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High school and Epilepsy

Sun, 08/26/2007 - 23:30
Topic: Teen Zone
Hi everyone my name is Gina; I am 17 years old and a senior in high school. Even though my epilepsy isn't sever I still really feel like a total out sider. It’s not that fun epically at school. I struggle in school a lot epically when it comes to school home work and making new friends because they don’t always get what we are going through in our every day lives. I love to swim in the pool all the time. I also take private piano lesions and do crafts in my spare time for fun like knitting bags and more. I find them very fun. I don’t drive which is pirty disappointing because all of my friends get to. Does anyone feel the same way as me? Talk to ya’ll later.

Comments

Re: High school and Epilepsy

Submitted by babzy on Thu, 2007-11-01 - 01:26
hi gina, remembering back to those urs, i was pretty much a loner and i didnt do all that well in school. meds control thebrains ability to work..i was embarrassed by my epilepsy and i avoided everyone to avoid unkind words from others. i remember it being very hard to fit in with everyone and life in general but after awhile for some reason it didnt matter to me. as long as you can get up every day and do something productive for me and the world, the other little things dont matter...yes, you will think you have to work harder than most but nothing in life comes easy. my motto is " character. hard work equals charachter and the more you have , the better off you become.. stay well and live life.

Re: High school and Epilepsy

Submitted by AnnLori on Sun, 2007-11-04 - 00:03
Hi everyone. My daughter is 17, a junior in high school. She had surgery for her seizures in August 2006 and is seizure free and able to drive! She is having a hard time going to school and keeping up with classes. She is on Keppra. She has panic attacks or is ill when it comes time to go to school. By the time school is done she is feeling better. We don't know if this is side effect of medicine or the surgery. Her behavior has changed too. More testy and crabby, and does things I thought she wouldn't do. She has had to drop classes and has withdrwan from alot of her friends. Any body have any of these things happen to you?

Re: High school and Epilepsy

Submitted by sun_flowers0822 on Tue, 2008-04-08 - 16:53

I understand Im in junior high, and Im the only one who has partial complex seizures, it is definitely hard making new friends after they learned some of the things that happened to me :-)

I understand Im in junior high, and Im the only one who has partial complex seizures, it is definitely hard making new friends after they learned some of the things that happened to me :-)

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