College age or young adults with epilepsy

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Does anyone ever feel like a walk corpse?

Started by Nicolette Anne Edwards. Last reply by Megan Archer yesterday. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Give me a second and i'll be fine.Sometimes I have really bad anxiety because I have epilepsy and I don’t have health insurance so I can’t afford my medication and it’s like woah, i’m fucking dying.…Continue

My 24 year old daughter and epilepsy

Started by Barbara Smucker. Last reply by Megan Archer yesterday. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Hi, My daughter who is 24 got epilepsy just like me at 13. She was put on Topamax which worked well. She didn't have a seizure for 7 years! When she was 20 she had a seizure while at work. I think…Continue

College vs, Seizures

Started by Shelby Stidham. Last reply by Jaime May 7. 10 Replies 0 Likes

I go to a University that costs $687 a class; my medications are $800/mth with insurance. Obviously I want to go to school, get my education, and graduate. But when costs are that high, how can I…Continue

Jobs?

Started by Courtney Mould. Last reply by Anne-Marie Kruk May 4. 9 Replies 0 Likes

So, I have heard that sometimes jobs wont hire you if you tell them you have epilepsy. Is that true? I am 18 and I have never had a job before ( I was pampered) and seeing that I am growing up and in…Continue

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Comment by Erica Barker on April 12, 2013 at 11:40pm: One thing that I know that my mom told me is that there is a group who will give fully or mostly paid for scholarships to people with disabilities and epilepsy is one of the disorders I think they do.

Comment by Kari Lynne Brauer on May 17, 2012 at 10:20am: Schools out and Summer has began! Any fun summer adventures, or just the same old summer job? Well whatever you are doing this summer enjoy and be safe!

Comment by David Heilman on March 27, 2012 at 3:21pm: CLOSING THIS THURSDAY, 3/29, at midnight!

I am part of a study at Columbia University which hopes to build upon the collected wisdom of people living with epilepsy to inform research about how people take control of their health. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for people with epilepsy to benefit one another through research by sharing their experiences.

The easy part about it is that you can participate over any computer with internet access: it is an online questionnaire which should take about 60 minutes to complete. The study is voluntary and confidential. In return for completing the survey, participants receive a gift card of their choice and an entry into a lottery for an additional reward.

Participants must identify as having epilepsy and be between the ages of 18 and 65.

For further details, please contact the Columbia Couples Lab at 212-854-0127, or e-mail Columbia.Epilepsy.Study[at]gmail[dot]com. (Note: Use @ and . in your emails.)

Thanks so much!

Vanessa S

Research Assistant

Comment by Kari Lynne Brauer on March 8, 2012 at 10:47am: School is turning a corner here, either you are on spring break or getting ready for it. Have a good one!

Comment by Paco Martinez on February 28, 2012 at 11:46am: I had six absence seizures in the past week and more this week what terrible times :/.

Comment by Kari Lynne Brauer on February 20, 2012 at 10:32am: That's cool Heather!

This is a great weekend to go up to the mountains and go snow boarding, skiing! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Comment by Heather Grady on February 18, 2012 at 12:08am: Hi kari, yea i am learning to snowboard and also i ski, swim, do karate, rock-climb and hope to play hockey in the near future would love to talk further with you. thanks

Comment by Kari Lynne Brauer on February 13, 2012 at 11:19am: Anyone snowboard? have any great college stories to tell? Anyone play basketball or wrestle or swim?

I went to the State Wrestling Tournaments in Montana this weekend and watched my cousin's boy participate. He is going to North Dakota State next year on a four year scholarship in wrestling.

Comment by Kari Lynne Brauer on January 23, 2012 at 3:36pm: I do have to say that was an awful game for the Niners yesterday too.

Was a rotten day to play with all the rain they were getting. They came quite a ways though, I do have to say. It has been a while since they have made it this far. Did you know that old " Joe Montana" his son is playing quarterback for the University of Montana this year? I forget if he is a freshman or a sophomore.

Comment by Conor O'Donovan on January 23, 2012 at 11:36am: I don't care either way to be honest...once the Niners got bounced I really lost interest...I hate the Giants and the Patriots...but I guess I hate the Giants more...so Go Pats