Lifestyle changes to prevent seizures is something that can come up quite regularly when you have epilepsy. As we kickstart 2021 you might be considering some epilepsy-related lifestyle resolutions for the year ahead. The start of a new year can be a good time to reflect on our health. Especially Read more…
Epilepsy can creep into every aspect of your life. It can flip your world upside down and change your lifestyle before you even know what’s going on. When I was diagnosed it really felt like my world had been shaken. I now had a chronic illness and there was nothing Read more…
For many people with epilepsy, it’s completely normal to have a pretty horrendous memory. Epilepsy creates memory problems that are just plain unnecessary and can be more than your standard forgetfulness. Words escape you and play hide and seek, not letting you articulate them until they’re ready to be found. Read more…
Life with epilepsy isn’t simple. You need a support system and at times you need to rely on that support system heavily. This can often lead to strong feelings of guilt, of being an inconvenience to those around you. Epilepsy took a chunk of my freedom and replaced it with Read more…
Epilepsy anxiety doesn’t seem to be talked about much for one reason or another. In all honesty, it can be very easy to assume that epilepsy only consists of physical seizures like tonic-clonic seizures. How I wish this was the case. In reality, epilepsy comes with a whole host of Read more…