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 […]
Category: Living With Epilepsy
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. […]
Challenging the Epilepsy Stigma
I kept my epilepsy disorder hidden for several years, once we determined the right combination of medications to keep it controlled. Anyone who knew about my injury also […]