Community Forum Archive
Topic: Young Adults
06/2020 | 4 Comments
Hey, My name is Mary, i am 20 years old and I have just been diagnosed with epilepsy. I am in college and I live alone, i've always been someone who...
03/2020 | 2 Comments
So, this is something I'm actually pretty worried about. I discovered I had epilepsy in sixth grade so, by the time I graduated High School, I hadn't...
03/2020 | 3 Comments
I've had epilepsy about ten years now and I was wondering about how you guys feel about having people call 911 when they see you having a seizure...
01/2020 | 2 Comments
I have JME & have myoclonic seizures as well as tonic clinic seizures (grand mal). On December 27, I had a very bad tonic clinic seizure and it’s not...
08/2019 | 3 Comments
Hi everyone. Hope you're having a good day. As the title says, I'm worried about my seizures interfering with college. I have complex partial seizures...
08/2019 | 4 Comments
First of all this is going to be poorly written and I doubt anyone will read it but I feel like writing this might be therapeutic for me. so here goes...
06/2019 | 7 Comments
My Parents want me to get a degree, my mom mostly. I want to purse college and get a degree but my epilepsy is putting me in such a depressed place...
06/2019 | 1 Comments
When I was 2 I had a febrile seizure I stopped breathing and turned blue my mom gave me mouth to mouth and by the time the EMTS arrived I stopped...
05/2019 | 2 Comments
Hi guys. I have a youtube channel and I use that as a way to share my story. I think it would be beneficial for many of you to watch. You are not...
04/2019 | 5 Comments
Hey, so I need some advice. I'm 22 and a senior in college. I've been epileptic for about 10 years and have been on a ton of different medications...
03/2019 | 2 Comments
Hi everyone! I've never done a forum before, so thank you for checking this out. I'm excited to join this community (I guess??). I have epilepsy and...
03/2019 | 1 Comments
Alright so I have got a lot of things to take off my chest so bare with me. I am a 25 year old male who was diagnosed with JME about 5 years ago, and...
12/2018 | 2 Comments
Hello everybody, right now I’m in college trying to became a teacher or work in a daycare but people are telling me that I can’t work in a daycare...
12/2018 | 1 Comments
Hey everybody I have a question can schools make you have somebody follow you to classes because of your epilepsy? My seizures aren’t as bad as many...
11/2018 | 1 Comments
I'm 18, going to a community college, coming from a single parent household, and because my mom makes "too much money" I barely qualify for financial...
11/2018 | 2 Comments
Can people at a college tell a student that they need to drop a class, do it a different way or have somebody going to class with you everyday you...
11/2018 | 0 Comments
I want to educate my class and other people at my college about my epilepsy. But I just don't know how to or what to say and on November 9th maybe my...
09/2018 | 1 Comments
Hey, I am 17 and I am a teen with epilepsy living in New Jersey and I'm creating a video about the awareness of teens with epilepsy (daily life, extra...
09/2018 | 4 Comments
Hey guys, this is my first year in college and people are telling me that I shouldn't be in college for something that I really want to do which is...
09/2018 | 0 Comments
Hi, all. I'm a first-year college student going to school about 90 minutes away from home. I have had four seizures in the last four months, which is...