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What Is Your #TopTip For Living Better With Epilepsy?

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How Do Beverages With Caffeine Affect Your Epilepsy?

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What Lessons From Your Epilepsy Experience Are You Applying In 2024?

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Could You Share Any Dietary Changes And Tips That Have Helped With Epilepsy?

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Does Anyone Ever Cry After Seizures?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Chardon, OH

Right after the seizures stop, boom? You cry?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Hang in there and try and stay pos, I can relate, I'm emotional but I handle accordingly,

April 11

Long Distance Flights And Epilepsy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Newton Abbot, UK

I'm wanting to travel to South Africa but my parents are refusing me to go due to my epilepsy. Any tips for flying long distance?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Make sure you have all your medication and any paperwork required from your doctor. Also, I always recommend (and have) extra travel insurance, as the normal travel insurance won’t cover epilepsy. The… read more

October 7, 2023

What Lessons From Your Epilepsy Experience Are You Applying In 2024?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
San Francisco, CA
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Slowly increasing Briviact from 100mg to 125mg if new seizures happen every 6 months.

July 12

How Does The Cold Affect Your Epilepsy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
San Francisco, CA
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

The weather dosen't affect my seizures but prayers 🙏 to othe=s that it does

August 22

Do You Notice That Singing Helps You Feel Better?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Saint Louis, MO

I’d rather listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I love listening to music. Look online at a Bose website for a good music system. A Bluetooth. All I have to do is keep my IPAD not far from it talk to it and it will play any song possible.

February 6

Serious Question

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Pittsboro, NC

I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday.

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I hope you had a an amazing Thanksgiving and hope you have a kickass holiday season brotha!

December 1, 2023

Do You Know How Significant That Control Of Anxiety And/or Depression Is To Improving Memory Recall?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Lakeville, MA

I didn't truly understand until last week. I started Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with my therapist at the beginning of September, but I just reached a progress point last week. I am 57+ years old. And for the first time in the last 20 years, I have access again to memories from the 1980s, and some in the 1970s and late 1960s when a topic in discussion needs access to memories. For example, I now know that my first trip to Fenway Park for a Boston Red Sox game was when I was just about… read more

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Happy to hear of your progress. Thanks for your encouragement.

October 20, 2023

How Do You Manage The More Challenging Days Of Living With Epilepsy?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
San Francisco, CA
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I try to do nothing stressful, watch an amusing tv show: Seinfeld, watch an old amusing movie. I don’t do anything that makes my brain 🧠 work hard. Something simple nothing important.

May 13, 2023

Do You Ever Feel Like The Whole World Is Against You?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
North Perth, ON, CAN
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

To answer Your question, Yes. It does feel like the world 🌍 is against me sometimes. Trying to find my own place to live is an enormous struggle right now. When I was in college after all the… read more

September 7

Who Would Be Willing To Be Part Of A ZOOM Meeting(s) To Have Real Time Discussions Among Friends To Get To Know Each Other Better?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Lakeville, MA

Obviously, the fact that we have friends on here in just about all, if not all, of the time zones on the planet, thus it would have to be smaller gatherings by region to start. After all, it is around 1:30 pm EST here in MA right now, but it is 6:30pm in London and Tuesday 5:30am in Sydney.

It would be helpful in getting to know friends that we cannot meet with locally if we could use ZOOM to meet with at least some of them.

What do you think? Are you interested?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

The best idea is if there is someone who has the tech skills in each time zone to try to get some going using ZOOM (45 minute free meetings) or Skype (much longer free meetings but a less known site)… read more

March 31, 2023
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