This Month is Epilepsy Awareness Month. My youngest child has had it since his teens so I would like to add it to my lineup of this to post about.
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Purple Day: A Young Girl's Campaign for Epilepsy Awareness
On November 9th, 2008, Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada, launched the first Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness.
@TheNewsOwl thanks for the reminder 💜 (I have my FB account turned off currently so I wouldn’t see reminders from my neuro friends there)
My daughter was dx with epilepsy in 2007. It was a rough few years until 2012 when we finally found a med that got her seizures under control. A med of last resort due to potential serious side effects (like death 😱). This was the seventh different med she tried so I wasn’t too hopeful but it worked! She still takes Felbatol but we did switch to generic.
@AverageCitizen @TheNewsOwl i've taken meds for seizures for 44 years. Lots of ups and downs, getting screwed by the insurance company which switched me to a dodgy generic, dealing with side effects and acquired tolerance, cures that were worse than the curse. Eventually I found a med that works that is available as an affordable and effective generic. I was lucky. My seizures started as a teenager. Childhood epilepsy is worse. Best wishes for your child's health and happiness
@GlennS @TheNewsOwl definitely dealing with insurance companies can almost be worse than dealing with the medical issues themselves! Wish it didn’t have to be that way. 💜