I have epilepsy, do you know much about it?
I do know that epilepsy is a neurological disorder. Its characterized by epileptic seizures. That must be tough to have.
Yes, it can be troublesome at times, but for the most part it's manageable and something I've grown to live with.
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures are episodes that can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking. These episodes can result in physical injuries, including occasionally broken bones. In epilepsy, seizures tend to recur and, as a rule, have no immediate underlying cause. Isolated seizures that are provoked by a specific cause such as poisoning are not deemed to represent epilepsy. People with epilepsy may be treated differently in various areas of the world and experience
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are events resembling an epileptic seizure, but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy. They are of psychological origin, and are one type of non-epileptic seizure mimics. PNES are also known less specifically as non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) and functional neurological symptom disorder.
Signs and symptoms.
People present with episodes that resemble seizures, and most have received a diagnosis of epilepsy and treatment for it. Most commonly the episodes