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Friday, April 26, 2024
Inspiring Others With Epilepsy Like Me
My name is Liv. I was diagnosed with epilepsy around 10 years old, and it has been quite a journey. I have been diagnosed with generalized epilepsy...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
You Are Stronger Than You Know
My first seizure was unexpected. I was 20, and it was my junior year of college. After numerous doctors and tests , I was diagnosed with generalized...
Monday, April 15, 2024
Advocating for Healthy Living With Epilepsy
My epilepsy journey began as a teenager when I had very vague symptoms, including feeling very tired and occasional lightheadedness. It was having a...
Friday, April 05, 2024
Finding My Passion Despite a Challenging Journey
I experienced temporal lobe focal seizures but was told I was suffering from uncontrolled anxiety. After many years of misdiagnosis, I was formally...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
Listen to Your Body
I first started having focal seizures in my senior year of high school in 2015. I was unsure what my body was doing and assumed it was just a twitch...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
There Is Hope
My name is David, and I have been living with epilepsy since 2000 when I had my first seizure while driving my car back in the UK. I was planning on...
Friday, March 22, 2024
A Traumatic Brain Injury Caused My Seizures
I didn’t understand what it meant when my family told me I had epilepsy. I didn’t remember having any seizures, but then again, I didn’t remember much...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Honoring the Memory of Easton
My son Easton was born on August 6, 2019. He was a happy and healthy baby as far as we knew. In February 2020, however, Easton fainted in his high...
Friday, March 08, 2024
From Low Self-Esteem to Sharing My Story
Growing up, I was a very happy and healthy kid with no health concerns. Then, one day at a summer camp back in 2011, my health changed for the worse...
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
No Matter What Happens, I’ll Be Okay
In 2011, I had my first tonic-clonic seizure. I remember having muscle spasms that morning and feeling so out of touch. I couldn't tell what was real...