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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

Epilepsy and sleep has been the subject of many studies proving conclusively that the two are linked in various ways. One of the more debated and less studied areas, however, is the impact of epilepsy on a person’s dreams. Many people with epilepsy have reported that their dream content is much more vivid and emotional…

Category: Living with Epilepsy

Many people work on shifts which involve them doing night shifts, working through the night when they would normally be sleeping. Whilst this may be acceptable for most of the population of night shift workers, this can be a problem for people with epilepsy as a major disruption to sleeping patterns can be responsible for…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy

The MCT diet is sometimes used to help treat epilepsy in children and reduce the frequency and severity of seizures. The diet is similar in many ways to the classical ketogenic diet, but the MCT simply refers to an oil called medium chain triglyceride that makes the diet more varied and allows the child to…

Category: Education, Living with Epilepsy

Epilepsy has long since been known to have an effect on the chemistry of the brain and the neural pathways. Depending on the type and severity of a person’s epilepsy, it can affect a great deal of things, including their personality and ability to think clearly. Therefore, a reasonable question could be whether epilepsy can…

Category: Living with Epilepsy