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Medication decision

Hello My partner was diagnosed epileptic after a seizure and some fainting episodes last year. He has only ever had one seizure. After tests and appointments...

Hello My partner was diagnosed epileptic after a seizure and some fainting epis...

firstsandlast

•20 days ago

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Home Adaptations

My brother suffers from steadily worsening seizures, which unfortunately are not controlled. The council have agreed to replace his bath with a shower to help...

My brother suffers from steadily worsening seizures, which unfortunately are not...

GillyA

•20 days ago

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Living alone options

Luckily with the horrible housing market I've had an excuse to not live alone. But hopefully in the next couple years my son and I will be getting a house....

Luckily with the horrible housing market I've had an excuse to not live alone. B...

KFritzsche

•19 hours ago

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Has anyone used Sleep Well sachets

Hi everyone Just a quick question. My sleep has been dreadful for many years. A few years ago I was referred to Endocrinology & found that I had been under...

Hi everyone Just a quick question. My sleep has been dreadful for many years. ...

Otto11

•14 days ago

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Dental implants NHS Epilepsy

Hi I'm 53 and have been Epileptic for approximately 18 years. During this time many of my teeth have been considerably damaged due to grinding my jaw. Having...

Hi I'm 53 and have been Epileptic for approximately 18 years. During this time ...

Longon

•20 days ago

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Sweats at night

Hiya guys does anyone get really bad sweats when trying to sleep

Articmonkeys

•11 days ago

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Focal epilepsy/ tonic

Hi juat looking if someone can help. I have a child who has autism with a learning disability, who had a full tonic clonic seziure lasting 10 mins in 2017....

Hi juat looking if someone can help. I have a child who has autism with a learni...

Klt84

•2 days ago

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16 year old daughter recently diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy and started meds

hi, so my 16 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy and started Lamotrigine 2 weeks ago. Her epilepsy team advised her to...

hi, so my 16 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed with frontal lobe epi...

Sunny1011

•1 month ago

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I have a broken skull, from a double seizure, in Jan. 2018, I suffer from severe equilibrium, dizziness, when getting up, sitting down!

Surely there must be someone else who has broken their skull, and suffers similar symptoms? How do you cope with it? I have epilepsy but maybe someone has...

Surely there must be someone else who has broken their skull, and suffers simila...

Adlon57

•27 days ago

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Tiny folding implants improve epilepsy surgery and diagnosis

Tiny folding implants could make epilepsy surgery safer and improve diagnosis, say UK researchers....

Tiny folding implants could make epilepsy surgery safer and improve diagnosis, s...

EpilepsyAction1

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