introduction

My name is Jessica and I created this blog because I struggle with complex partial epilepsy. I started having seizures when I was not yet 11 years old. In fact, the first time I had one was at home and my mom had it mistaken for a food allergy. The reason being is because I was eating some barbecued meat when it happened. It looked like I was just choking and then fell limp with a bad headache.
Another incident happened at a school carnival. I was at a booth where people were spray painting hats and I wanted to do it. Eventually I got nauseated, vomited, and fell limp with another bad headache. After a few tests were done, I was diagnosed with epilepsy.

I've been on frequent medications that haven't worked for me. Currently I'm on 2: Keppra and Lamictal and I still have no complete seizure control! For a long time I was really bitter and pessimistic...feeling like nobody understood me until I met people in support groups for epilepsy online. Hey, what can I say...there's no proper epilepsy support groups in Orange County that I know of!

So I'll be posting what it's like to have epilepsy and some actual facts so people can be more educated about it. Whoever reads this, I hope you like what I post and feel free to comment by telling me any of your experiences with epilepsy if you have it or are a parent/sibling of someone that has it.