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Taking antipsychotics for ABI..is this right?

Hello everyone,Our daughter who 22 yo - post auto immune encephalitis was put on Risperidone to help calm her down as she was quite hyperactive, impulsive,...

Hello everyone,Our daughter who 22 yo - post auto immune encephalitis was put on...

•3 days ago

Help!

Hello everyone,It has been a year since my mother's illness. My mother had herpes encephalitis herpes type 2. Currently, my mother's physical condition is...

Hello everyone,It has been a year since my mother's illness. My mother had herpe...

•22 days ago

Lion's Mane mushrooms/fungi.

After some research I decided to take the plunge and give these mushroom capsules a try. So far it's my first week and after taking one 300mg capsule on...

After some research I decided to take the plunge and give these mushroom capsu...

•25 days ago

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Autoimmune encephalitis

My husband was diagnosed with autoimmune limbic encephalitis in 2024 (age 52). Both GAD65 and LGI1 were detected. The symptoms came on very suddenly, with...

My husband was diagnosed with autoimmune limbic encephalitis in 2024 (age 52). B...

•1 month ago

Encephalite HSV1 - retour d'expérience sur un enfant de 22 mois

Bonjour à tous,Mon petit garçon a contracté une encephalite par les virus herpes simplex HSV1 et eipstein barr il y a bientôt 1 mois, il avait 22 mois et......

Bonjour à tous,Mon petit garçon a contracté une encephalite par les virus herpes...

•1 month ago

Emerging from the Darkness: My Encephalitis Story:

Emerging from the Darkness: My Encephalitis Story By Eldon Lake A Sudden Collapse In April 2023, life as I knew it changed in an instant. It began with an...

Emerging from the Darkness: My Encephalitis Story By Eldon Lake A Sudden Collap...

•1 month ago

Insomnia

Hi I had encephalitis 4 moths ago and at xmas time started getting insomnia, i could deal with it although was a pain in the arse but last weekend I was on a...

Hi I had encephalitis 4 moths ago and at xmas time started getting insomnia, i c...

•2 months ago

Robbie

Encephalitis Sept 2022. Hospital for four months and friends notified that I would not survive. Horrible details but fortunately I remember nothing. All has...

Encephalitis Sept 2022. Hospital for four months and friends notified that I wo...

•2 months ago

My Brain & Medicine 2025 | Encephalitis International

My Brain & Medicine 2025 – Registration is now open (virtual event) Join us online for a patient event where we will be joined...

My Brain & Medicine 2025 – Registration is now open (virtual event) Join us o...

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Focal Aware Seizures

Hi I'm recovering from encephalitis and recently been getting focal awareness seizures, they weren't all the time but recently at least one a day and today...

Hi I'm recovering from encephalitis and recently been getting focal awareness se...

•2 months ago

Get involved in research

Are you interested in taking part in research? Please have a look at the following research projects on encephalitis and its consequences....

Are you interested in taking part in research? Please have a look at the followi...

EncephInternational

Partner•2 months ago

Cambridge Survey

Has anyone seen the neurologist on X that's looking to do the survey with people that have had AI Encephalitis?I couldn't find the link but sounded promising.

Has anyone seen the neurologist on X that's looking to do the survey with people...

•2 months ago

Tension & Head Pressure

I am 16 months into my Viral Encephalitis journey, which I acquired through a mosquito bite and the West Nile Virus. I came within an inch of losing my life...

I am 16 months into my Viral Encephalitis journey, which I acquired through a mo...

•2 months ago

New to the group

Just wanted to say hello and to share my experiences. My son was diagnosed with ADEMs in March 2020 and hospitalised in the first week of lockdown. He was...

Just wanted to say hello and to share my experiences. My son was diagnosed wi...

Sunworshipper74

•2 months ago

Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Webinar – patient event (online)

Event: Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Webinar – patient event (online) Date: 19th March 2025 Time: 4pm - 5pm (GMT) Please note that this is an online...

Event: Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Webinar – patient event (online) Date: 19th Marc...

