Living With Epilepsy : Living A Perfect Life

I will be talking about a time in my life that was not easy that i had to go through. When I was around age 5 my mom noticed a lot of twitching and blinking of my eyes she was worried and had no idea what it was, so she took me to the doctor. They said I had focal seizures, as a little kid you don’t really understand or know how to feel. But I could just remember my mom constantly worried about me. The reason behind me having these seizures, was when I was born there was a part on my lower brain that didn’t form so it left scar tissue and was causing them. But at the time we were still living in Texas the doctors tried multiple surgeries, but none of them helped so we moved to Tennessee for better doctoring. That’s when I started going to Vanderbilt and ever since then it’s been a journey.

I sat there in my room with tears flowing down my blush pink cheeks. Wondering what was wrong with me, as a salty tear ran along my dried out chapped lips. I thought to myself,” Why am I so miserable? What did I do to deserve this? How am I going to escape this life?” I started to ponder that this was the end of my life, this is how I was going to be, sorrowful. At the lowest point of my life, mother came barging through the door with the look of cavernous concern on her face. She knew that it was time for something to be done, whether I agreed or not.

When I was just seven-years old, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I’d been having small and frequent seizures my entire life without ever knowing of it until one day when I was shelling walnuts in front of the fireplace. Everything I ever knew was being stripped away from me. I no longer had control over any of the muscles in my body, my ability to speak, my actions, nor my sight. All I could do was relax and wait for my brain to catch up and regain control over my body. My life has been changed by epilepsy, but I will never let it control my life.

I have no idea what it is like for someone to be battling with epilepsy and I cannot image seeing my love ones go through that. It was interesting listening to Peter Aguero’s humor as he describes his perspective of his wife battling with epilepsy. I thought that the worse part was seeing your love go through a seizure. But Peter shared his story about the postictal stage, “after the seizure,” as he described his wife as a computer trying to reboot herself back online. I can image the vivid image and the loss of hope that Peter had as he holds his wife thinking that she was never coming back and already thinking about who to call in her family. It also was heartbreaking to hear that Sarah’s parents gave no support. That burden and the pressure

Epilepsy Research Paper People most often associate violent twitching, falling to the floor and drooling with epilepsy. However the described event is only one kind of an epileptic seizure, which is called a tonic-clonic seizure. There are many other kinds of seizures, and each has different sets of signs and symptoms. During generalized seizures the whole brain is affected and the initial symptom is loss of consciousness. This category includes such seizures as absence seizure, myoclonic seizure, and atonic attack.

My interviewee was born and raised in Lexington, Nebraska. She was born on July 22, 1944. She was the second youngest of four girls. Her mother had one miscarriage between the first and second child. She grew up close to her sisters and remained close to them until they died. She was closest to the second oldest sister. Her father owned two farms consisting of a total of 600 acres about four miles west of Lexington. Her dad worked the farm on which they grew corn, milo, hay and wheat. They also raised cattle, dairy cows, pigs and chickens. At various times they had one or two horses. Her mother was a full-time homemaker and a “city girl” so spent little time helping out with farm work.

I don't know where to start. I'm 25, male, and I live in southern state. I suffer from epilepsy, depersonalization, depression, and hypothyroidism. I don't know what to do anymore...

For the next 10 years my mother kept consulting different doctors, some doctors mentioned I have mental health issues, some kept saying that I have a problem that has to do with stomach and that could not be located exactly. My mother once again decided to visit our family physician who asked to get an EEG test. At an age of 12, I learned that I had a neurological disorder called epilepsy. However, I still did not knew how I could get diagnosed for it. Once during a conversation that I was eavesdropping, I heard that the only diagnosis is undergoing a surgery.

Epilepsy is not what you think. It is a complicated disease, a disease that doesn't just affect one type of person or age. Over fifty million men, women, and children cope with this disease daily. Epilepsy is a mysterious disease to those who are unfamiliar and uneducated about the disease. Many people have preconceived notions about Epileptics. Researching the topic thoroughly, the five preconceived notions I explored have been proven to be false.

A literature review revealed that families with a CWE had lower parent-child relationship quality, increased rates of depression in mothers and reported problems with family functioning (Rodenburg, Meijer, Deković, & Aldenkamp, 2005). Childhood epilepsy has been associated with family life impairment due to the worries of seizures and medications (Aytch, Hammond and White, 2001). A recent study showed that having a child diagnosed with epilepsy lead to a lower parental quality of life and increased apprehensiveness (Ciancheti et al, 2015). An increase in parental anxiety, stress and fear has also been documented (Wu, Follanbee-Junger, Rausch & Modi, 2014). To date, many studies have investigated the psychosocial impact of childhood epilepsy, however the impact of the condition on the family has not be extensively researched (Ellis, Upton & Thompson, 2000).

Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is one of the more common epileptic disorders in children. It is also known as Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. Onset occurs between the ages of 3 to 13 and BECTS will run its course by adulthood.

According to World Health Organisation (2017), around 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. Unfortunately, epilepsy cannot be cured, but could be controlled by pharmacological or electrical treatment based on seizure prediction (Moghim & Corne, 2014). Since EEG has advantages such as speed, high time resolution and non-invasive natures, it maintains one of the most frequently used tools in predicting epilepsy (Hasan et al. 2017).

Epilepsy, also called seizure disorder, chronic brain disorder that briefly interrupts the normal electrical activity of the brain to cause seizures, characterized by a variety of symptoms including uncontrolled movements of the body, disorientation or confusion, sudden fear, or loss of consciousness. Epilepsy may result from a head injury, stroke, brain tumor, lead poisoning, genetic conditions, or severe infections like meningitis or encephalitis. In over 70 percent of cases no cause for epilepsy were identified. About 1 percent of the world population, or over 2 million people, are diagnosed with epilepsy.

Epilepsy can happen to anyone of any age. The largest(47%) percent of people, developing epilepsy for the first time, being children from birth to nine years of age. The next largest age group would be ten year olds to ninteen year olds at 30%. The least amount of first time seizures comes from the forty plus age group. (According to EFA publications) Over 2.5 million people suffer from epilepsy. The international league against epilepsy describes a seizure as an alternative term for "epileptic attack". Seizures vary in there length and severity. A "tonic-clonic" seizure can last for one to seven minutes. " Absence seizures usually last for a few seconds. However, complex partial seizure" may last for thirty seconds or two

Epilepsy is a condition in which a person has two or more seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. Epilepsy is one of the oldest conditions of the human race. Epilepsy Awareness is important because Epilepsy is a widely misunderstood disorder. The reason that Epilepsy has been misunderstood has been mainly due to research not being conducted until the middle of the nineteenth century. There are six main types of seizures and many treatments that can assist an epileptic patient. Many facts and myths exist about a person who has Epilepsy, which, is why it is an important disorder to understand. A person living with Epilepsy can typically have a normal life after seeking medical advice from doctors.