Clair’s Story: Adjusting to life with seizures and to living seizure-free
Clair shares her story of becoming an adult with seizures and the adjustments she made to living seizure-free as well as perspectives she gained along the way.… Read More
Memory and Epilepsy: Through the haze of epilepsy medication
Every morning, I gulp a pill that transforms my past into historical fiction. The medication which manages my epilepsy, also devours my memory.… Read More
Women and Epilepsy: Pregnancy and the Ketogenic Diet
Women and Epilepsy: Becky shares her experience with epilepsy, pregnancy and the ketogenic diet.… Read More
International Epilepsy Day: from Ireland to Australia with refractory epilepsy
Maria Elizabeth invites us along on her twenty-one year journey with refractory epilepsy as she travels the world and completes her doctorate.… Read More
International Epilepsy Day: Discovering the impact of sharing one’s story
By sharing my story I discovered the social connections within the epilepsy community. Speaking about how I overcame the fear of uncertainty of having seizure was a different kind of exposure for me.… Read More
International Epilepsy Day: One woman’s journey with epilepsy in Zimbabwe
Lisa, who has grown up in Zimbabwe and Kenya, shares how living with epilepsy has had both a physical and psychological effect on her.… Read More
Researcher Shares Her Own Patient’s Perspective
Mia L. van der Kop shares her perspective as both a researcher and a patient in an article published in the highly regarded scientific journal, Epilepsia. Read an excerpt here.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Pregnancy planning and Epilepsy
Erica shares the story of her pregnancy planning journey, while also managing epilepsy.… Read More