Epilepsy Blog Relay: What’s the deal with alcohol and epilepsy?
A common question adults with epilepsy ask is, “Can you drink alcohol when you have epilepsy?” So here’s some info on epilepsy and alcohol.… Read More
Alison’s Story: When a Seizure Happens at Work
It was a usual Tuesday at work filled with meetings and upcoming projects. Alison lost time in the afternoon and as she pieced together what happened, she realized it was a seizure.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Story of a mother and son with epilepsy and autism spectrum
Audra, who writes Our Life With Autism, shares the life and adventures of mother and son with epilepsy and autism spectrum.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Elaine uses poetry to cope with adversity and a life with TLE
This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™, which will run from June 1 to June 30, 2018. Follow along! Elaine’s Story I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age four. At that time, early 1960s, one of the few medications available for epilepsy was phenobarbital. Concerned about negative side effects for … Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Déjà Vu and temporal lobe epilepsy in real life
At 29, I began to experience mysterious episodes of déjà vu followed by nausea and exhaustion. It took doctors 5 yrs and a tonic clonic seizure to diagnose these episodes as epilepsy.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Dana is loving life as an epilepsy mom
I never expected to be on this journey as an Epilepsy Mom but here I am.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Building supportive relationships within the special needs community
Jes now writes Wishes for Mercy to inspire families battling epilepsy and to build supportive relationships within the special needs community.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Alison’s post on stigma
Alison writes about stigma and epilepsy on her blog Shed Light on Epilepsy. In her recent post she encourages us to think about our epilepsy in a new way.… Read More