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Has Anyone Had The Temporal Lobe Resection If So How Was The Surgery For You And Would You Reccot
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I want to know if the Temporal Lobe Resection would be something that I could be considering than the VNS, if so I just want advice from patients who have had it and let me know there experience.

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I've had one and it has lessened my seizures and changed them.do what you think is right write down every question you have about it and ask doctors sometimes when we get into the meetings with… read more

Complex Partial Seizures
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I have complex partial seizures. My last one was in April. I was wondering if anyone else is aware if they have one in their sleep?

Or recently I’ve been having staring spells, but still conscious and still can hear things. I don’t jumble my words but it may take me a second or two to respond. They just aren’t quite like the spells I had when I was first diagnosed. Has anyone ever had them change from over time?

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I have complex partials those are the kind of nocturnal seizures I get at night. I'd wake up from one. I don't get starring spells though.

Is It Normal To Feel Like This?
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So, I currently have a tonic clinic seizure at school. While I was there the advisor gave me cpr even though I had a pulse. Long story short, my advisor calls my mom and says “she will be allowed to return to school when a doctors note is provided”…. I have had seizures before but this is the first time I truly feel discriminated. Has anyone ever felt like this?

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Personally I only feel discriminated against after I've disclosed that I do have seizures..I'm hired, then fired 3 days later because some jumpy kid (18-34) gets nervous.

In Addition To My Epilepsy, I Have A Learning Disability. I Do Not Know If They Are Related. I Know Seizures Have An Effect On Memory.
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I know the tests said my memory was poor. When given directions, I did not carry out the task well or consistently. The inability to do so the Doctor felt would getting and keeping a job difficult.

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How Do I Remember Things From Class?
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So I'm going back to college. I start on August 11th. Here's my deal though. I've been in and out of college since I graduated in 2009 because of Epilepsy problems. I've gone to college three other times already. Also for three different things. Should have stayed with the same track I know but I'm indecisive and I get bored easily. First time I was at the community college, I was there for my AA but I had just found out that I had Epilepsy. My GPA started dropping near the end of a year and a… read more

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Funny enough after 10 years of being away from college(had to medically withdraw due tocmy epilepsy), but I'm finally returning back to college to finish my Music degree this year. During these 10… read more

Did Epilepsy (for Those Of You Who Were Diagnosed Young) Hamper Your Chances To Graduate High School? Or To Go On To College?
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In high school (1980 - 1984), I had some issues, but I was still very intelligent (though did not know until 2021 that I was suffering from brain damage from the return of my Epilepsy in 1980 to when I was finally diagnosed in treated in 1997 --- this only being possible because research was published in 1995 that proved that Epileptic Partial Seizures existed. Thus some of the things that so many more older epileptics than me were being judged for before 1995 -- such as daydreaming, bad… read more

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No I had no problem in school sept need help at times explaining things as thats all but did go all the way no problem and Grad in high school then became a electrician as lots of studying the codes… read more

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How Would Youmake The World Undestand How It Feels To Live With Epilepsy
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question đź’­

You see people who make fun of people with grandmal seizures or use them in their pranks.
So how would you go about making them understand what its like to live with epilepsy and what its like in those moments? When i think about how i would go about i can honestly say I dont know and I dont know if i could ever make them understand because they dont walk in my shoes or anyone elses shoes with epilepsy

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I just found this from the Epilepsy Foundation. It first includes First Aid for Epilepsy, then a booklet for Teachers about Epilepsy. I… read more

We All Have Our Own Conditions And Such, But Are You Ok With That Instead Of Something More Different Than Another Diagnosis That Is Worse?
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I'm just wondering and curious about that, I do have traits of autism but was never told by my doc or anyone else in the medical field etc, i mean I could have been diagnosed with cancer for example but haven't, I'm just looking at this question here that way, what are your thoughts about it and how do you think and look at this? Here. Not that I wish this happens to anyone but what are your thoughts about the? Being asked.

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I will be tested for vasculitis once back in the states and I hope I dont have it but if I do did research and I'm both scared and optimistic.

What Is A Common Type Of Employment A Person With Epilepsy Can Do?
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I used to be in management. I got the Position before my diagnosis, but lost it when the company was bought out. I live in an at will state so they just let me go. I totally understand that I couldn't legally do the job due to most of the work being driving all around Washington State managing demolition crews. But now, I am at a loss. I lost the job in April, and haven't been able to find any employment that would accommodate my disability. I am tired and refuse to spend any more time stressing… read more

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@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member
Yep, you shouldn’t be around sharp things. I had a seizure in high school shop class and cut my arm and finger on a saw. Doctors stitched it all back up.

Seizures
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Does anyone who is still in high school that has seizures have a paraprofessional

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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Try to get medical insurance. U are eligible. Dont worry. Do u live in america?