My Epilepsy Awareness Video

When I was 12 years old I fell off a teeter totter when my friend jumped off and I fell off and hit my head on the blacktop. Resulting in epilepsy. I am 36 now and still not seizure free. I have been on numerous different medications and I have an emergency pill that I carry with me now in case I feel a seizure coming on. If I would have had the internet with videos like this one or the others on here or had the internet epilepsy support websites I might not have thought epilepsy was so rare in people. The endless amount of information that can be found on the internet that was not available in the little papers I got from the Drs, office when I was diagnosed. I never had anyon to talk to who knew what I was going through and I never knew what my mother and family went through seeing my seizures because I never saw a real one myself until this past year on youtube. I just wanted to make a video for Epilepsy Awareness Month. So here it is,

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