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Topic: Young Adults

Help in paying for college/university

11/2014 | 1 Comments

I'm planning to go back to school to learn a fairly new therapeutic form called Drama Theatre (RDT). I have an undergraduate degree in Film/Theatre...
How i got cured from epilepsy

11/2014 | 0 Comments

I am from Canada, I was diagnosed of Epilepsy in 2004 then i was just 17years, the disease is so disgracing and embarassing because atimes i get...
SPEAK AT MY COLLEGE

10/2014 | 1 Comments

Come to my college and inform people about Epilepsy. I am looking for a person of high caliber to speak in front of future graduates about this. I am...
Stressed with a new Diagnosis

10/2014 | 2 Comments

Hey guys, I was recently diagnosed with epilepsy in August, roughly a week before I was leaving for my freshman year of college. I was having upwards...
I am scared to transfer to a university.

09/2014 | 2 Comments

My seizures are changing again and I had a scare at the dentest. I was getting a filling done when my seizure alert dog alerted me and then i got my...
Chemistry in College

09/2014 | 1 Comments

Hey everyone, I was diagnosed with seizures in May. This is my second year of college and i am taking chemistry. We are going to be doing a lot of...
Seizures at college

08/2014 | 2 Comments

So I start college in two weeks. Naturally I'm nervous, but especially because my seizure activitiy has picked up. My seizures are tonic clonic and...
Scholarships

07/2014 | 0 Comments

I was wondering if anyone could give me a link to some scholarship opportunities for epelepsy college/graduate students? Please and thank you!
University and Being Diagnosed

07/2014 | 0 Comments

I'm just starting to go through the process of seeing if my seizures are caused by epilepsy or something else. I'm about to hit 3rd year of my...
Talking with my roommate

07/2014 | 1 Comments

I'm beginning a new chapter in my life as I transfer from my community college to my four-year. I have absence seizures, meaning they are mostly...
Taking on College..

07/2014 | 3 Comments

I'm entering my third year of college and I am still struggling with how to function as an epileptic attending a university. I went to an extremely...
Nursing School

06/2014 | 1 Comments

Hello I am currently looking into colleges. I want to be anurse though I am not sure exactly what specialty/setting I want. The colleges we all were...
College life

06/2014 | 3 Comments

so i am 22 years old and in my fourth year of college. Even though it's been four years I still find it hard connecting with people my age especially...
Can you find a "balance?"

05/2014 | 1 Comments

In many colleges and universities across the U.S., this is the season of final exams. I don’t know about you, but I experience more seizures this time...

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