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Self-care is incredibly important for people living with epilepsy, so I want everyone to have as many ideas as possible. Every couple of years I like to make sure that...

As we all know, becoming and remaining seizure-free is an extremely high priority in all epileptics' lives. Due to this, I am diligent in following my neurologist's requests for bloodwork...

There is no such thing as a "normal" human being. And there are many different types of seizures and circumstances people are in. Seizures can happen once a day, once...

As a child, I started having seizures. I would have an absence seizure first, then a tonic-clonic seizure afterward. Now, as an adult, I have absence seizures often without the tonic-clonic...

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe type of epilepsy. Seizures usually start before 4 years old. People with LGS have many types of seizures, including tonic seizures, in which muscles...

Dravet syndrome is a rare form of epilepsy that starts in infancy. It is also called severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI). Seizures can be life-threatening and hard to treat...

It goes like this when you live with an illness like epilepsy: you will deal with, and you spend too much time trying to teach individuals who don't understand your...

Dravet syndrome is a form of childhood epilepsy that begins in infancy. Older names for Dravet syndrome include polymorphic seizures, polymorphic epilepsy in infancy, or severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy...

I would argue that getting plenty of sleep is perhaps the single greatest of all things you can do to control your epilepsy. My greatest improvement in the reduction of...

Infantile spasms (IS) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) are both seizure disorders that affect children. Researchers have found that 1 in every 3 children that live with IS will one day...

What's the introduction you hear when you "become a woman"? How does it feel? You've become a woman. Realistically speaking, it is the most paramount level of pain, discomfort, and...

Nothing in my life has been as terrifying as when I didn't know if I'd hit someone with my car during an epileptic seizure and then drove off. Hit and...

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work," Thomas Edison once said about his quest to invent the light bulb. Good words. The more experiences I...

EpilepsyDisease.com recently hosted our first Instagram Live with our Health Leaders Natalie Beavers, Derra Howard, and Anita Meeks to share their experiences living with epilepsy. Our conversation covered personal experiences...

A seizure takes place when there is a sudden electrical surge in the brain. How this surge affects a person with epilepsy depends on the location of the seizure. Symptoms...

Living a life with epilepsy can be difficult. There are many downsides of epilepsy. And it takes a really strong heart and mind to live with this condition. One of...

Since I was 16 years old, I have traveled to many different places. During my travels, whether they are day trips or 2-week trips I always take my epilepsy into...

Being a female and developing a chronic illness comes with its own obstacles. Not only are we now made to navigate the reality of having a chronic illness, but we...

Recently I watched a news article about a local school that was able to save a young adult who was having a drug overdose by using NARCAN Nasal Spray. This...

Many people worried about what epilepsy will do to loving relationships, but I think the majority are very genuine with the marital vow, "In sickness and in health." Actually, for...