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What If Somebody’s Watching? What If Nobody’s Watching?

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • September 9, 2016January 25, 2020

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?

Looking For A Neurologist: What We Need From Our Doctors

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • September 6, 2016January 25, 2020

“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

Printable – What To Do For Tonic-Clonic Seizures

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • September 2, 2016January 25, 2020
  • 1 Comment

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

Facing Epilepsy: Parents, Doctors, and Caregivers

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • August 28, 2016January 25, 2020

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

A Brief Vocabulary Lesson

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • August 24, 2016January 25, 2020

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

Seizures: Being Alone

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • August 18, 2016January 25, 2020
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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

Medication Side Effects – Win Some, Lose Some

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • August 15, 2016January 25, 2020

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

Facing Epilepsy: In the Beginning

  • matthewdba matthewdba
  • August 11, 2016

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

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