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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...

Seizure education for teachers was something I'd never thought about while growing up because I wasn't diagnosed with epilepsy until my mid-20s. In my small Minnesota town, I'd never witnessed...

The holiday season is always an exciting time. It's especially joyful when you can share your traditions with your children. Last year, my daughter was too young to understand. But...

There's a job opportunity for the epileptic community with the nation's drought of teachers – and substitute teachers. From all the people I've gotten to know, I think that a...

In an earlier article I wrote about my top 3 seizure triggers – anxiety, overworking, and intense emotions. But when it comes to what increases my seizure activity, my list...

Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...

As an adult, have you ever asked a loved one what it feels like for them to see you living with the daily struggles of epilepsy? My epilepsy diagnosis came...

Mathematics was my worst subject in school, but let me show you what appears to be a cool algebra formula for life: (S x T = P) (P + L)...

I strongly support the use of seizure predicting dogs. The Epilepsy Foundation explains that it takes 6 months to 2 years to fully train 1 of these specialized service animals...

I remember the day of my first seizure like it happened yesterday. I remember sitting in 1 of my college classes, October 2014, listening to my professor go over social...