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I have Epilepsy all my life
Thu, 11/13/2014 - 05:27Hi I am 31 female I have had Epilepsy all my life.I have been struggling with it all my life.I have real bad my clonic twitches If I forget to take my meds.It gets worse.I am trying to find out more out my Epilepsy.So I thought I would join to figure out if other people like me that have had it all there life like me.And what suggestions they have to help me.I have a hard time losgin weight being Epiletic.To me I feel like Its a curse.My mom had it when she was young and I am wondering maybe it might be genetic.So I am trying to find other support groups to help me through some of the struggles I have had with this.I have had hard time getting a job because of my seizsures.I am wondering If other people are having a hard like like I am job wise.
Epilepsy isn't genetic. I'm
Submitted by Chrissyml on Sat, 2014-11-22 - 14:32
Epilepsy isn't genetic. I'm the only one in my family who has it. Neither of my kids have it. I work full time and have for years. Currently I'm in housekeeping and before that I worked unloading containers. It's important to find things you enjoy and not let epilepsy run your life. Depression causes even more memory problems than epilepsy does.