The Blog of Epilepsy in the Open

Tom McGranahan Speaking at the World Health Forum 2023 in Las Vegas

By admin_eito | Oct 22, 2023

🌟 Big News Alert! 🌟 Tom McGranahan, Jr. made waves at the International Forum for Mental Health and Women’s Well-being…

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Your Eyes and Epilepsy – NVISION Article

By admin_eito | May 20, 2022

Epilepsy can be a dominating disorder – tonic-clonic, status elepticus, temporal lobe and even the small absence/petit mal seizures can,…

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Epilepsy Advocacy: Speaking Out and Making a Difference

By admin_eito | Mar 8, 2020

Why I speak out and advocate It was the first time I’d been in a meeting of this large of…

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What Is It Like To Have Epilepsy?

By admin_eito | Mar 8, 2020

What is a seizure? A seizure is sudden abnormal electrical impulses in a group of cells within the brain and…

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I’ve Been Diagnosed with Epilepsy – Now What?

By admin_eito | Mar 8, 2020

I opened my eyes and it was dark.  Hmmph, this smell is different. Where am I? Why am I here?  Heck, this…

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Staying Strong with Epilepsy

By admin_eito | Mar 4, 2020

I have epilepsy. Most all of the seizures I’ve experienced brought ramifications into at least one, if not all of, the…

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Telling Your Children You Have Epilepsy

By admin_eito | Mar 4, 2020

Which of us parents want to tell our children we have epilepsy? If medicine is controlling our condition and we’re not…

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Thankful To Be Okay: An Epilepsy Incident

By admin_eito | Mar 4, 2020

The Epilepsy Incident As I’m regaining conscious, I am thinking “is Thanksgiving dinner ready?” All of a sudden, it was…

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Sharing the Challenges of Epilepsy

By admin_eito | Mar 4, 2020

It was a beautiful day and I’d just finished playing in about 4 to 5 outdoor basketball games. Since the…

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