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How were YOU first diagnosed with epilepsy?

March 9, 2026
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I almost drowned in the shower.

It had three round shower heads on the wall with one more huge one overhead. And a heavy plate-glass door that was like trying to get out of a vault!

All of a sudden, I felt the blood rush through my toes (that’s what it felt like) and I knew I had to get out. Or drown.

December 12, 2025
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I was terrified.

But, I was alive.

August 30, 2024
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For me, believe it or not, it was my first one.

August 23, 2024
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Her first job as a copywriter was writing informational materials for a children’s hospital. Including a brochure about seizures.

But nothing would prepare her for this…

March 4, 2022
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It was a normal day at the ice rink.

My friend and I were speed skating.

Then we started to tease her younger brother.

He simply retaliated by sticking out his foot and tripping us.

Into the boards I went. Head first.