Experiencing LossesThere are many types of losses: friends or family moving away, someone passing away, a relationship ending, missing school due to hospitalization, or losing people due to different opinions about...
The Burdens We Carry GiveawayNovember is Epilepsy Awareness Month! In recognition of this important time of year, we invite you to reflect on the theme of "the burdens we carry." For many of those...
New Medication, But I Feel BlahIt's been a year on this journey of finding the right medication to replace phenobarbital. I won't lie. It has been challenging. I have dealt with a range of challenges,...
Experiencing LossesThere are many types of losses: friends or family moving away, someone passing away, a relationship ending, missing school due to hospitalization, or losing people due to different opinions about...
The Burdens We Carry GiveawayNovember is Epilepsy Awareness Month! In recognition of this important time of year, we invite you to reflect on the theme of "the burdens we carry." For many of those...
New Medication, But I Feel BlahIt's been a year on this journey of finding the right medication to replace phenobarbital. I won't lie. It has been challenging. I have dealt with a range of challenges,...
Experiencing LossesThere are many types of losses: friends or family moving away, someone passing away, a relationship ending, missing school due to hospitalization, or losing people due to different opinions about...
The Burdens We Carry GiveawayNovember is Epilepsy Awareness Month! In recognition of this important time of year, we invite you to reflect on the theme of "the burdens we carry." For many of those...
New Medication, But I Feel BlahIt's been a year on this journey of finding the right medication to replace phenobarbital. I won't lie. It has been challenging. I have dealt with a range of challenges,...
Can You Have a Relationship When You Have Epilepsy?"Is having a relationship while having epilepsy possible?" This question has haunted me ever since I was a child. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at ten years old, and back...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Being There for YourselfThere is a person I made friends with when we were both staying in the pediatric part of the hospital. He was eight, and I was ten, so there wasn’t...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Don't give upI was 13 when I was diagnosed with epilepsy I was having petit mal seizures (absence seizures) once per day and grand mal seizures (tonic-clonic seizures) 3 to 4 times...Reactions0reactionsComments14 replies
Epilepsy and Me: Living with Epilepsy and Brain Surgery RecoveryBefore having epilepsy, my life was okay. I went to work every day, and I could sleep without worrying about having a seizure. Things were pretty normal. But in 2013,...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments