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Thursday, March 30, 2023
From Donuts to "Epilectra"
Every 20 years or so, I’m diagnosed with a different autoimmune disorder. At 8, it was Hashimoto’s Disease (hypothyroidism). At 30, type 1 diabetes...
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Si tienes epilepsia, no estás solo
Soy una de las 26 personas que tienen epilepsia. En el 2019, tuve una crisis epiléptica que fue el comienzo de algo que nunca podríamos haber...
Thursday, March 23, 2023
If You Have Epilepsy, You’re Not Alone
I am one of the 1 in 26 people who have epilepsy. In 2019, I had a seizure that was the beginning of something we could never have imagined. Epilepsy...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Aiming High with Epilepsy Awareness in Arkansas
My name is Sadie Kirk, and I am a 17-year-old senior at Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. I am a 2023 Girl Scouts...
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Fighting Epilepsy in Memory of Micayla
In 2005, my daughter Micayla was 4 years old. While talking to her, she went limp and appeared to have a seizure. I had never witnessed a seizure...
Driven To Spread Awareness
I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2015 after experiencing a second seizure in my college dorm room. The fear and confusion from being unable to...
Thursday, March 02, 2023
Living with PANDAS and Seizures
I was born with many health problems that will affect me for the rest of my life. One of them is a bad immune system. I have always had every...
Friday, February 17, 2023
Managing My Life with Epilepsy
I was nine years old when I had my first seizure. It was a snowy, cold winter day, and I was playing a hockey game at Norwich University with my team...
Don't Give Up
I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 5th grade. The onset is still a mystery, but it was possibly from a head injury. However, that was never really...
Achieving the Impossible With Epilepsy
My name is Calista, and I have epilepsy. I was diagnosed at eight months old after two months of constant seizures and hospital visits. I had...