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I can remember sitting in the neurologist's office hearing that my son, Matthew, has epilepsy. The day was October 31, 2008, 2 days away from his 6th birthday. It was...

Epilepsy is hard. Period. Whether it's navigating medication options, enduring daily side effects, fearing the next seizure, or facing judgments and stigma – people living with epilepsy can have a...

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The burden of epilepsy is that it follows you wherever you go. Before my brain surgery, it started the moment I woke up each morning. Did I get at least...

I had been alone in my journey of being an epileptic person. I never shared my epilepsy story with anyone. I felt too insecure to share my story. And I...

"This probably means she won’t be able to get her driver’s license," I remember saying to my husband when we first received our daughter's epilepsy diagnosis. At the time, that...

Where am I? Why am I on the floor? What day is it? Did I have a seizure? When? Who was there? Returning to reality following a seizure is different...

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It's not easy to be a student while living with a chronic illness. I am going to write about being a successful student while facing 2 different illnesses: dystonia and...

When I first found out about my seizure disorder I didn't know where to start. I had a list of "don'ts." "Don't chew gum without someone around" has always stuck...

If there's one thing people newly diagnosed with epilepsy will find out pretty quickly, it's that many anticonvulsants, or antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), can often come with unwanted side effects. For...

Receiving a diagnosis of epilepsy can be a life-altering experience, not only for the person with the diagnosis, but also for the parent, spouse, child, or friend who becomes the...

As always, my disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. This is what I have learned over the years through research, people I know who are epileptic, and through connecting...

We need to talk. As someone who has never meditated longer than 18 minutes, and might as well have found this quote on a towel at Bed Bath & Beyond...

The idea seemed so far-flung at first. Brain surgery? What exactly do the surgeons remove? After repeated seizures during my video EEG stay in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at...

There are many different types of medications for epilepsy. Some I love and others I find to be completely unfortunate. In this article, I want to focus on my love/hate...

Do you have more epilepsy symptoms during menstruation? Well, I do. I hate my period because my epilepsy auras increase. I also have seizures more during my period. It's terrible...

I want to share some information about the postictal state of a seizure. What does this mean? You all always ask excellent questions. Here's what I know about the postictal...