Sunday, March 13, 2011

Living Well With Epilepsy

Here is a shout out to Living Well With Epilepsy, a new blog by Jessica Kennan Smith. The blog has some great insights into the funding disparities between other conditions and epilepsy. Although just as many people die each year from epilepsy as from some other diseases, epilepsy receives a fraction of the funding of most other common conditions.

14 comments:

riverking said...

I am so glad that there are several resources now to research epilepsy. When my daughter was diagnosed with LGS 22 years ago I did a lot of research but it was difficult to find. I still try to do research for anything new and it is much easier and I don't feel like I am so alone, another site I have found with some great information is www.epilepsyconnect.com .Thanks for sharing your experience.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for setting this page up. I am starting to blog a little, and it is nice to see that people are not ashamed of their epilepsy either! people used to tell me to just "not tell." So I decided to tell everyone! Diagnosed with TLE in '95, had the VNS put in in '04. Down to less than 10 complex-partial seizures a month!

Unknown said...

Thanks for posting. I wish you both the best with finding ways to deal with the seizures.
Cheers!
Scott

Jessica Keenan Smith said...

Scott,

Thanks for the shout out! Let me know if there are topics you or your readers would like to see covered at Living Well With Epilepsy!

Best,
Jessica
Founder
Living Well With Epilepsy
http://livingwellwithepilepsy.com

Unknown said...

Yes, she has an excellent blog!

Beet9hoven said...

I have some info I bet you would like very much. I found something that has helped me and others that i know. Listing to Barouqe and Classical music, Mostly J.S. Bach and Mozart. It helps reduces the time one is in a seizure dramatically and what seems to prevent seizures. Scientist have found this out too. Some music, with Ostinato in it, can induce a seizure. I have much info on my blog beet9hoven.blogspot.com about this and why it works. It is way to much to share in a comment. I hope you find something that will help, i know there is somthing in there that can help. best of wishes to you.

Team Epilepsy said...

Hi Everyone. We work for a company that is dedicated to letting people know about opportunities to participate in clinical research studies. We are currently working with doctors across the US to find people who have partial onset seizures that are not controlled through their current medications. If you want to learn more, visit www.seizureclinicalstudy.net . If you’re not familiar with clinical studies, there are a lot of resources out there that can explain the process more in-depth, one of which is http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/info/understand .

Smilen Champ said...

Hi
My name is Jenna and I came across your site. This is a great site. My fiance, has epilepsy and is on medication for it, which is helping him not to have seizure's and hasn't had one for a couple of years. I am hopping he never has one, because I don't know what to do if ever has one, and would probably be really scared, as I myself have developmental delays and a life threatening disease.
I love it when people sign my guestbook. www.miraclechamp.webs.com

ToteMan said...

Please see my website for my Epilepsy Awareness Comic Book. There are free downloads of the comic on the site.

www.toteman.net

JESSICA said...

ALL THANKS TO DR WILLIAMS FOR THE GREAT DEED HE HAVE DON FOR MY FAMILY.This information will be useful for Epilepsy patients who is willing to use herbal medicine. My daughter had temporal lobe epilepsy, She had seizure and had a grand mal with rage episode. Our daughter's seizure is constant throughout the day. We had used several medicine which include: Epilim and Keppra, experience seizure control at the cost of serious debilitating side effects. It was during a casual conversation with a friend that I learned about herbal Dr. William, it does not have any side effect. I am glad to say that he has been seizure-free since July 2015 after taking William medicine. this a miracle cure?contact him for more detail (drwilliams098765@gmail.com)

Unknown said...

THANKS TO DR EWOIG FOR CURING MY SON
My son has partial epilepsy for the past 18 years. Dr's have tried various means but he has seizures almost every month. The first epileptic occurred when he was five years old. i took him to a specialist who subscribed anti-epileptic medication. From then on he had to take four capsules per day, but most of the time he had seizures until I got to know about Dr.ewoig product to cure epilepsy. we order for the product, now i can tell you my son is now living a better life thanks to dr ewoig His herbal remedy is the only permanent solution to Seizure. You can always contact him through his email for more information(drewoig18@gmail.com)

Sophie Lewis said...

I am Sophie from Canada, I once suffered from a terrible and Chronic epilepsy ,since i was bone , the doctor told me there was no permanent cure i was given medications to slow down its progress, i constantly felt my health was deteriorating as i constantly go out of breath,and this illness was really terrible especially when am going out with my friends, i have this constant disorder for about 31 years, this was really a terrible illness ,on thin one day that i was going through the internet,and i came across a post of Mrs Kate on how his son was been cured from epilepsy through the help of Dr Williams herbal product, I contacted this herbal doctor via his email and explain everything to him and make purchase of his product,few days later he sent me the herbal medicine through courier service, when i received the herbal medicine i used it for 4 weeks as prescribed and i was totally cured of epilepsy within those week of usage,on thin now i have not experience any sign of seizure.if you need his help you can Contact this herbal doctor via his email drwilliams098675@gmail.com for help

Beet9hoven said...

There are some studies found on the NIH website pubmed.gov about Mozart helping people with seizures. I have a friend whos son has epilepsy and nothing seemed to help his child. Mozart really helped his son. The great thing about trying Mozart is that you can getting for free and it is extremely harmless compared to other treatments!

kate said...

Am One of the happiest woman on earth since my son was cured from the problem of seizure,which he has been having for eight years now,he do have the attack two to three times a week,which is affecting is education and his life.i got the contact of a doctor from the post of one Mr paul thanking him for curing his seizure problem,i got the contact and contacted him then he made me to know that the medication is a permanent cure, and that was how i got the medication which i used on my son,and for six month now there have been no sign of seizure in him again.any one with such problem can contact him on his email drwilliams098675@gmail.com