For many years, epilepsy was a word surrounded by fear, stigma, myths, and misunderstanding in my life. Before I understood what was happening to me, other people had already decided what my seizures meant. Some said I was bewitched. Others…
Understanding Pregnancy and Epilepsy: Building a Healthy Family Safely Women living with epilepsy face unique health and life considerations that make them a particularly important group within epilepsy care. Hormonal changes, menstruation, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding can all influence…
Understanding Occipital Lobe Seizures: The Story of Olivia Occipital lobe seizures are focal seizures that begin in the back of the brain, in the region responsible for vision. Because they often produce flashing lights, visual distortions, brief blindness, or unusual…
Understanding Parietal Lobe Seizures: Meet Amelia Parietal lobe seizures are focal seizures that begin in the parietal lobe, the brain region that helps you feel your body, locate yourself in space, and make sense of touch, temperature, movement, and body…
Understanding Temporal Lobe Seizures: Meet Liam Temporal lobe seizures often do not look dramatic. They may begin with a strange sense of déjà vu, a rising feeling in the stomach, or a sudden wave of fear. Then comes a pause,…
Understanding Frontal Lobe Seizures: When the Brain’s Control Center Misfires Frontal lobe seizures are among the most misunderstood and frequently misdiagnosed seizure types. Because they can look dramatic, bizarre, or even behavioral, sometimes involving shouting, thrashing, laughing, sudden posturing, or…
Understanding Focal Behavior Arrest Seizure: Here is Bob Focal behavior arrest seizures are a form of epilepsy that often go unnoticed, not because they are rare, but because they are quiet. There is no dramatic fall, no shaking, and sometimes…
Understanding Focal Emotional Seizures: When Feelings Become the First Symptom Focal emotional seizures are one of the most misunderstood forms of epilepsy. They don’t always look like seizures. Instead, they can feel like sudden fear, unprovoked panic, unexpected crying, bursts…
Understanding Focal Autonomic Seizures: Meet Joyce Focal autonomic seizures are one of the most misunderstood seizure types because they don’t always look like seizures. Instead of dramatic convulsions, they often present as sudden changes in heart rate, breathing, digestion, skin…
Understanding Focal Cognitive Seizures: Thabo’s story Focal cognitive seizures are among the most misunderstood seizure types. They do not always involve convulsions or loss of consciousness, yet they can profoundly disrupt how a person thinks, speaks, remembers, or perceives the…