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Overcoming Fear
Mon, 03/16/2015 - 16:50I was diagnosed just under a year ago;
I've had 5 tonic clonic seizures since then.
Two of them in public, during class, while I was trying to be a good student.
But I'm a bad student now. I feel myself giving in to fear.
I feel myself giving in to sadness.
Frankly, I don't feel like myself at all.
To all those who have lived with epilepsy longer than I have:
How do you do it? How do you muster the courage to step outside each day? How do you fight back if the doctors still can't tell you why this began and triggers are hard to discern? Where do you find your strength?
Hello. I am so sorry that you
Submitted by Kandreas81 on Mon, 2015-03-16 - 17:13
Hello. I am so sorry that you have to be a part of this struggle. I won't say it gets better... But there are things that you can do that will help a little. I inform, in detail, all my friends and family, and anyone that I will be around, everything about my seizures. When they are likely to occur, what they may look like, and what to do if I have one in their presence. This helps some. I also have a medical ID bracelet with 2 phone numbers to family members and brief medical info. This makes me feel less fearful in public cause I assume they will see my bracelet and call those numbers. And I see an Epileptologist (spelling?) and not just a neurologist, cause I feel they are much more helpful and in tune with seizure specifics and potential treatments. Then, this is just me, but I pray! :)