List of Suggested General Topics

You are invited to contribute an article on one of these or another topic:

• Coping with a new diagnosis of epilepsy
• How to navigate the education bureaucracy for special needs children
• The process of deciding for or against having epilepsy surgery
• What do people want in an antiepileptic medication?
• How to handle epilepsy in the workplace
• How to get the most out of a doctors visit
• What can be done when you can't afford your medicines?
• How to remember to take medicines?
• When is it safe to drive and when not?
• Mood changes linked to seizures
• Postictal psychosis (loss of touch with reality after a seizure)
• Can a seizure lead to aggression?
• Seizure-assist pets
• The tragedy of SUDEP: sudden unexplained death in epilepsy
• Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: a patient's perspective
• Thoughts on having children when you have epilepsy
• How to find information and resources about epilepsy
• Not alone: how to connect with the epilepsy community
• Dealing with the stigma and prejudice attached to epilepsy
• Seizures during military service
• Epilepsy and insurance
• Strategies for coping with a bad memory
• How to advocate for epilepsy
• Recreational safety: how to protect without being over-protective
• How to establish local support groups
• Homeopathic treatments for epilepsy (Omega3 fish oil, vitamins, minerals, etc.)
• Biofeedback as a complementary treatment for epilepsy
• How can you do your own research to best evaluate and make your own decisions regarding what you hear from your neurologist and other medical professionals?
• What strategies can you use to get outside of your comfort zone to get the proper treatment? What if the treatment requires travel or some other circumstances that are difficult for you?
• How to deal with family members, caretakers or others who undermine rather than support your sense of self-sufficiency.
• Side effects of epilepsy medications
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and epilepsy medications
• Differentiating between migraine and simple partial epilepsy
• How epilepsy impacts the life of the caregiver/spouse of an epileptic. Coping strategies.
• Employment issues that arise when on disability. Can you work and if so, is there a limit on your earnings?
• Strategies for gaining and keeping a job when you have epilepsy
• Traveling, especially internationally, with epilepsy
• Traveling with a child or teen with epilepsy
• Dealing with cultural attitudes, discrimination and misconceptions about epilepsy
• How do seizures affect first and second language acquisition?
• Caring for an elderly parent when you have epilepsy
• Using self-hypnosis for easing seizure triggers
• Depression and suicidal tendencies in people with epilepsy
• Methods of stress reduction and management
• How to educate others about what it means to parent a child with epilepsy
• How to find economical transportation options for teens/young adults with epilepsy, when they cannot qualify for a driver’s license due to seizures
• Recovery from surgery

Last updated 1/23/09

We invite you, the reader, to add to these with additional topics. Just visit the Epilepsy Journal: Insights and Strategies forum and add your suggestion.

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Section Editor: Robert Fisher, M.D., Ph.D. and Robin Owen
Last reviewed: December 31, 2008