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Poor People With Epilepsy More Prone to Uncontrolled Seizures by HealthFinder Posted Wed 02 Mar 2011 12:00pm . WEDNESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Epilepsy patients who are poor are more likely to have uncontrolled seizures, drug-related side effects, and a lower overall quality of life.... During the one-year study period, poor patients were 2.2 to 3.9 times more likely to have uncontrolled seizures and 4.9 to 16.3 times more likely to experience side effects from Read on »

Taking Control of Seizures: A Personal Look by EpilepsyTeam .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm

1 Comment ANNOUNCER: Justine Flotteron is one of over two million Americans with epilepsy, a neurologic condition that makes people susceptible to seizures. BLANCA VAZQUEZ, MD: The social... still have my normal one or two seizures. But to me one or two a month is nothing. I used to have three to five a day when I was younger. ANNOUNCER: The side effects on the new Read on »

Seizures: My Personal Experience by Julie S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:28pm Seizures: My Personal Experience Sometimes a seizure may be so slight that no visible signs are seen in spite of the fact that the nerve endings in the elbow and arm... bring cell activity back to normal. I have found that having seizures definitely has a stigma to it, but please don't be afraid to be around me. If I should have one Read on »

Seizure inducing aspartame added to anti-seizure drugs by Stephen Tvedten Patient Expert

Posted Sat 04 Dec 2010 8:36am of Maui has completed a seven year study on Epilepsy and Seizures, finding that epilepsy is at an all time high in Hawaii and the western states and Pacific Ocean Territories... people who took the new Dilantin capsule found the seizure rate increased in every case. The Chemical Pharmaceutical Engineer employee, in fear of his job would not reveal his name Read on »

SeizureTracker – Great Tool For Tracking and Recording Seizures by Chris H. Posted Tue 11 May 2010 7:04pm phone and soon users will have the capability of recording rescue medication usage and daily notes through the mobile site. Seizure Tracker also allows you to share epilepsy... This week I started using an online program called SeizureTracker . Over the past few months, Addi and Cassi have been having Read on »

Less seizures, but still fighting the seizure monster! by Kelly Patient Expert

Posted Wed 09 Feb 2011 1:12am , and just when I want to say things are better, Jenelle has another bad seizure day. Yesterday was one of them. Thankfully, we now have a very good action plan in place for days... the later of those choices! Since getting to the full dose on Banzel, we've started to see some decrease in seizures for Jenelle. And by that I mean... instead of big seizures every Read on »

Seizures in the parietal lobe by Liz B. Posted Wed 19 Nov 2008 12:00am ). But for now, if people want to know what it's like to have a seizure from a parietal lobe, then they need to read this article on Parietal Lobe Epilepsy. (Note: I am not diagnosed with "epilepsy" but I do have a seizure disorder.) I have all five of the types of sensations they describe. Craziness. Read on »

The Seizure Express by Ashley's Mom Patient Expert

Posted Fri 02 Oct 2009 10:01pm Ashley had an appointment with her neurologist yesterday. And unlike many of our specialist appointments, we didn’t have to wait long. In fact, we were the only people... seizures. The new seizures were different – not grand mal but still just as scary. At the worst, she would have 10-12 a day, and often they would cause her to vomit or cry Read on »

Seizure Activity ( Dog) by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 19 Dec 2010 2:17pm Dogs definitely have a wide variation in seizure activity but it is hard to say whether seizures which might not cause recognizable clinical signs occur because it is so hard to judge the mental state of the dog. I assume that almost any type of seizure possible in a human probably occurs in dogs as well, though Most people use the terms Read on »

Seizures While You Sleep? by EpilepsyTeam .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm to the body can increase seizures. We know that there are a lot of people out there who have undiagnosed sleep disorders. That can really be contributing to epilepsy and making... be that that underlying pattern makes it easier to have a seizure, but we don't really know. ANNOUNCER: Sleep-related epilepsy occurs in a minority of epilepsy patients, anywhere from 10 to 25 Read on »