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I Have Epilepsy
Sat, 07/26/2008 - 20:11Comments
Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...
Submitted by selesty on Fri, 2008-08-01 - 22:11
Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...
Submitted by banffgirl on Fri, 2008-08-01 - 22:51
I HAVE HAD EPILEPSY ALL MY LIFE. I AM 50 AND IT BECAME UNCONTROLABLE ABOUT 6 YRS AGO. I NEVER HATED MY LIFE BUT I HAD TROUBLE EXCEPTING MY NEW LIFE STYLE SINCE I COULD NO LONGER WORK. I STILL HAVE BAD DAYS WHEN IT IRRATES ME CUZ I WANT TO GO SOME WHERE AND CANT SINCE I DONT HAVE TRANSPORATION. OR I HAVE MORE SEIZURES THAN USUAL. THERE IS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE TO CHAT WITH IN THE CHAT ROOM WHEN YOU NEED TO. THE BLOGS ARE GREAT TO PUT YOUR THOUGHTS DOWN AND JUST LET ALL YOUR FRUSTRATIONS OUT. WE ARE ALL HERE FOR EACH OTHER. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
I TYPE IN CAPS FOR VISUALY IMPAIRED
GOD BLESS,
BANFFGIRL
LIFE IS FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE.
I HAVE HAD EPILEPSY ALL MY LIFE. I AM 50 AND IT BECAME UNCONTROLABLE ABOUT 6 YRS AGO. I NEVER HATED MY LIFE BUT I HAD TROUBLE EXCEPTING MY NEW LIFE STYLE SINCE I COULD NO LONGER WORK. I STILL HAVE BAD DAYS WHEN IT IRRATES ME CUZ I WANT TO GO SOME WHERE AND CANT SINCE I DONT HAVE TRANSPORATION. OR I HAVE MORE SEIZURES THAN USUAL. THERE IS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE TO CHAT WITH IN THE CHAT ROOM WHEN YOU NEED TO. THE BLOGS ARE GREAT TO PUT YOUR THOUGHTS DOWN AND JUST LET ALL YOUR FRUSTRATIONS OUT. WE ARE ALL HERE FOR EACH OTHER. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
I TYPE IN CAPS FOR VISUALY IMPAIRED
GOD BLESS,
BANFFGIRL
LIFE IS FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE.
Re: I Have Epilepsy and I Hate My Life...
Submitted by E_Loner on Fri, 2008-08-01 - 20:29
I have been an epileptic since age 2, I am now 44, but I Do Not Hate My Life. No, having epilepsy is no bed of roses. In my teens I had to quit my ninth grade year due to a quack doctor. He had me on to many meds, I had to find a new doctor who put me on two meds, then I finished high school. When out of school I admit I thought of suicide, BUT I told myself, "You are not taking the easy way out." I then started thinking about my half brother who became a paraplegic at age 19. I started thinking of children who had cancer. I started thinkng of people with no limbs. You see, I began looking at my epilepsy as others problems who made fun of me behind my back or did not understand it. I played football in high school, had girlfriends who had no problem with me having a seizure or seizures. I did not like having epilepsy and still don't, but I am not going to let epilepsy win. I learned to go around the limits epilepsy tried to put on me. The funny thing is my epilepsy/seizures have taken a different path. Now, they occur while asleep. Sometimes I wake up in a bad mood. I have learned when I feel grumpy to play with the dogs or go swimming with them, this changes my mood, so I win.
If you are in your teens hang tough, study epilepsy, and DO NOT let those who might be calling you names get you down. I always told people I was doing the, "Shake and Bake". I did that so others were not scared or thought they had to watch what they said when asking me about epileptic seizures. The two things I corrected people on were when they called the seizure a FIT or felt sorry for me. I always thought , look to my left, look to my right, their will always be someone in worse condition than me. Good Luck, E_Loner
I have been an epileptic since age 2, I am now 44, but I Do Not Hate My Life. No, having epilepsy is no bed of roses. In my teens I had to quit my ninth grade year due to a quack doctor. He had me on to many meds, I had to find a new doctor who put me on two meds, then I finished high school. When out of school I admit I thought of suicide, BUT I told myself, "You are not taking the easy way out." I then started thinking about my half brother who became a paraplegic at age 19. I started thinking of children who had cancer. I started thinkng of people with no limbs. You see, I began looking at my epilepsy as others problems who made fun of me behind my back or did not understand it. I played football in high school, had girlfriends who had no problem with me having a seizure or seizures. I did not like having epilepsy and still don't, but I am not going to let epilepsy win. I learned to go around the limits epilepsy tried to put on me. The funny thing is my epilepsy/seizures have taken a different path. Now, they occur while asleep. Sometimes I wake up in a bad mood. I have learned when I feel grumpy to play with the dogs or go swimming with them, this changes my mood, so I win.
If you are in your teens hang tough, study epilepsy, and DO NOT let those who might be calling you names get you down. I always told people I was doing the, "Shake and Bake". I did that so others were not scared or thought they had to watch what they said when asking me about epileptic seizures. The two things I corrected people on were when they called the seizure a FIT or felt sorry for me. I always thought , look to my left, look to my right, their will always be someone in worse condition than me. Good Luck, E_Loner