To Chris with Love. Thank you for always being there. “You have epilepsy.” Can you imagine hearing that? Have you heard it yourself or know someone who has? How did you feel when hearing words like these? Were you ready? Speaking from my own experience, I can say it was Read more…
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 possible Triggers for our seizures. Discovering which Triggers affect your 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 that she had suffered a fetal stroke. Her brain did Read more…
In this episode, we’re going to continue from our last episode and exploration of Stress and Anxiety. Our host, David Clifford, describes what he calls the Stress Seizure Spiral then gives you the tools to be able to recognize you’re in it and how to safely get out. Jump to Read more…
In this episode, we cover Stress and Anxiety, the differences between them, and how to combat both to improve your life. Studies have shown that the incidence of Anxiety Disorders in people with Epilepsy is almost two-fold than in the general public. In our Triggers episode, we covered that all Read more…
In the BrainAblaze podcast ‘Sleep Till Brooklyn’, host, David Clifford, described just how important sleep is, and, more specifically, how vital it is for people with epilepsy. It had already inspired my post this week, and then, in a (harsh but timely) turn of fate, I had a fall. ‘What Read more…
Our host, David Clifford, talks about one of the things he loves most: Sleep. We do a deep dive into how to learn how much sleep you do need, how to improve the quality of sleep you get, and of course Nocturnal Seizures. The best way to learn more about Read more…