Posted by Janet on July 08, 2000 at 14:15:59:

In Reply to: Newly diagnosed posted by Toni on July 07, 2000 at 19:20:32:

: I'm not sure what this means; but, the dr. finally put a diagnosis to these "spells." Generalized Epilepsy. We haven't talked about it and I have no clue what it means. Any help would be appreciated.
: Thanks, Toni

Toni,
Generalized Epilepsy means that a large portion of the brain is affected by epilepsy as opposed to a localized area where only a certian portion of the brain is affected . Here are just a couple links to help you out.
I've found that the EFA link isn't all that useful to me. *S* But if you've only just now been diaganosed it may be helpful to you so I've included it.

http://www.elanpharma.com/index1.asp
http://www.medscape.com
http://www.efa.org/indexf.htm