What is Epilepsy

30 Days Living With Epilepsy Day 1 {Epilepsy Awareness}

November 3, 2011 by Dana

Welcome to 30 Days of Living with Epilepsy! Please feel free to join in by linking up your blog, posting your response to each question every day and including our blog button in your post, linking back to us! Everyone is invited to join and remember that talking about Epilepsy helps to Spread Awareness! So get out there, talk and share!

– Dana

Day 1 – What is Epilepsy??

Epilepsy, as defined by Webster, states that it is a noun meaning: any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions.

The problem with Epilepsy is that it is a vast disorder covering a wide range of little understood actions of the brain. It is often diagnosed through an EEG which provides a chart of various abnormal electrical discharges the brain puts off throughout a set time frame. There is often no explaination as to why these electrical discharges are abnormal nor why the body reacts to them with any of a number of types of seizures.

To learn more about Epilepsy, what it is and how it affects those you love and care about, please visit the Epilepsy Foundation at www.epilepsyfoundation.org.

Stay tuned for more of 30 Days of Living with Epilepsy from Luv’N Lambert Life!

– Dana

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30 Days – Living with Epilepsy {Epilepsy Awareness}

November 2, 2011 by Dana

It’s true – I had hoped to have this big blog series all ready to roll for November 1st but with all of last weekend’s festivities I simply haven’t been able to make that happen. Life sometimes gets in the way of the simpliest of things. So I will begin the series today and hopefully at some point I will have a button for it to share with all. (PSST – the button is up below!)

I’m sure at this point you are wondering what I’m talking about. My plan to spread Awareness for Epilepsy in November is to blog about it. I plan to write a blog post for every day of the month for the next 30 days, following a list I made last week which I will share with all of you in a few minutes. Please feel free to jump in and join me. Talking about our own personal experiences with Epilepsy is the best way to let others know what it’s like. Why hide in the shadows when we can walk safely into the light and live a somewhat normal life?!

For the entire month of November, I will do my best to answer or direct you to an answer for each of these questions:

30 Days of Living with Epilepsy

1. What is Epilepsy?

2. How is your Epilepsy treated medically?

3. What tests were done to diagnose your Epilepsy?

4. What types of seizures do you have?

5. What are your seizure triggers?

6. What does a seizure look like?

7. What medical interventions and medications have you tried in order to control your Epilepsy?

8. What type of people have Epilepsy?

9. What are your first aid tips for seizures?

10. How do I handle living with my seizures?

11. Why tell others about Epilepsy?

12. How do I tell others I have Epilepsy?

13. How do others around you deal with your Epilepsy?

14. How is your life different because of Epilepsy?

15. How does Epilepsy affect your behavior?

16. How do I cope with Living with Epilepsy?

17. How do I help my child deal with their Epilepsy?

18. How do I stay positive about life with Epilepsy?

19. How do I keep my home safe for life with Epilepsy?

20. How do I discuss my Epilepsy with my medical professional?

21. How does Epilepsy affect my education?

22. How does Epilepsy affect my employment?

23. Does Epilepsy prevent you from doing things you want to do, like driving?

24. Describe your day to day life with Epilepsy.

25. What’s one thing you want other’s to know about Life with Epilepsy?

26. What are your favorite Epilepsy websites?

27. How has Epilepsy treatment changed in your lifetime?

28. How do you advocate for Epilepsy?

29. What has been your worst experience while living with Epilepsy?

30. What changes would you like to see happen in the future in dealing with Epilepsy?

As I previously stated, each of you can feel free to create your own posts on this topic and come back here and share. I simply ask that you credit Luv’N Lambert Life for the original idea. Link to us using the 30 Days of Living with Epilepsy button below. Feel free to write from the perspective of being a parent, child or a person with Epilepsy, even a sister or brother with this disorder, however this it affects your life! The important thing is that the more we talk, the more we share, the more people come to understand how this disorder works and affects us all!

So get out there and SHARE! Spread the word for Epilepsy Awareness!!! I look forward to reading everyone of your posts.

– Dana

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What is Epilepsy? {Epilepsy Awareness}

November 1, 2010 by Dana

November is Epilepsy Awareness month. Epilepsy is an inherited disorder passed through generations of our family. As infants both of my daughters were diagnosed with this disorder. It has completely changed our lives.

To find out more about Epilepsy you can visit Epilepsy.org.

This month Luv’N Lambert Life will showcase information about Epilepsy. The only way to change how those who have this disorder are treated is to teach others and Epilepsy education is what this month is all about for us.

What is Epilepsy?
The Epilepsy Foundation describes it as “a medical condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. It’s also called a seizure disorder. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy.

A seizure happens when a brief, strong surge of electrical activity affects part or all of the brain. One in 10 adults will have a seizure sometime during their life.

Seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes. They can have many symptoms, from convulsions and loss of consciousness to some that are not always recognized as seizures by the person experiencing them or by health care professionals: blank staring, lip smacking, or jerking movements of arms and legs.” (taken from the Epilepsy Foundation: https://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/)

There is much more to Epilepsy but this is a very good description of the disorder. Epilepsy comes in several forms that affect each person differently. Sometimes more than one type of seizure can affect the brain. We will discuss more about types of seizures later this month.

Get Seizure Smart at https://www.getseizuresmart.org/.