Emily’s Perspective: Home Treatment
This month I am going to be focusing on home treatment for Epilepsy. There are a few things you can do to make things a little less stressful or tiring.… Read More
The Sacred Disease: Desperation drives a young doctor to open up about her epilepsy
In “The Sacred Disease: My Life with Epilepsy”, Kristin Seaborg, MD shares her personal epilepsy story. She was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy at age 18. Though her seizures were managed fairly well during college, the grueling hours of residency training, caused Dr. Seaborg’s seizures to slip out of control. … Read More
Beyond medication: A tiny device making a big difference
A tiny device called AspireSR offers a little hope to Rachael, diagnosed with the rare Aicardi Syndrome, and her parents.… Read More
Epilepsy Blog Relay™: Seeing Seizures from a New Perspective
Though I’ve lived with Epilepsy for most of my life, watching a family member experience seizures for the first time was harder than I ever imagined.… Read More
Emily’s Perspective: Facts and Myths about Epilepsy
Do you know the differences between facts and myths surrounding Epilepsy?… Read More
Leila’s Ideas: Balancing Life and Epilepsy
Trying to live a “normal” life while managing Epilepsy can be difficult. How are you balancing life and epilepsy?… Read More
Rich’s Story: Seizures for more than 50 years
This personal story submitted by Rich who has lived with psychomotor seizures for 60 years. I hope you enjoy getting to know Rich’s story and benefit from his experience as much as I have. Rich’s Story I have now had psychomotor seizures (along with a few grand mal) for 60 years. They … Read More
Brittany’s Story: How it all began
The beginning It all began when I was in middle school. I remember sitting down watching TV when suddenly I stood up to give my mom a hug and I fell down unexpectedly. I went to the hospital, and after some tests, they said I had a seizure. Even though I had … Read More