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Patient stories

Raising epilepsy awareness in Uganda
November 14, 2020

This year has been so difficult for everyone, but for people living with Epilepsy in...

Personal stories of living with epilepsy stigma
June 8, 2013

Several of you have submitted stories your personal experience with epilepsy stigma. Thank you to...

Shareable Quotes from Epilepsy Blog Relay Stories
July 6, 2021

Here are a few great quotes from this month's Epilepsy Blog Relay stories. Feel free...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Choosing hope despite brain tumor related epilepsy
June 1, 2022

Amber shares her story of brain surgery and brain tumor related epilepsy. She shares her...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Former Christian Fundamentalist on Epilepsy and the Bible
March 21, 2019

Elaine, a former Christian Fundamentalist, looks at epilepsy and the bible. She reminds us that...

5 tips for dealing with an epilepsy diagnosis
July 8, 2021

Many of us will face a devastating diagnosis and some will even face life with...

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Epilepsy Blog Relay: Improving Adherence Requires a Team Approach
December 5, 2019

Medication "adherence is a crucial part of the journey toward seizure freedom, but for many...

Charles’ Story: Complex Partial and Simple Partial Seizures
August 15, 2013

Charles’ Story: 50 years of living with complex partial and simple partial seizures At the...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Emily on using the Embrace2 to track her Epilepsy
November 8, 2019

I was reluctant to purchase the Embrace2 at first, but I've found this watch has...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Ways to help with medication costs
March 7, 2019

This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from March 1 through March 31....

Stephanie’s Story: Beating the Seizures
August 23, 2016

One smart doctor chose to put me on divalproex, otherwise known as valproate, because he...

IG Live with Fran Turauskis of SeizeYourAdventure
March 31, 2020

Fran Turauskis of SeizeYourAdventure.com has come up with a great way to bring the outdoors...

Words resonate: College roommate reconnects over epilepsy
April 4, 2016

I heard from my college roommate the other day with a story of witnessing a...

Patience and Epilepsy: A great ally when it comes to managing stress
March 15, 2021

Patience has been Justin's best ally when it comes to epilepsy. By recognizing side effects...

Emily’s Story: Absence Seizures – Part 1
March 3, 2013

I sat in class, as my friends and I chatted about how we would love...

Edward shares his experience with epilepsy and assistance dogs
November 11, 2020

Edward has been fighting a battle with epilepsy for over thirty years. But life changed...

Epilepsy – My Invisible Disability
July 6, 2021

Edward shares, "For the past thirty-three years, I have been living with epilepsy, an invisible...

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Epilepsy Blog Relay: Racing Toward Seizure Freedom
April 12, 2022

Former TV news anchor and marathon runner Sarah Carlson shares about her journey with epilepsy...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: The temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) experience
November 16, 2018

Nancy remembers how her temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) seizures always began with a feeling of...

On SUDEP and New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE)
November 28, 2020

Comedian and actor, Bob Dibuono, shares his family's experience with SUDEP and New-Onset Refractory Status...

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Avery’s Fight With Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH)
Pro Golfer Kenzie O’Connell On Taking Control of Her Epilepsy and Fighting for Zero Seizures
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Pregnancy, epilepsy and finding gratitude
Epilepsy Blog Relay: I’m tired of fighting within the epilepsy community
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Epilepsy Stigma in Teens and Adults
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Taking on Imposter Syndrome and Epilepsy
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Epilepsy and planning a family
Epilepsy Blog Relay: My beef with SUDEP Research
Epilepsy Blog Relay: New epilepsy diagnosis after seven years
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Developing a creative life while managing epilepsy
Epilepsy Blog Relay: A soon to be graduate searches for hope
Epilepsy Blog Relay: 5 things Cancer taught me about Epilepsy
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Coach gets honest about her epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy Blog Relay: A seizure while driving made her hopeful
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Help from an epilepsy support group
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Choosing hope despite brain tumor related epilepsy
FDA offers new hope for families facing rare disease
Epilepsy Blog Relay: Chantal writes a letter to epilepsy
Epilepsy Blog Relay: On life changing decisions and brain surgery
Epilepsy Blog Relay: On Epilepsy and Pregnancy

Pro Golfer Kenzie O’Connell On Taking Control of Her Epilepsy and Fighting for Zero Seizures

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Pregnancy, epilepsy and finding gratitude

Epilepsy Blog Relay: I’m tired of fighting within the epilepsy community

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Epilepsy Stigma in Teens and Adults

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Taking on Imposter Syndrome and Epilepsy

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Epilepsy and planning a family

Epilepsy Blog Relay: My beef with SUDEP Research

Epilepsy Blog Relay: New epilepsy diagnosis after seven years

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