In our Triggers episode last season, we covered many common Triggers that affect our Epilepsy community. In this episode, we provide tools anyone can use to discover which Triggers affect their seizures. It often feels that there are thousands of Read more…
A recurring theme in my book “Sacred Lives: the history, cultural associations and social impact of epilepsy” is the relative invisibility of contemporary “celebrities” to champion their epilepsy and its cause. We should celebrate those who have been prepared to Read more…
In this episode, we argue that Caretakers (or carers) deserve the right to be full-fledged members in our Epilepsy Community. While we can never truly describe what a seizure feels like to a person who has never had one, carers Read more…
Every country (and state) treats Cannabis (or medical marijuana) differently. This has led to many questions from many people in our Epilepsy community regarding the potential use and efficacy of cannabis to reduce our seizures. In this episode, we try Read more…
Welcome back to Season 2. In this episode, our host, David Clifford, walks through the vision for the newest season of the Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast. We’re looking to help even more people this year by providing content targeted to Read more…
My daughter, Vivien, started having seizures at the age of two. My wife and I were crushed. Our sweet child didn’t deserve to have Epilepsy. No one deserves to have Epilepsy. It took many years for doctors to figure out Read more…
Our podcast is still on hiatus, but we want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season. We hope you are safe, happy, and of course, seizure-free. Thank you so much for the support during Brain Ablaze’s first year. Contact Read more…
We wanted to let you how much fun we had celebrating Epilepsy Awareness Month this year. Like all things in 2020, this November was different. Our goal at Brain Ablaze was to get the word out about Epilepsy and seizures Read more…
An EEG (or electroencephalogram) is one of the first tests that we go through after experiencing a seizure. Small sensors (or electrodes) are attached to our scalp to measure electrical current in different portions of our brains. Hopefully, the data Read more…
Many of you have reached out to learn what will happen to our Epilepsy Support Group sessions after Epilepsy Awareness Month ends. We want to answer some of the basic questions that have already been asked about our plans moving Read more…