temporal lobe epilepsy Archives

16 Nov 2018

Epilepsy Blog Relay: The temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) experience

by Guest Contributor | posted in: Nov 18 EBR Posts, Personal Epilepsy Stories, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | 2

Nancy remembers how her temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) seizures always began with a feeling of deja vu and a sensation of falling.

14 Nov 2018

Epilepsy Blog Relay: A screenwriter shares her experience with epilepsy

by Jessica Keenan Smith | posted in: Nov 18 EBR Posts, Personal Epilepsy Stories | 0

Alisa Kennedy Jones, a screenwriter and author of GOTHAM GIRL INTERRUPTED found herself diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of forty.

13 Nov 2018

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Lily on living with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

by Guest Contributor | posted in: Nov 18 EBR Posts, Personal Epilepsy Stories | 0

Lily was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in her 40s. She shares her journey from diagnosis to a treatment that works for her.

27 Jun 2018

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Elaine uses poetry to cope with adversity and a life with TLE

by Guest Contributor | posted in: Guest Posts, Jun 18 EBR Posts, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | 0

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 … Read More

25 Jun 2018

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Déjà Vu and temporal lobe epilepsy in real life

by Guest Contributor | posted in: Jun 18 EBR Posts, Personal Epilepsy Stories, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | 1

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.