The seizures have drastically changed your moods and behavior, whether you realize it or not. How they affect your behavior depends on how long you have had Epilepsy and on your stage in life.

I received an email yesterday from a lovely woman who began reading my blog last week (I’m grateful I am beginning to attract an audience)! She explained to me, in detail, that she has had Epilepsy since childhood, and she is what doctors call, “Drug-Resistant”. In other words, her anti-seizure medications just don’t work. Some [...]

The Epilepsy Foundation and Lawmakers are doing some fighting for us on the issue of Medication Switching, but we as patients must advocate for ourselves.

How do kids with a disability like Epilepsy achieve success in the future? It can happen…with a lot of effort and a lot of advice…

With the holidays quickly approaching…I thought I would offer some gifts for you, my readers; a few ways to reach out to friends and family…spread the word on Epilepsy research, seizure-smart and all of the great things that are happening in the Epilepsy community. This blog, I hope will be a very positive experience, and something which I think will be around for a long time.

Most everyone who has seizures knows…memory loss can be a brutal side effect from both the seizures themselves and the anti-epileptic medications.

The Portuguese actress in the UK who was attempting an epileptic seizure as art, failed in her attempt. Now the failure is attracting about as much attention as the attempt itself.

I had a miserable weekend. I think I had a total of 16 seizures this weekend, after not having a single episode for probably six or seven weeks. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t fooling myself. I didn’t exactly think I was ‘cured’…but up until Saturday morning when this onslaught of seizures began, I was feeling pretty good!

The holidays can certainly contribute to more seizure activity due to stress in people with epilepsy. So how do we survive without letting seizures overtake our holiday-time?

All of the anti-seizure medications don’t work for you, surgery has not been successful…you are still not seizure-free. How do you continue to live a happy life?