|
|

My Epilepsy Diary helps you take control of your epilepsy.

Epilepsy is expensive, averaging additional annual medical costs near $5,000 per person with epilepsy in the US

Depression is common and often undertreated in people with epilepsy
| Haven't been to the site lately? Wondering what news you've missed? Check out the running archive of stories that were featured in the "What's New" column of the newsletter. | |
![]() |
Warren Lammert, Chairman to give the keynote address at this year's Living With Epilepsy Symposium in Durham, NC on November 7th. Don't miss the Epilepsy Talk Radio show about the symposium on November 4th at 8pm ET. |
![]() |
The second issue of the Epilepsy: Insights & Strategies journal is out, with articles about how to swallow pills, managing cost of medicines, surviving an epilepsy diagnosis, ketogenic diet for adults, understanding health insurance, and getting a job. Read more here . . . |
![]() |
Keto News: Using Ketogenic Diets for Emergencies Dr. Kossoff discusses the use of the Ketogenic diet for status epilepticus. Read about it here. |
![]() |
Medications That Can Provoke Seizures Check your current or possible future medicines against this list, and confer with your doctor if you suspect that a medicine might be making your seizures worse. Check out your medicines here |

Hapa's mission to give back does not stop with the DJ and hip hop community. Hapa just recently took on the role as the national spokesperson for Epilepsy Therapy Project and epilepsy.com, an organization which raises money to fund research to find new therapies for people living with Epilepsy. "It is a gift to me. It means a lot to me personally. I want people to know that you can have epilepsy and you can succeed."

Chanda Gunn will always be a winner for people with epilepsy. She is a true example of how someone with epilepsy can overcome obstacles. Chanda was the USA Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey goaltender, and bronze medal winner of the 2006 Winter Olympics. We are proud to say that she is also a Spokesperson for the Epilepsy Therapy Project.
First:
Create a Profile
Then, have complete access to
A Customized my.epilepsy.com Experience
Epilepsy.com's Online Community
My Epilepsy Diary
A Personal Web Space
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Surgery is the way to go! Slowly but surely recovering! | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| mark_88 | ||
| A Scary Doctor | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| snoodle | ||
| 12 year old with complex febrile seizures | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| lesevonnne | ||
| Simple Partials Seizures-What Are Yours Like & Duration? | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| Maria7 | ||
| Might Calcium Disorders Cause Seizures? | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| Nerak95 | ||
| Might Calcium disorders Cause Seizures? | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| Nerak95 | ||
| Topamax,Keppra causing liver damage?! | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| baubua24 | ||
| Ecstatic Seizures | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| victoria.w | ||
| Embarrassed | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| kyrissa | ||
| 8 year old with rolandic epilepsy | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| robin510 | ||
| View all Forums | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| my.epilepsy.com Updates | 20,421 | |
| epi_help | ||
| topamax and weight loss | 18,946 | |
| alexia mom | ||
| kepra | 18,834 | |
| brian mattingly | ||
| Possible cure for absence seizures | 15,714 | |
| pdl1 | ||
| Epilepsy and marijuana | 15,207 | |
| cjad234 | ||
| Sexual Side Effects | 13,076 | |
| George R | ||
| How exactly do aura's feel | 12,888 | |
| WendyBendy | ||
| MEDICAL ALERT I.D.'s | 11,355 | |
| picnupthepcs | ||
| Over 40 Different Types Of Seizures - Revised | 10,009 | |
| spiz | ||
| electrical shock in head? | 9,420 | |
| Maggie | ||
| View all Forums | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Heck of a day | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| 4mygirl2 | ||
| The Last Voice | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| cindy thacher | ||
| Ugg boots | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| shirts | ||
| UGG lays its charm | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| shirts | ||
| UGG lays its charm | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| shirts | ||
| 29 years old, had seizures since I was 8. | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| dkalra | ||
| Stroll for Epilepsy Awareness | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| bookworm03 | ||
| Epilepsy Advocacy | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| krjohnson | ||
| Hello Again, catching up! | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| chandagunn | ||
| PowerPoint to Youtube | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| dwightgenius | ||
| View all Blogs | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| Inspirational Quote - My Own Personal Inner Thoughts | 8,002 | |
| Butterflygrl | ||
| my partial complex seizures | 3,856 | |
| Zanna1211 | ||
| Topomax... The Dreaded......... | 3,647 | |
| Dr Jason | ||
| Brain Zaps, tics & twitches | 3,463 | |
| JudiS | ||
| side effects of phenobarb. | 3,061 | |
| pksmom | ||
| Feeling Sick | 2,890 | |
| JBJ1984 | ||
| How can you tell if a sleep seizure happens? | 2,853 | |
| epl_controller | ||
| Tegretol XR and ANXIETY meds | 2,790 | |
| Butterflygrl | ||
| TYLENOL, AEDs & SEIZURES | 2,699 | |
| cmscribbles | ||
| Nonepileptic "Events" vs. "Seizures" | 2,590 | |
| teft | ||
| View all Blogs | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| Project Uplift | Nov 4, 2009 | |
| tamliniscute | ||
| SEIZURE FREE | Nov 3, 2009 | |
| gracie9933 | ||
| EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP NORTH CAROLINA | Oct 9, 2009 | |
| Roxanne D | ||
| Community Feedback on Proposed New epilepsy.com Feature | Sep 30, 2009 | |
| kdredske | ||
| Parent with Child with Epilepsy,Dystonia, and Autism | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| TashaCole | ||
| RX outreach Program | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| mw | ||
| Fun and Games | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| phylisfjohnson | ||
| Epilepsy and Memory Loss?? | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| lindseygthatsme | ||
| Epileptic Postictal Psychosis | Sep 14, 2009 | |
| Bravedefender | ||
| Northern California Volunteers | Sep 11, 2009 | |
| cannemo73 | ||
| View all Groups | ||
| Title | Posted | |
|---|---|---|
| My Mother suffers from absence seizures | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| baubua24 | ||
| My Meningioma Story | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| Maria7 | ||
| My First time | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| SteveDaw | ||
| My Epilepsy | Nov 7, 2009 | |
| amberbrady5384 | ||
| The crazy spiritual journey that is a seizure. | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| zeus1223 | ||
| 29 years old; epilepsy since I was 8. | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| dkalra | ||
| my experience with epilepsy | Nov 6, 2009 | |
| Sabia | ||
| Family with Epilepsy | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| thunley | ||
| My Story Of How I Was Diagnosed With Epilepsy. | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| bass_babyx | ||
| Lorrelei71 | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| Lorrelei71 | ||
| View all Stories | ||
| Title | Page Views | |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Roiz | 2,274 | |
| kroiz | ||
| (TLE) seizures, most misunderstood condition | 862 | |
| wenko | ||
| my story | 466 | |
| snoby | ||
| Always Have On Clean Underwear | 437 | |
| crashllama | ||
| Kelly's Life With Epilepsy | 416 | |
| kjcanada1979 | ||
| my brain has died a thousand deaths........... | 394 | |
| banffgirl | ||
| What My Seizures Are Like...... | 377 | |
| javaman | ||
| Nocturnal grand mal seizures (primary generalized epilepsy) | 330 | |
| karalyeva | ||
| Life......... | 329 | |
| dizzygal | ||
| Crystal's story | 326 | |
| Crystal11 | ||
| View all Stories | ||
