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Stress is a relative term that can be different for each person. For some people, it can be as a result of emotional trauma, and for others it could be a tough week at work. Epilepsy and seizures can also affect each person differently. There are a lot of correlations between stress and seizure activity,…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy, Seizures

Whether you’re a nurse or student who’s considering specialising a future in epilepsy, understanding what the role entails is important.  An incredibly rewarding role, epilepsy specialist nurses provide a key role in ensuring that people with epilepsy have consistent care. Working exclusively with adults and children who have epilepsy, they provide specialised care services and…

Category: Advice, Education

Many people with epilepsy will often wonder about their right to claim certain benefits, including the blue badge scheme. The blue badge scheme was set up in the UK to help people with disabilities and enable them to park as close to their intended destination as possible.  Once a blue badge has been issued it…

Category: Advice

Whether you’re a carer, partner, friend, teacher, employer, coworker or anyone else who has a person with epilepsy in their life, knowing how to support them is crucial. To support someone does not necessarily mean that you are their sole source of care, it may simply mean that you spend regular time with them and…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy

Many people with epilepsy will tell you that seizure activity is rarely consistent, but neither are they random. Seizures often occur in clusters, whereby a person could go for weeks seizure-free, only to have multiple in the same week. It’s not just about the number of seizures either, it could be that they vary in…

Category: Education, Living with Epilepsy

People who experience vertigo will tell you that it’s characterised by the sensation of the world spinning around you, causing you to lose balance. It’s often understated as a dizzy feeling, but vertigo can feel much more severe than a typical dizzy spell and can last anywhere from a few seconds up to a few…

Category: Education, Living with Epilepsy