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Topic: Creative Corner

A poem about coping with seizure anxiety

10/2017 | 2 Comments

How to Fear, How to Live Plato said courage is knowing what not to fear. I think courage is knowing how to fear. How to fear but smile. How to fear...
Driving

10/2017 | 0 Comments

Hello all, I am wondering about transportation to work after having a seizure. Usually, I am able to drive but if I have one I am out for 3 months. I...
The Thing with Feathers

07/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi! My name is McCall Hoyle. I'm a high school English teacher and a debut author. My first book, THE THING WITH FEATHERS, is about a teenage girl...
PPoem after major event

01/2017 | 0 Comments

Hi, I had a major event in which I had three seizures, fell down a flight of stairs and was admitted to the hospital. I still went home with...
Strong Enough

11/2016 | 1 Comments

You think I’m broken because you’ve seen it. This girl may be hurt but she’s still chosen. She’s beaten down by seizures but she’ll be open. The one...
Morgans Epilepsy Gems

07/2016 | 1 Comments

Hi! My sister, Morgan, has been a victim to epilepsy since 2010. She had a NeuroPace implanted August 2015. For the past year and a half, I have been...
My auras

04/2016 | 0 Comments

An unfamiliar street I walk. A distant memory, Feelings, sensations of moments lived before. Ive seen this previously. eyes shift to this running...
Forget Me Not (The Play)

01/2016 | 1 Comments

I have a full-length play entitled “Forget Me Not,” which is based on the true story of Rebeccah Propst, a 47-year-old Berthoud, Colorado woman who...
Epilepsy T-Shirts

01/2016 | 0 Comments

Hello fellow Epileptics - I'm a graphic designer for a living, and I've worked on some Epilepsy T-Shirt logos, etc. I got tired of the ribbon design -...
Medications

11/2015 | 1 Comments

hi everyone, I have a question.... Anyone here know if there is a big difference between generic medication brands and the original one? I started...
Help with work

11/2015 | 1 Comments

~~Hello, guys my name is Emma Morgan :) I am a third year student at Nottingham Trent University and I am real need of your help. I would like to...
Books about Epilepsy Stories

10/2015 | 1 Comments

Hi, everyone! I just read a book called Teagan's Story: Her Battle with Epilepsy. It was a good read! If anyone else has any book recommendations that...
Gift of my Epilepsy

10/2015 | 2 Comments

I have temporal lobe epilepsy and have "mystical/escatic" partial seizures and I started to paint few months ago.I was so fed up before painting that...
Suggestions for Epilepsy Tattoo

06/2015 | 3 Comments

Hey folks, I've wanted a tattoo on my ribs that represents my battle with epilepsy for a while now. Does anyone have one that they really like? I was...
Epilepsy and Creativity: Finding My Voice

06/2015 | 0 Comments

I was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy when I was 12. I'm now 33. Anticonvulsant medications keep my seizures under control. I'm well aware that...
Show me your deviantArt

03/2015 | 3 Comments

I want to meet more artist who also have epilepsy. Soleil-invictus.deviantart.com

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