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Share Your Story

Everyone has a story to tell. The experiences of living with epilepsy can be so unique, yet so common. Share Your...

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Pull Together for Epilepsy

Can you and your fellow team members pull a 38,000 lb fire truck the fastest? Let's find out! Register your team of...

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Complex Partial Seizures

(Psychomotor or Temporal Lobe Seizures) A complex partial seizure occurs when epileptic activity spreads to both...

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Clonic Seizures

During a clonic seizure, you may lose control of bodily functions and begin jerking in various parts of the body....

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Catamenial Seizures

Catamenial refers to seizure activity associated with a woman's menstrual cycle. For more than one hundred years, the...

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Atonic (Drop) Seizures

Atonic seizures (drop attacks) are not seen in many children. Without warning, a child abruptly loses consciousness,...

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Absence Seizures

In an absence seizure, epileptic activity occurs throughout the entire brain. It is a milder type of activity which...

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Alcohol & Drugs

Many drugs create serious consequences in everyone. For people with epilepsy, substance abuse is an even greater...

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Adolescence & Medication

Keeping your seizures under control contributes to leading a full life. Not taking your medication as prescribed will...

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Adolescence & Medication

Keeping your seizures under control contributes to leading a full life. Not taking your medication as prescribed will...

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Absence Seizures

In an absence seizure, epileptic activity occurs throughout the entire brain. It is a milder type of activity which...