagnosed with seizure disorder that also has a thyroid issue and is a female and also has a major hormonal issue that affects her with having seizures?
Certainly we need doctors to oversee our medical conditions. Keep in mind though that doctors prescribe medications and refer some patients to surgeons.… read more
Just really do need to know what is going on!!
I myself have a question I have 2 different types of seizures one is the grandmal seizures which luckily I have not have had in quite a while now but in the past few years after being diagnosed with the petit absent seizure the blackouts I have seems to just continue to get worse about 2 weeks ago I had a little over 45 within a week and 25 of them were just in one day so and since benig taken off the medication I was on my nurologist put me on something else and… read more
Do seizures ever bring on something positive for anyone?
I know we all want to be seizure free, and I know seizures are hard in one way or another for everybody. But, does anybody feel something positive after the aftermath of their seizure period. I suffer from the Epilepsy/Depression situation. Where if I treat seizures, I provoke depression, and if I treat depression I provoke seizures. Therefore even if it costs me injuries, 2 days recovery time after seizures, I often feel like during that seizure period,… read more
I totally agree that seizures teach us how to deal with them. We then know
what to expect and how we'll feel after one.We have a different outlook on
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