Understanding Focal Motor Seizures: Kathy’s Story This post explores focal motor seizures. It discusses how they start, how they feel, and how they affect people’s lives. Through the story of Kathy, a young woman who discovers she has this type…
Understanding Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures: Dante’s story Focal impaired awareness seizures, formerly called Complex Partial Seizures, are one of the most common seizure types in adults with epilepsy, yet often misunderstood. Because a person may appear awake but not fully…
Understanding Focal Aware Seizures: Meet Jorge Focal aware seizures (previously called “simple partial seizures”) occur when a person remains fully aware during the seizure even though unusual electrical activity is taking place in one part of the brain. This blog…
Understanding Myoclonic Seizures: Meet Tina This blog post explores myoclonic seizures, a type of seizure involving sudden, brief muscle jerks that may look like twitches or shocks. We explain what they are, what causes them, how they are diagnosed and…
Generalized Atonic Seizures: Understanding “Drop Attacks” Through Max’s Story Atonic seizures can be frightening, sudden, and risky, especially when falls occur. This article breaks down what generalized atonic seizures are, why they happen, who they affect, and how they’re treated.…
Understanding Generalized Tonic Seizures Generalized tonic seizures are a type of seizure that causes sudden muscle stiffening. They often happen during sleep and can lead to falls or “drop attacks.” This blog explains what they are, why they happen, how…
Understanding Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures (GTCS): Mike’s Story This blog explores generalized tonic–clonic seizures GTCS), previously known as grand mal seizures, through the real-life story of Mike, a teenager whose first seizures appeared during a stressful exam week. The post explains…
Understanding Rasmussen Syndrome (RS) – Meet Jorge When a child is suddenly seized by frequent, unrelenting focal seizures and then begins to lose strength or language skill on one side of the body, the diagnosis may turn out to be…
Understanding Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (Janz Syndrome) Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) is one of the most common, yet misunderstood forms of generalized epilepsy. In this in-depth, easy-to-understand guide, we break down what families need to know about JME, from early signs…
Myoclonic Atonic Epilepsy (Doose Syndrome): Understanding a Rare but Treatable Childhood Epilepsy Myoclonic atonic epilepsy (Doose syndrome) is a rare childhood epilepsy that can appear suddenly in children who were developing normally. This blog post breaks down what families need…