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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...

I had to laugh. Cardboard boxes scattered across the floor in my new Minneapolis apartment. I unpacked 1 and reached in to find something I hadn't seen since high school...

As the new year approached, I solidified my transition to my new neurologist. During our first meeting, we discussed my care plan for my pregnancy and related it to my...

Childhood epilepsy can have long-term consequences for those with the condition. But epilepsy also affects the parents and caregivers of children who have it. Caring for a child with epilepsy...

My seizures started my sophomore year of college when I was involved in different clubs and organizations every day of the week, beyond just my studies. I was in the...

The first time I slipped my car keys into a drawer for the unforeseeable future was like locking up my independence. I was 25 years old and a car had...