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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...

It has always been difficult to explain my epilepsy to my family and peers. There are a handful of reasons for this. However, the largest obstacle is that I don't...

Nothing – and I repeat nothing – has provoked more hatred from me than a particular restriction that was imposed upon me because of epilepsy. Likewise, nothing has aroused the...

Safety is so important. No matter how recent your last seizure was. If you are taking medication or are still diagnosed with epilepsy, you should always be prepared. Although it...

When I was 18 (8 years ago), I recall wanting to switch from my 50mg carbamazepine medicine to Keppra (levetiracetam) after reading a Facebook group's review of how it had...

Some may ask how I know when I had a seizure in my sleep. Honestly, I wake up with war wounds. I usually wake up feeling extremely tired, even though...

When a person with epilepsy has a seizure, the electrical activity in their brain is disrupted. Clusters of nerve cells, called neurons, send too many electrical signals at too fast...

"I think you have temporal lobe epilepsy, and occasionally have secondary generalizations." My very first appointment with a neurologist came a few days after running a marathon in Seattle when...

Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes seizures. The condition affects about 6 out of every 1,000 children aged 0 to 17. Some children with epilepsy have developmental delays. About...

"What does it feel like to have an epileptic seizure?" People have asked me that and I've returned them glances probably like I thought they were morons. Isn’t it simple?...

I have multiple illnesses and disabilities so when I enquired about a support group for epilepsy, my GP at the time told me I was "too different for one of...

Some of us are natural-born caregivers and some of us need more time and energy to learn the skill of caregiving. It is a balancing act of caring for yourself...

Having epilepsy brings on a whole lot of other symptoms and each medication has many possible side effects. For me, and many others, one of the biggest issues we can...

My mom had a nickname for me during my teen years, but she didn’t mean it in a doting way: "Dr. David Banner." Some of you are familiar with that...

Being pregnant can often mean morning sickness, nausea, and vomiting are in store. And sometimes, this escalates to the next level... Hyperemesis gravidarum is no joke. Combining this with the...

A common thing ill and disabled people experience – like those of us with epilepsy – is grief and grieving the person they could've been or the things they used...