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.

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.

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?

It’s something every single person, young or old who lives with epilepsy faces…those rotten side effects of their medication(s). Moodiness, weight gain, weight loss, depression, hair loss, stress, drowsiness, dizziness, speech issues, cognitive issues, poor memory and concentration, irritability and overactivity in children…the list goes on.

It’s something that’s becoming more and more prevalent, people who suffer from epilepsy, they either don’t have health insurance or have recently lost their coverage.