Traveling with epilepsy: from hiding epilepsy to advocate
You may know Laura as “Traveling with Epilepsy” from Instagram. Here she shares her epilepsy story from newly diagnosed to epilepsy advocate.
Bryan on Living Well With Epilepsy
Bryan had his first seizure at 16. He didn’t expect to “live well with epilepsy,” in fact, he hoped to live well in denial.
Gina’s Story: Navigating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) from childhood to adulthood
Gina was born with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). As a child, the doctors tried everything, but her seizures got worse. Now as an adult she’s thriving!
Clair’s Story: Adjusting to life with seizures and living seizure-free
Clair shares her story of journeying through adulthood with seizures and to living seizure-free and the perspective she gained along the way.
Rachel’s Story: The fight for her dreams while facing epilepsy
Despite facing over 20 seizures a day, Rachel shares her story of her journey to have the life she dreamed as a personal trainer.
Kathryn’s Story: Motherhood and Epilepsy
Kathryn shares her experience with motherhood and epilepsy. She teaches her first child seizure first aid and her second how to cope with his own epilepsy.
Tamu’s Journey with Myoclonic and Tonic Clonic Epilepsy
Tamu was diagnosed with epilepsy at 14. She experienced myoclonic seizures for a several years prior to this diagnosis, and had her first tonic clonic seizure in the summer of 2014
Medications and Fitness: The Two-Sided Conversation
Vinay learned to ask about side effects as they related to his intense fitness plan whenever his neurologist changed his epilepsy medications.