A little inspiration. Here is my story.

I had my first confirmed Grand Mal seizure when i was eleven. I was having them daily only when is wake up in the middle of the night.The local doctors in my area insisted that it was a sleep disorder and so began sleep studies, MRI, eeg, and a few others that i can't remember. All came back inconclusive at which point i was sent to Dartmouth the first day he prescribed me tegretol which reduced the frequency to monthly which i dealt with till I was 25 at which point i had probably my worst that i know of and went into status epilepticus. Finally my doctor decided that the medicine regretfully wasn't effective enough. So he prescribed me lamictal 300mg twice daily and midazolam buccal. I have been seizure free for 3 years now I've been able to get my license a job to get some work references since then my life has turned around i am no longer depressed and have an amazing job at a local university. The medicine change was rough because it caused a case of acut pancreatitis (OUCH!) As for the after effects migraine for days, confusion to the point of not knowing who, what, when and even where i was. I've come out of seizures with the whole left side of my body paralyzed ,bawling , covered in blood occasionally, broken teeth, broken ankle, and severe vomiting. I would often feel bad because the people around me had to witness this and when I could comprehend what had happened I'd sit in my room alone waiting and wishing things had been different but guess what i wouldn't be the person i am today if it wasn't for those. It has given me a greater appreciation of life. Often people ask me why I'm always happy and my reply is always why be sad life's too short there's enough bad stuff going on in the world at least if i smile and say hello it will make that person's day just a little bit better.