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5 Lessons I Have Learned Living With Epilepsy
I wasn’t given a choice in having epilepsy but I did have a choice in how I dealt with it. I didn’t anticipate becoming chronically ill. I wasn’t prepared for my brain to seize unpredictably or certain aspects of taking care of myself coming to a screeching halt… but it did. Overnight, my life changed. I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2008. Having no prior knowledge of this illness or what it meant to even have a chronic illness, It…
7 Code Words Those With Epilepsy Understand
Epilepsy is its own challenge and also has its own language that only those with the condition can fully understand. And when you’re in the midst of symptoms like brain…
5 Mistakes I’ve Made With Epilepsy
Learning to live with a chronic illness can be challenging. There is no shortage of new things to learn and juggle. Mistakes are bound to happen and I’ve made plenty…
Getting Out Of My Chronic Illness Comfort Zone
Have you ever heard the quote “Get comfortable being uncomfortable”….? That’s a clear statement for those of us living with a chronic illness. Being diagnosed with a chronic illness can…
5 Ways to Battle Back Isolation While Living With Epilepsy
What those with an outside perspective might not understand is how epilepsy can affect your mental health. Many people believe that living with epilepsy is just experiencing the physical aspect…
7 Ways to Support a Friend with Epilepsy
Throughout our lives, we are likely to have a friend who is diagnosed with a chronic illness. Sometimes we know exactly what to do, other times we’re clueless. There are…
5 Things Everyone Should Understand About Epilepsy
Epilepsy is widely misunderstood due to lack of awareness. There are so many aspects to the condition that most are unaware of. Have a look at 5 things everyone should…
8 Best Apps To Help Tackle Epilepsy
Living with epilepsy is more than just knowing your seizure triggers, current medication, and dosage. Apps designed to manage epilepsy can help you to take a practical approach to your…
How To Keep Your Relationship Rock Solid Despite Living With Epilepsy
How To Keep Your Relationship Rock Solid Despite Living With Epilepsy Having a medical condition such as epilepsy, can have an effect on even the greatest of relationships. The one…
Things to Consider When Choosing a Doctor
Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is one of the hardest things that can happen to us in our lifetime. I was 22 when epilepsy unexpectedly barged through the doors…
5 Helpful Tips for Traveling with Epilepsy
Ready to hit the open road or hop on the plane to head to that tropical island or that world-renowned national park? Not until you’ve secured everything revolving around your…
A Letter to Myself the Day After My Epilepsy Diagnosis
“Life with epilepsy doesn’t come with a handbook. We write it as we go along.” You’ve been diagnosed with epilepsy. Where do you go from here? I know you’ve felt…
7 Things Not to Feel Guilty About Living with Epilepsy
Becoming diagnosed with epilepsy is a life-altering event. Epilepsy does not care about your age, or the time within your life. This condition can happen to anyone. Some are introduced…
5 Things Those Living With Epilepsy Want You to Know
Epilepsy can intrude into anyone’s life, at any time. Millions of men, women and children battle this selfish and at times difficult condition every single day. All of us diagnosed…
Setting Boundaries with Epilepsy – What You Need to Know
Living with a chronic illness means learning to get comfortable setting boundaries and saying “no”. My epilepsy diagnosis required placing certain actions and activities on the back burner to avoid…
5 Things to Remember When Being a Spouse with Epilepsy
I’m nowhere near the perfect wife, but I do know that marriage with a chronic illness is challenging, and takes intentional effort. The Epilepsy Condition Living with epilepsy and learning…
8 Qualities You Can Find in Someone Living with Epilepsy
Often, I reflect back on times that I would tell others that they would never understand what I was going through because they were not living with my epilepsy. Many…
