Taking Care of Epilepsy: Seeking Advice

I also stay away from certain smells like lavender.

Do you mean throughout every day life? •Figure out your triggers (if you can ) and work around those. For me- my bighest triggers are lack of sleep and stress so i def. Make sure i get enough sleep and do my best to calm down when im getting to stressed. •I know short term memory loss can be a huge deal while on AED medicine. To help deal with that, you could journal and set an alarm for sometime in the morning & quickly read through that. •Set reminders all throughout the day, for meds or anything else. Try to know your limit for your body-the things you can do without pushing it to far. •reach out and connect with other epileptics when you can , even if it's just online.

For me, its making sure I have reminders on my phone and calender for my medication and doctors visits, then I highly recomend getting to know your own body, especially through seizure auras so you know what will make you the least uncomfortable during the seizure, I personality also have a certain plush I hold/squeeze for comfort when no ones around to hold their hand, I also like to log every seizure I have abd a ballpark of the time and date for me to bring to my doctor!