Greenville, SC

I was diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was 7 after experiencing a tonic clinic seizure. My neurologist had told me I have absence seizures and I am now 17 and am still living with them. Growing up it’s been something I’ve felt insecure about living with this until about a year ago and now I feel this is just something that has made me who I am and I don’t know who I would be without it. I have had a lot of ups and downs with it especially in school, but I try my best to control my stress to prevent any absence seizures to come on. I pray for those out there who have it and that there is nothing to be ashamed about it’s just something you have to live with that can make you stronger a person.