Those of us who live with Epilepsy, or those who care for someone living with Epilepsy view parenthood in a unique way.

Switching doctors…or even getting a second opinion shouldn’t be something you fear. It’s a necessary part of your care.

If you’re like me, when it comes to your illness–in this case Epilepsy, if it’s time to try something new, whether it’s an anti-seizure medication, a test, a new doctor, treatment center or alternative therapy, the research floodgates are opened. My computer becomes my best friend.

“Pick a passion.” That was the advice of a great neurologist I began seeing in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins several years ago. After looking over my medical records and my overall situation, he told me that it was likely my cognitive skills would suffer, my memory would be damaged and everything I had learned about [...]

If you’re like me, you are so hungry to learn more about your Epilepsy. I can’t get enough data; online, in books, at conferences, from my doctors. In my more than seven years living with this disease, I’ve realized that not only do I gobble up information from my doctors and those various resources, but I’m taught by others who [...]

Alternative therapies for Epilepsy…the question is: do they work and are they truly safe? And, most important, is there an alternative therapy that is right for you?

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 [...]

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

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?