Epilepsy Talk
Trump Rx — Lower Prescription Drug Prices?
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The Trump administration will launch a website allowing consumers to buy prescription drugs directly rather than through insurance…
I Am Not a Camel … but I Do Have Epilepsy
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For a long time, I didn’t want to tell anyone in my professional world about this unique feature of my brain.
On the topics-that-are-fun-to-disclose-in-the-workplace-o-meter, epilepsy ranks somewhere between ‘I’ve been embezzling candy from the vending machine for the past 15 years’ and ‘I am actually a camel.’
Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) Shown to Reduce “Untreatable” Seizures by up to 40%
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“It’s like dousing a spark before it becomes a flame,” said Martha Morrell, Neuropace’s chief medical officer.
The idea that we can implant a Star Trek-type device that will detect seizures and interrupt them without causing injury is entirely new. And exciting. And scary.
People talk about their out-of-body experiences…
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“My back was on the ceiling and I was looking at my body laying there, and it was very freaky. While out-of-body I was just staring at my nose and freaking out a little but something told me you are gonna be alright.”
New Epilepsy Diagnosis – Now What?
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You’re scared. Who wouldn’t be?
The docs. There are lots of terrific ones.
The tests. They can actually help to correctly diagnose your epilepsy.
I’ll die. Not very likely.
My life is over. No, it’s not, but it will change…
How Music Soothes Your Seizures…
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Music is food for the soul, the mind and the body.
Great music, when carefully selected, can change our moods, energize us, calm us, improve our mental focus, lift us up spiritually, and help us become more healthy.
Not surprisingly, music has also been found to have a profoundly positive effect on people with epilepsy.
Tags: epilepsy - music's effects, Jazz, Mozart, New Age, Romantic, seizures - music therapy
You’re a poet and you don’t know it…
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Inside of you is something special waiting to break out.
Maybe you’re an artist…actor…architect…painter…poet…
philosopher…singer…or someone you just don’t know.
The surprise of epilepsy as a songwriter loses his music
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I always quote how music soothes your seizures.
But what about when it stops and the agony begins?
“Pseudo Seizures” AND Epilepsy – Yes, You CAN Have BOTH!
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Some know it as non-epileptic seizures (NES), psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), or “pseudo seizures”.
And then there’s epilepsy.
Which is what?
Epilepsy Verses “Pseudo Seizures”
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Epilepsy is not a dirty word. Neither is “pseudo-seizures.”
But they both coexist, side by side.
One of the most common complications is the misconception that people who suffer from “pseudo seizures” are hypochondriacs, hysterics, or “faking it.”
Tags: "pseudo-seizures", epilepsy and NES, Epilepsy and PNES, Non Epilepstic Seizures
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