There are two seizures I remember having in my first year away from home: one partial, one generalized. (Here’s a quick explanation of what that… Read More »What If Somebody’s Watching? What If Nobody’s Watching?
“Hi! Glad to meet you! I’m Doctor Smith.” I was in the office of my latest neurologist. I’ve done a fair bit of moving in… Read More »Looking For A Neurologist: What We Need From Our Doctors
This is just a really quick, rough guide for what to do if you’re around someone who has a tonic-clonic seizure. Print it out; share… Read More »Printable – What To Do For Tonic-Clonic Seizures
You might not all know this, but for the past several years I’ve been working in the healthcare field, in the IT specialty known as… Read More »Facing Epilepsy: Parents, Doctors, and Caregivers
Don’t worry, I’ll keep it short. There are a bunch of different kinds of epilepsy, and a bunch of different kinds of seizures. The one… Read More »A Brief Vocabulary Lesson
Six years after being diagnosed with epilepsy I finally moved out on my own. I was on my second medication by then—Depakote. It did well… Read More »Seizures: Being Alone
Yeah right. Well I wasn’t going to post this for a while, but then this morning happened. I got up early and took my meds… Read More »Medication Side Effects – Win Some, Lose Some
A Saturday, I think, at the end of March 1988. I was a junior in college, at a movie with my girlfriend when we noticed… Read More »Facing Epilepsy: In the Beginning