Autoimmune Epilepsy

[Paintergirl88]

Has anyone been diagnosed with this? If so, are you being treated with meds?

[grahamb]

I haven't been diagnosed with it but I have epilepsy and an autoimmune condition called Sjogrens Syndrome. I take Tegretol for the epilepsy but nothing for the Sjogrens.

[EpilepsyAction1 Partner Epilepsy Action]

Hi Paintergirl88

Thank you for your question.

The Epilepsy Foundation have information on Autoimmune epilepsy and treatment that I hope you will find helpful epilepsy.com/causes/autoimmune

If you don’t hear from others in this community with the same type of epilepsy, as well as managing the HealthUnlocked community, Epilepsy Action has other ways for you to contact others. These are:

Facebook facebook.com/epilepsyaction

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Talk and Support epilepsy.org.uk/talk-and-su...

If we can be of any more help, please feel free to contact us again, either by email or the Epilepsy Action Helpline freephone 0808 800 5050. Our helpline is open Monday to Friday 8.30am until 5.00pm and Saturday 10.00am until 4.00pm.

Regards

Diane

Helpline Team