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Life after the seizures
Tue, 02/13/2018 - 16:17Topic: Men With Epilepsy
Hi! My name is William and I'm a 32 year-old male living in the Bay Area, CA by way of Memphis, TN. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy around the age of 9. 2-3 years later after being on medication and going to therapy, my family and I noticed I stopped having seizures. Since then, I've completed college, received my Masters in Education, and living a blessed life with my husband and our dog, Reese. Every so often, I think about my adolescent years and my life with Epilepsy. Furthermore, I think about how it has impacted my life now and if my inability to stay focused and to concentrate is a post-Epilepsy affect.
Does anyone else have any experiences post-Epilepsy?
When I think of my adolescent
Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2018-02-14 - 12:16
When I think of my adolescent years I do not even think about my epilepsy and the seizures I had back then. Why I don't is probably because at that time in my life epilepsy was not an issue because I didn't start having seizures and wasn't diagnosed until I was a teen. When I think if my teen years the things that come up were good times with friends and other things that were happening. Seizures to me are spaces in time. When I look at the number of seizures and the time I was in them I see less then an hour in my life. I still have seizures today but then they last a few seconds rather then the minutes they used to last.You see it also how one accepted ones epilepsy and understood the stigma that goes with it.There are other things that can be reasons for your inability to stay focused and concentrate you might want to research that.