Chanda Gunn is an accomplished ice hockey player known for overcoming obstacles on and off the rink. When she was nine, she was diagnosed with […]
Category: Living With Epilepsy
Bacon, Mayonnaise and Avocados: Good for the Epileptic Brain?
There is more and more interest in the use of a diet to control epilepsy that is not controlled by currently prescribed medications. But this […]
Did You Know That There are Many Types of Epilepsy?
When someone says the word “seizure”, what do you think of? Does the idea make you feel anxious or scared? Many people think that seizures […]
Rosalind Picard, M.I.T. and Empatica
Rosalind (Roz) Picard is a Professor in the Media Lab at M.I.T. and has a long history of developing technologies to help society. In this interview, Roz […]
Amber Freed, SLC6A1 Connect
Amber Freed, founder of SLC6A1 Connect, provides messages of hope in our first Voices For Epilepsy interview and encourages everyone not to give up. In […]
Be Your Own Best Advocate
In 2011, I returned from an international trip and within 24 hours found myself in the hospital with a severe allergic reaction. Large regions of […]
My Journey With Epilepsy
Unless you ask me about the scar on my head, you might never know I have epilepsy. The mark left by a thrown brick and subsequent metal plate that […]
Finding Ways to Gain Control
When I had my head injury at 15 years of age, I was confused about what I could and couldn’t do. There was a period […]
My Inspiration to Overcome Challenges: I can and I will
My Grandma Lil was, and still is, an inspiration to me. As a young kid I used to spend a lot of time with her, Grampy Joe and Uncle […]
The Importance of Sleep
Most neurologists will tell their patients who have epilepsy that they should take care to get quality sleep every night since sleep deprivation is thought to be a trigger for seizures in some. […]