Hi Carla I hope everything goes well with your stay in hospital & they are able to find something to control your seizures. CQ:)...
Hi Caroleena, I had epilepsy as a baby but outgrew it when I was about 2, 5 years ago when I was almost 25 the epilepsy came back. No one is sure why I got epilepsy again. I was never interested in...
Hi Turtle Girl I'm currently unemployed but looking for administration/reception work. Whenever I go for a job, if I have an interview I try not to tell them about my epilepsy at the interview unless...
Hi Twiggy I think it's a good idea to keep a record of any seizure or turns that you can remember so that when you do see your dr or neurologist all you have to give them a copy of the record you...
Hi Turtlegirl I know what you mean, if I have a turn I don't always tell people. It depends on how serious or obvious the turn was, I usualy tell my Mum about any turns I have because we talk on the...
Hi Carla I am currently unemployed & looking for work. Whenever I am looking for work I do voluntary work. At the moment I volunteer 2 days a week for an organistaion that takes people with...
Hi Shauni I am currently on Tegretol & Topamax. I have been on Tegretol since I got my epilepsy back & I have been on Topamax for 12 months. I was also on Lamictal from 2003 - last year but...
Hi Ranman I think its a good idea to tell your neurologist or dr about what happens and how it worries you, I don't think they'll think you are nuts because they are experts and have probably seen...
Four years ago I wasn't happy at the place where I was working at the time,was always upset & taking regular turns. I went to my neurologist and he said I had depression & he gave me some...
I don't drive so I walk most places & I am usualy alert when I have a seizure or one of my 'funny turns'. Quite often I will be walking around town or down the street when I have a funny feeling...
Hi RanMan Since getting epilepsy the 2nd time I have only had 4 granmals, I took 3 granmals when my epilepsy was 1st rediagnosed - 2 at home & 1 in hospital. I don't remember alot about the day I...
I have a really bad memory, sometimes I forget words that I want to say so I just think of something else to describe the word. Luckily the person I'm speaking to usualy figures out what I'm usualy...
Hi I have epilepsy & this is the 2nd time that I have been epileptic. I 1st got epilepsy when I was a baby but I outgrew it by the time I was about 2 then about 23 years later the epilepsy came...