ps sights & S tr : In y ie eg at Epile s Issue 2, August 2009 A publication of the In this Issue: How to Get Pills into a Patient Who Can’t Swallow Them by Deborah Salae Managing Your Antiepileptic Medications for Cost Effectiveness by Randy Perkins, MPAS, PA-C, FNP Surviving a New Diagnosis of Epilepsy by Maryanna Morthensen Eight Years on the Ketogenic Diet: How a Grown-Up Took the Keto Plunge by Lynne Tagawa Understanding Your Health Insurance Options: A Practical Overview of Public and Private Resources by Abby Nash Getting and Keeping a Job in a Recession by Jeanette B. Herting Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Robert S. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D. BOARD MEMBERS Jason M. Johnson, Esq. Deerfield, Illinois Ronda M. Royal, Ph.D. Research Psychologist Portland, Oregon Michael D. Bentzon, M. Sc. Brondby, Denmark Brittany McCarthy Robersonville, North Carolina Elizabeth Aquino Parent and Writer Founder, PACE (People Against Childhood Epilepsy) www.paceusa.org Los Angeles, California Danielle M. Rocheford Author of “Mommy, I Feel Funny! A Child’s Experience with Epilepsy” Westminster, MA MANAGING EDITOR Robin Owen Sandra Cushner-Weinstein, PT, LCSW-C Director of Services and Camps, Department of Neurology at Children’s National Medical Center Washington, DC Stuart Ross McCallum Author and Freelance Journalist, Author of “Beyond My Control, One Man’s Struggle with Epilepsy, Seizure Surgery & Beyond” Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Michael J. Roszkowski, PhD Director, Institutional Research, La Salle University Cherry Hill, New Jersey Barbara Sizemore Brossard CRC LMHC NCC Executive Director, Epilepsy Association of WNY, Inc. Buffalo, New York PUBLISHED BY Epilepsy Therapy Project PO Box 742 Middleburg, VA 20118 (540) 687-8077 STAFF Chairman Warren Lammert President Joyce Cramer Executive Director Kim Macher Designed by Robin Owen and Karen Dredske COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright © 2009 by Epilepsy Therapy Project. Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work is not allowed without permission from the publisher. For permission, contact info@epilepsytherapyproject.org MISSION Epilepsy Therapy Project is a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate new ideas into therapies for people with epilepsy. ETP helps scientists develop new drugs and brain stimulators to treat epilepsy. The goal is to fast-track great ideas into treatments to reach people as fast as possible. Your donations go directly toward development of new treatments as well as to maintain epilepsy.com. 2 Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies August 2009