
Rose’s Story (Epilepsy)
It was the summer of 1974 and I was getting ready to start college in my hometown of Chicago, Illinois;

It was the summer of 1974 and I was getting ready to start college in my hometown of Chicago, Illinois;

Every four minutes, someone somewhere in the United States is diagnosed with epilepsy, and this is the story of how

I had my first seizure when I was home from college for my father’s funeral. My mom was out, and

I have been fighting with Epilepsy for over 10 years now and with that, I have been dealing with migraines.

Hi! My name is Robyn, and I’m an epileptic from Maryland, and this is my story. My story begins on

I was just recently diagnosed with JME last month. About 6 months ago, I started having what I called “jerks”
Hi, my name is Lorena. I am a single mother of 4 wonderful children. Twenty days after I had my 4th

My daugher, Addy, had a stroke at five months old; we were told that seizures could happen at any time
Hi, I don’t really think my life is a story to tell because there are a lot of people who

Now, a 42 year old, mother of two, I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 19. After medication after medications and
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