Symptoms and Side Effects from Epilepsy Patients Like You

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Symptoms Reported by Patients with Epilepsy

Primary Symptoms	Patients	Severity	Treatments reported
		Severity Severe Moderate Mild None
Anxious mood	3,621	Severe: 322 patients Moderate: 947 patients Mild: 1171 patients None: 1181 patients	71
Depressed mood	3,635	Severe: 348 patients Moderate: 925 patients Mild: 1198 patients None: 1164 patients	72
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	3,538	Severe: 505 patients Moderate: 1027 patients Mild: 1074 patients None: 932 patients	24
Fatigue	3,660	Severe: 568 patients Moderate: 1247 patients Mild: 1159 patients None: 686 patients	57
Headaches	3,555	Severe: 434 patients Moderate: 860 patients Mild: 1053 patients None: 1208 patients	43
Insomnia	3,605	Severe: 435 patients Moderate: 746 patients Mild: 905 patients None: 1519 patients	65
Memory problems	3,536	Severe: 747 patients Moderate: 1212 patients Mild: 982 patients None: 595 patients	16
Pain	3,627	Severe: 369 patients Moderate: 767 patients Mild: 863 patients None: 1628 patients	166
Problems concentrating	3,539	Severe: 617 patients Moderate: 1195 patients Mild: 1094 patients None: 633 patients	18

Community Symptom Reports

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Other symptoms added by patients like you	# of patients	Treatments reported
Fatigue	3,660	57
Depressed mood	3,635	72
Pain	3,627	166
Anxious mood	3,621	71
Insomnia	3,605	65
Headaches	3,555	43
Problems concentrating	3,539	18
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)	3,538	24
Memory problems	3,536	16
Nausea	376	15
Migraine headaches	257	63
Dizziness	243	7
Back pain	227	33
Brain fog	222	6
Light sensitivity (photophobia)	216	3
Balance problems	213	27
Stomach pain	191	8
Muscle tension	188	1
Low self esteem	172	4
Inability to experience pleasure (anhedonia)	169	4
Pain in lower back	155	20
Muscle spasms	150	13
Seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic)	148	34
Muscle and joint pain	148	10
Shortness of breath (dyspnea)	141	3
Seizures	137	59
Panic attacks	129	5
Mood swings	125	9
Joint pain	113	14
Stiffness/Spasticity	105	37

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Last updated: May 23, 2013