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![After many years and multiple tests and medications, Ellowyn has not let her journey with epilepsy define her](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2023-01/eJourney%20Banner%20Ellowyn%20Kennedy_1200x630%C2%A0.jpg?itok=oEdldbrw)
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Your Epilepsy Journey Does Not Define Who You Are
In May 2015, I had my first electroencephalography (EEG) and was diagnosed with epilepsy. I was eight years old at the time. I had developed...
![Jennifer is sharing her eJourney to spread awareness about epilepsy](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-12/Jennifer%20Thul%201200x630%20eJourney%20Banner.jpg?itok=n8fWfW87)
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Spreading Awareness Through Sharing My Story
My epilepsy journey is not one I chose or one I could have ever imagined, but it is the path that was chosen for me. Epilepsy is like a shadow, it...
![Rachel is sharing her eJourney about how epilepsy motivates her to keep moving](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-11/Rachel%20Wales%20eJourney%20Banner%201200x630.jpg?itok=tr5df2sj)
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Motivated To Keep Moving
I have suffered from JME juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) since I was 13 years old, which caused me to lose consciousness and control of my bladder...
![Anísh is sharing his eJourney about how he hasn’t let epilepsy stop him from the hobbies he enjoys](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-09/An%C3%ADsh%20Krishnan%20eJourney%20Banner%201200x630.jpg?itok=fmtuLUsL)
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
Seizures Have Not Stopped Me
I started having myoclonic seizures around 14 years old. I didn't know what they were at the time, and I figured they would go away on their own if I...
![Tori is sharing her eJourney about how epilepsy changed her life, but she keeps fighting to pursue her dreams](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-06/Tori%20Woods%20eJourney%20Banner%201200x630.jpg?itok=8VUFgNLP)
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Epilepsy Changed My Life, but I Won’t Stop Fighting
When I was 18 years old and in the first half of my freshman year of college, I got a concussion that changed my life. It was a minor one, but...
![Tara is sharing her eJourney about how perspective was key in managing her life with seizures and epilepsy.](/sites/default/files/styles/stories_285x200/public/2022-06/Tara%20DiSpirito%201200x630%20eJourney%20Banner.jpg?itok=cHDja2DK)
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Perspective Is Key
My life with epilepsy began in 2016. I was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) after having a serious tonic-clonic seizure. As the years...