My Beautiful 12-Year-Old Daughter That Is an Epilepsy WarriorHi, I'm Miyah's mom. She is 12 years old and was diagnosed with generalized tonic clonic seizures and myoclonic absence seizures 3 years ago. Blinking lights and those school lights... By CommunityMembera10ae61 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Choosing PositivityI first started having petit mal seizures in 1970 when I had 3 major head injuries in a matter of 3 months. At first they were diagnosed as frontal lobe... By CommunityMemberf690d52 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Julie's Epilepsy StoryI got diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 1-and-a-half years old. I am still dealing with seizures and I am almost 36 years old. It has impacted me a lot... By CommunityMemberddab5a1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Finally Diagnosed with EpilepsyI was finally diagnosed at the age of 29 after being passed along from doctor to doctor since I was at least 15 years old due to the fact most... By CommunityMembereb89af1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Epilepsy Since a ToddlerI had epilepsy since I was 2 years old, but everyone including doctors thought they were panic attacks. They would come and go every other year and would stay for... By Gina2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
36 and Diagnosed With EpilepsyAt 36 my husband kept telling me: "something is wrong you keep staring off and can't respond." I told him he was crazy, that I was fine and that didn't... By CommunityMember580a681 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
One Step at a Time as a Mom With EpilepsyI was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19 and in an instant my life changed. Simple things like birth control, etc., now had to be a thoroughly thought-out process. So when... By CommunityMember77f2a93 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Receiving Acknowledgment From the Outside World About EpilepsyI hate it when my husband and I go shopping. Especially around the holidays... My husband will tell me there is flashing lights ahead. However, in the outside world, that's... By CommunityMember468b171 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Trying to surviveI’ve had epilepsy since I was 5 years old. I was on tegretol up until I was 10 years old then taken off of it because I wasn’t showing any... By Lindie19726 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments4 comments
A Bit About Me...My name is Esmeralda, and I've had epilepsy since is was 14 years old. I've basically been living with this terminal disease for 10 years now. I have grand mal... By Esme2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Averys Fight With Glycine encephalopathy (GCE)/ Nonketotic hyperglycinemiaAvery has Glycine encephalopathy (GCE) or nonketotic hyperglycinemia is an inborn error of glycine metabolism, inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to a defect in her GLDC gene in... By AndieN7772 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Is it "just" epilepsy?I was 16 years old when I had my first grand mal seizure. I was asleep in my bed and felt a strange sort of pressure on my right side... By GabbyFormicaHU2 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Welcome to EpilepsyDisease.com StoriesAt EpilepsyDisease.com, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with or caring for someone with epilepsy can be a challenge, but the more we share... By Editorial Team 1 min readBookmark for laterReactions0reactionsComments0 comments