Questions & Answers

I had an MRI done and was told it was to check for seizures but it says "chronic migraine" and "unremarkable" on it. It is saying my brain is normal size and shape, do others with epilepsy get this result?

When I was young, I was diagnosed with petite mal based on eeg and symptoms. But in my mid teens, my diagnosis was changed to temporal lobe, again based in a different eeg and symptoms. Has this happened to anyone else? And if anyone has an answer as to why this happened, I would love to hear about it!

Peroids and Epilepsy. Ufff. Anyone have success with certain kinds of birth control pills? Tips on managing effects of hormone changes on seizures? Anyone take Pamprin to help ease cramps, bloating and moodiness?

I’ve had weird uncontrollable movements for months that don’t show on my EEG. My seizures still happen often luckily they’re usually partials. But the spasms scare me, i’m always snapping my fingers without realizing and other weird things. So i was just curious if anyone suffered from this and had any knowledge on it because i may bring it up to my doctor. Nothing is being solved

I think it’s part of why I am so exhausted. I don’t find time to nap often because I give myself so many chores to do so I feel like I add value to my sister and brother in law’s home. I know I have issues. 😞

Do any of these moving emojis, gifs or attachments give you seizures or seizure activity, or disturb your brain? What do you do if so? Avoiding technology seems like not a great option.

It would be very useful for not just friends on this site but also so that we can share the links to these (for those of you who are willing and ready) with others who have not yet even found the MyEpilepsyTeam site so they can learn about the subjects that you are sharing in each recording.

These can be shared with the Epilepsy Foundation (and its equivalent sites in other nations) and through them possibly with other sites such that we can get the information out to as many people with… read more

I am set to have the ECoG Intracranial EEG(the grid on the surface of the brain), I have had the Depth Electrodes once. With my limited research it sounds that the depth electrodes were significantly easier... Just curious if someone could shine some light on what that whole process looks like and what I have to look forward too.