Epilepsy

Personal Stories: Thunder

My wife and I volunteer at Chicago Canine Rescue, a shelter on the northwest side of Chicago that specializes in dogs that have special needs. Thunder had epilepsy. We met him for the first time du...

Personal Stories: Living With Epilepsy

I wake up and immediately realise that I’m not where I’m supposed to be. I taste blood in my mouth and my limbs feel heavy. The kind of heavy they’d feel after an intense workout. It’s been a good ...

Charity to Fight Epilepsy One T-shirt at a Time.

Smitha Arons is a full-time attorney living in San Diego, California. She is also a full-time wife to husband Michael, and mom to two beautiful children – five-year-old Serena and seven-year-old ...

How One Young Girl with epilepsy could Change Idaho's Strict Marijuana Laws

An excerpt from an original story published on KBSX Boise State Radio. The kinds of seizures Alexis Carey has can cause brain damage. Many children with Dravet Syndrome don’t live to adulthood. An...

Christopher Jones Rescued by Sheldon McFarlane After Suffering Mid-air Seizure While Skydiving

A skydiving instructor saved the life of a skydiver who had a seizure and went unconscious for 30 seconds during his dive. Christopher Jones, 22, was skydiving in Australia when he had a seizure a...

Stigma Can Haunt Those Living With Epilepsy

Growing up, Silindile Mkhwena says healers preyed on her family's scant knowledge of her epilepsy. More than a decade later, she says she is still paying for society's ignorance. Now 23 years old, ...

FDA Pivotal Safety Study: Aspartame Caused Brain Seizures

"Despite approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration as a sweetener, Aspartame remains the focus of serious human health questions poised by a core of skeptics. Aspartame is the generic n...

Personal Stories: Moss Family

When you have a child, you expect your life to change, but Rob and I never expected to have so many dramatic changes with the birth of our second child. Evan entered this world with a rush of excit...

Could Epilepsy Be a Magnesium Deficiency?

Wayne was only four years old, but he had been suffering epileptic seizures for 3 1/2 years. Though the seizures were particularly severe during stress periods, he was never completely free of them...

Personal Stories: Olivia

In 2009, my husband, Mike and I, were already the proud parents of 3 beautiful children but we just felt like our family wasn’t complete. We always dreamed of a big family, so we decided to start t...