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The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet

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After starting a new drug, an epileptic woman started writing 10 to 15 poems each day. Is this the weirdest side effect ever?

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Of all the retirees who take up a creative hobby, how many can say their seizures made them do it?

That seems to be the case with one 76-year-old woman, who had never shown much of an interest in poetry and suddenly became a prolific poet, writing as many as 15...

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