Because I have suffered from epilepsy almost my whole life, I have always had somewhat of a problem of being depressed. Epilepsy has kept me from doing so many things that I have wanted to do throughout my life. I tried joining the military, but Uncle Sam said “No”. Then when I tried getting into [...]

Noah was 2.5 years old when he had his first seizure, a grand mal, on Thanksgiving Day 2003. Over the next few weeks he would have different types of seizures and after starting medication, he had hundreds of seizures a day. We found that the doctoral care we had at the time was not experienced [...]

My mom first noticed my seizure when I was about 2 years old because I would just stare out into space. The doctors at the time dismissed it. It was not until I was 12 years old that I had my first grand mal seizure. The doctors at the time thought it was pesudoseizures but [...]

My name is Tamara, and I have Epilepsy. Most times when I talk about my Epilepsy or seizures, people get freaked out, they get scared in their own sense. Whether it’s them cringing for my disease, not wanting to drive with me, or asking excessive questions about how awful it is; I get it almost [...]

Josephine (Josie) was born via C-Section on August 26, 2003, weighing 8 pounds exactly. A beautiful and energetic baby, Josie came into the world bright-eyed, engaged, and observant. She loved bright colors and books, music and movement. Josie developed normally until the age of 3 months, at which time she began having complex partial seizures. [...]

In June of 2006, Emmett was a normally developing 2 ½ year old little boy with speech delay. He was so well coordinated and had a smile that could brighten up any room. We had just come home from a weeklong vacation and I was getting my two boys ready for bed, we were reading [...]