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Are we moving forward? Psychotic episodes

Hey all, our daughter has been home after brain injury rehab since 4th December..auto immune encephalitis since July 2024 with frontal lobe scarring. We have...

Hey all, our daughter has been home after brain injury rehab since 4th December....

•3 months ago

New Here

Hey! I just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve just hit the 1-month mark since my diagnosis. HHV-6 was the virus and we were told it is just a dormant virus we...

Hey! I just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve just hit the 1-month mark since my ...

IThinkILoveCats

•3 months ago

Keppra Side Effects

Hi has anyone on keppra getting really bad insomnia atm , I've been on it since the start of November but since Xmas its been getting worse waking up an hour...

Hi has anyone on keppra getting really bad insomnia atm , I've been on it since ...

•3 months ago

Update on sero negative auto immune encephalitis

Hello all,We have had some weeks now with our daughter back home after brain injury rehab unit. She got her brain swell in July last year. A scary time having...

Hello all,We have had some weeks now with our daughter back home after brain inj...

•3 months ago

NMDA encephalitis after HSV1

Hello everyone.I already wrote about my brother. The current diagnosis is aNMDA encephalitis. He received 4 doses of Rituximab, within 4 weeks. He was on break...

Hello everyone.I already wrote about my brother. The current diagnosis is aNMDA ...

•3 months ago

Levetiracetam seizure medication

Has any one had any experience of side effects when taking Levetiracetam? My Father who is 90 yrs old was diagnosed with Autoimmune Encephalitis approx 2 yrs...

Has any one had any experience of side effects when taking Levetiracetam? My Fa...

•4 months ago

Keppra

Hi guys looking for a bit of guidance here . As I've said in previous posts had encephalitis 8 weeks ago been on the keppra anti seizure drugs since . I've...

Hi guys looking for a bit of guidance here . As I've said in previous posts had ...

•4 months ago

Feeling Low

Hey guys still in recovery from encephalitis about 8 weeks now , nothing feels the same anymore not even xmas ,I have a few days off work but have bad...

Hey guys still in recovery from encephalitis about 8 weeks now , nothing feels ...

•4 months ago

Rehabilitation slowdown and concerns

Hi, My wife has been fighting Encephalitis since August this year and was moved from a hospital to a rehabilitation centre in October. They raised a concern...

Hi, My wife has been fighting Encephalitis since August this year and was move...

•4 months ago

sexual behaviour after encephalitis

Hi! Are here people who experienced different sexual behaviour after encephalitis? I would like to talk. Thank you!

Hi! Are here people who experienced different sexual behaviour after encephaliti...

•4 months ago

Post encephalitis psychiatric medication??

Hi everyone, does anyone here or their family take Risperidone for their psychotic behaviour? My daughter's been prescribed 1mg daily to help calm her down,...

Hi everyone, does anyone here or their family take Risperidone for their psychot...

•4 months ago

idamax

hi my name is Ellen my husband was diagnosed encephalitis in October he’s 74 it’s like his life was taken away from him in seconds that morning he had mri...

hi my name is Ellen my husband was diagnosed encephalitis in October he’s 74 it’...

•4 months ago

Recognising faces

Hard to wite this one without it sounding crazy but the last couple of weeks when I'm looking at people's faces I feel I recognise them from somewhere else...

Hard to wite this one without it sounding crazy but the last couple of weeks whe...

•4 months ago

Iglon 5

Is there anyone that has Iglon 5 ? My husband was diagnosed with this very rare autoimmune encephalitis in 2020 and I struggle with knowing all the symptoms as...

Is there anyone that has Iglon 5 ? My husband was diagnosed with this very rare ...

•4 months ago

Encephalitis recovery

Hi my names Craig and was diagnosed with encephalitis around 6 weeks ago , iam one of the lucky ones who have recovered physically but not mentally. I still...

Hi my names Craig and was diagnosed with encephalitis around 6 weeks ago , iam o...

•4 months ago

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