One of the common injuries that people with Epilepsy face are wounds to their tongue as a convulsive seizure can sometimes lead to gnashing of the mouth. In this article, I’ll provide some pointers on how to provide some home care remedies that can truly help. First, let’s cover the Read more…
We are certainly living in unprecedented times, as more of the population are forced into isolation due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In the past, I’ve advocated that members of the Epilepsy community are well equipped to handle this disaster as a lot of us have experienced living in isolation Read more…
Does Epilepsy cause Depression? Does Depression cause Epilepsy? In this episode, I review the association between Epilepsy and Depression while also providing tips to fight the ebb and flow of the Cycle of Depression. Never in the history of the world has there been more people physically isolated than the Read more…
This episode was originally released on Purple Day, March 26th, 2020. In it, our host and long-time uncontrolled epilepsy sufferer, David Clifford, describes why he advocates for Epilepsy Awareness and why it is so important to tell people around you that you have seizures. In this episode, we also welcome Read more…
My hope for this episode is to provide something that can be shared with people that do not experience seizures and illuminate a tiny sliver of the life of an epileptic. In this episode, I try to describe what I feel before, during, and after the different types of seizures Read more…
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. John F. Kennedy In 1992, while the world was hypnotized by Billy Ray Cyrus’s Achy Breaky Heart, I had been already diagnosed with Epilepsy for about a year. Read more…
Are “flashing lights”, as most people think, the most statistically likely trigger for a Seizure? In this episode, I provide tips and tricks on how to avoid the triggers that are statistically the most likely to cause breakthrough seizures. To Know theyself is the beginning of Wisdom. SOCRATES Where to Read more…
In this episode, I reluctantly open up about my almost thirty-year-long personal struggle with uncontrolled seizures and describe the great lengths to which I went to overcome them. I want to first thank everyone that has supported me through my decades-long adventures with Epilepsy that ultimately led to my role Read more…
In this episode, our host and long-time uncontrolled epilepsy sufferer, David Clifford, dives deep into how medical professionals from your doctors, nurses, and pharmacists classify the different types of Seizures. We also welcome a new advertiser to the show, this summer’s big blockbuster movie. If you have questions, or even Read more…
Show Notes In this episode, our host and long-time intractable epilepsy sufferer, David Clifford, introduces the high-level classification of Seizures through a simplified metaphor. He then describes the tools that medical professionals to tell if a seizure fits a particular category. Finally, he suggests the best seizure information to track Read more…