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![Read Olivia's eJourney about how she is inspiring people with epilepsy](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2024-04/Olivia%20Chaponis%20eJourney%20Web%20Banner.png?itok=33j3Eirk)
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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...
![Sophia is sharing her journey with epilepsy during college](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2024-04/Sophia%20Goldberg%20eJourney%20Banner.png?itok=zfOHPeS0)
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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...
![Read Grace's story about the struggles she has faced and overcome with epilepsy](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2024-02/Grace%20Robertson-VillamagnaeJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=EeJ603mR)
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Shedding Light on the Struggles of Living With Epilepsy
I remember the first time I had an absence seizure . I was in my fifth-grade math class when I decided to raise my hand to answer a question asked by...
![Read Evelyn's story about how she manages her life with epilepsy and seizures](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-12/EvelynOdangoeJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=NtjxQSef)
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Accepting the "New" Me
I was diagnosed with focal onset and generalized epilepsy with uncontrolled seizures in July of 2023 after having a seizure at work. The subsequent...
![Read about Scott's journey as 1 in 26 people who experience epilepsy in their lifetime](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-11/ScottWellivereJourneyWebBanner1200x630.jpg?itok=oUqysHe_)
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
I Am 1 in 26
In 1970, I became one of the 26 individuals who developed epilepsy in their lifetime. At the time, my diagnosis was verbal auditory agnosia, which...
![Celia is sharing her journey with epilepsy and mental health to raise awareness](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-09/CeliaAldomeJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=oSch60lu)
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Thursday, October 05, 2023
Raising Awareness for Epilepsy and Mental Health
My name is Sid, and I have focal epilepsy and tonic-clonic seizures. My first seizure occurred on February 9, 2022, before I got ready for school. I...
![Read Selene's story about how making connections with people who experience epilepsy or seizures helped her on her journey](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-09/SeleneL%C3%A1szl%C3%B3eJourneyWebBanner_1200x630.jpg?itok=a1tiDzV6)
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Making Connections That Count
I started taking mixed martial arts (MMA) classes at the end of May in 2023, and during class, my coach noticed I was having "staring spells" during...
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Friday, February 17, 2023
Managing My Life with Epilepsy
I was nine years old when I had my first seizure. It was a snowy, cold winter day, and I was playing a hockey game at Norwich University with my team...
![Corina is sharing her eJourney about how epilepsy does not define the person that she is](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-01/Corina%20Fields%201200x630%20eJourney%20Banner.jpg?itok=V9icat2T)
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Don’t Stop Being Yourself
I was diagnosed with generalized epilepsy in 2010 after having a seizure that caused me to fall back on a hot, uncovered pipe. I was hospitalized for...
![After many years and multiple tests and medications, Ellowyn has not let her journey with epilepsy define her](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-01/eJourney%20Banner%20Ellowyn%20Kennedy_1200x630%C2%A0.jpg?itok=oEdldbrw)
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Your Epilepsy Journey Does Not Define Who You Are
In May 2015, I had my first electroencephalography (EEG) and was diagnosed with epilepsy. I was eight years old at the time. I had developed...