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  • Should a single photoconvulsive seizure be treated? 2/3/01
  • Are migraines related to seizures? 2/3/01
  • Are seizures related to rage attacks? 2/3/01
  • My daughter has epilepsia partialis continua 1/31/01
  • What is a cell migrational disorder? 1/31/01
  • Should parents make the decision to treat? 1/31/01
  • Is felbamate still available? 4/11/00
  • What questions should I ask my doctor? 3/7/99
  • What are the side effects of acetazolamide (Diamox)? 2/27/99
  • Using the magnet trigger for vagus nerve stimulation in developmentally disabled persons 2/27/99
  • Ethosuximide (Zarontin) is ineffective for tonic-clonic seizures 2/27/99
  • What is the post-ictal state? 2/27/99
  • What is the difference between seizures and epilepsy? 2/27/99
  • Time-release therapies for epilepsy 1/2/99
  • Reluctance to treat seizures 1/2/99
  • Cough-induced seizures 1/2/99
  • What are secondary generalized seizures? 1/2/99
  • Is epilepsy hereditary? 1/2/99
  • Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy 1/2/99
  • For what types of seizures is ethosuximide (Zarontin) effective? 1/2/99
  • Seizures and menstruation 1/2/99
  • How is epilepsy diagnosed? 12/30/98
  • Patient assistance programs for obtaining anti-seizure medications 10/28/98
  • What are guidelines for stopping antiepileptic drugs? 10/21/98
  • Is my son a candidate for vagus nerve stimulation? 9/10/98
  • Long-term effects of Dilantin 8/18/98
  • Therapy for myoclonic epilepsy of infancy 7/12/98
  • Is my daughter's dizziness caused by epilepsy? 7/12/98
  • Dilantin and gum disease 6/1/98
  • Is epilepsy contagious? 5/12/98
  • Diagnosis of hypoglycemic seizures 4/7/98
  • Mesial sclerosis of the temporal lobe and surgery 4/6/98
  • What is tiagabine (Gabitril)? 4/6/98
  • Anticonvulsants and pain 4/6/98
  • Funding for epilepsy agencies 2/24/98
  • Teachers with epilepsy 2/24/98
  • Epilepsy surgery for grand mal seizures 2/24/98
  • Hypoglycemia and seizures 1/30/98
  • Is there nothing else to be done? 11/11/97
  • Dividing doses of seizure medications 11/5/97
  • Epilepsy in the elderly 10/21/97
  • Re-emergence of epilepsy 10/2/97
  • Depakote and pancreatitis 10/2/97
  • "Therapeutic" levels 9/22/97
  • Vagus nerve stimulation therapy for epilepsy 9/22/97
  • Are they auras or seizures? 9/3/97
  • Antiepileptic drug therapy and pregnancy 8/22/97
  • Epilepsy and denial 8/16/97
  • Complex febrile seizures 8/15/97
  • Medically resistant epilepsy in India 8/15/97
  • Even "small seizures" can be disabling 8/14/97
  • How do strobe lights cause seizures? 8/13/97
  • Did a seizure occur? 8/13/97
  • Do I still have Rolandic Epilepsy? 8/13/97
  • Absence seizures resistant to Zarontin 8/7/97
  • Non-medication treatment of epilepsy 8/6/97
  • Computer monitor flicker and seizures 8/3/97
  • Lamictal and Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy 8/2/97
  • Depakote and GABA 8/2/97
  • First seizure in a teen 6/14/97
  • Medication stretching 6/6/97
  • Antiepileptic medications and pediatric use 5/20/97
  • New onset of seizures 5/7/97
  • True or false seizures 4/28/97
  • Head injury and seizures 4/11/97
  • Special studies and well controlled epilepsy 4/11/97
  • Seizures and air pressure 4/10/97
  • Tegretol and teeth 4/9/97
  • Myoclonic epilepsy in teens 4/3/97
  • Does Prozac help or cause seizures? 4/3/97
  • What is abdominal epilepsy? 3/28/97
  • Undiagnosed nocturnal spells 3/28/97
  • Antiepileptic drugs and developmental delay 3/28/97
  • Strobe lights and seizures 3/28/97
  • What is Rolandic epilepsy? 3/25/97
  • The "split-brain" procedure 3/24/97
  • When can I drive again? 3/24/97
  • The future of epilepsy therapy 3/11/97
  • Employment and epilepsy 2/18/97
  • Faints or seizures? 2/18/97
  • Breakthrough seizures 2/18/97
  • Where can I obtain information about epilepsy? 2/18/97
  • Support groups 2/18/97
  • Are grand mal seizures more frequent at night? 2/10/97
  • Daily staring spells 1/21/97
  • Does an EEG diagnose epilepsy? 1/13/97
  • Jacksonian seizures 1/13/97
  • Sleep deprivation and epilepsy 1/3/97
  • West Syndrome and complex partial seizures 1/3/97
  • Startle epilepsy 1/2/97
  • Too quick to medicate? 1/2/97
  • Negative studies and diagnosis of epilepsy 1/2/97
  • Myoclonic epilepsy and prognosis 1/2/97
  • Craniotomy and seizures 1/2/97
  • Can coma be caused by seizures? 1/2/97
  • Undiagnosed spells 11/29/96
  • EEG and seizures during menstrual periods 11/25/96
  • Abdominal pain and epilepsy 10/26/96
  • When is epilepsy controlled? 10/7/96
  • Obtaining information on lamotrigine (Lamictal) 10/7/96
  • Sickhouse syndrome and epilepsy 10/7/96
  • Gamma knife and epilepsy surgery 10/7/96
  • Why do I have seizures? 9/9/96
  • Long-term therapy with Dilantin 8/26/96
  • Surgery for non-intractable epilepsy 8/26/96
  • Nocturnal epilepsy 8/26/96
  • Absence seizures 8/23/96
  • Sleep and seizures 8/23/96
  • Memory and epilepsy 8/23/96

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