Questions & Answers

Hi I realized I'm super fidgety to the point where my fiances mom doesn't sit next to me because it makes her sick and I don5 know why I do it, I got yelled at work because I had to constantly be using my hands or shaking my legs. I was wondering if this could be connected to epilepsy because I've been like this forever since I was diagnosed and don't realize I do it. I don't know why I do it.

So is awareness during a seizure mean you can still respond and talk during one or does it mean your aware of your actions but can hear what's going on around you but can't engage or interact with anyone .

Mine, finally receiving an associate degree in business at age 46. Took me awhile but with determination I finished. My memory is to bad now but I do remember my joy and pride

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.

Epilepsy is 1 word but we all have it but each is different so we understand each other in one way or another but friends who is our friend some cut you dead some you haven't saw in years and family can and are the same me that's stressful and some family cannot cope with epilepsy so how do they think we cope when there's no surrport and understanding but if other way round I help and just be there so that's why all you epilepsy people are stronger and brave so we have to help and support each… read more

There are lots of negative emotions( Anger, Emptiness, Frustration, Inadequacy, Helplessness, Fear, Guilt, Loneliness, Depression
Overwhelmed, Resentment, Failure, Sadness, Jealousy, etc.) that feed stress, help each other build and add on to the effects of anxiety disorder and the like to lead to insomnia, sleep deprivation, constantly worrying, thoughts of suicide, etc.?

Which of these have hit you the hardest?

What brings them on?

How do you personally deal with them?

And how… read more

Gabapentin is not supposed to be given to an epileptic who has focal seizures because it will usually trigger more of them (as is the case of too much of any anticonvulsant will do for epileptics). And Gabapentin may worsen absence and myoclonic seizures, so caution should be observed if the patient might have these seizure types.

Details on Gabapentin from the Epilepsy Foundation
https://www.epilepsy.com/medications/gabapentin....

I experienced a lot more seizures when my neurologist… read more

Tonight there is a PBS subject of NOVA on(and I am sure that is on again at other times and dates on PBS) for those of you interested in the United States. Here is the summary and the link
One in seven adults in the United States uses CBD, but laws governing cannabis use vary widely
While millions of people can freely use cannabis recreationally or for medicinal purposes, others are being jailed for possession of the substance. As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA investigates the… read more

There seem to lots common triggers for those that have bad seizures. Here are a few can you think of any others: uncrotrolled medication, dehydration especially in hot weater, diet, stress, over use of computers and phones or technology, lack of sleep or rest, eye strain especially for those that wear glasses, lighting especially flickering lights.