Teresa is in her early 20s and looking forward to blogging about her journey with newly diagnosed autism. Within the past few years, she’s had to rebuild her entire life from scratch and navigate everything very differently. She recently had the opportunity to job shadow at different locations and has been inspired to attend college and one day work with children. Teresa is eager for this new chapter in her life and wants to inspire others with autism to never give up, despite whatever obstacles life may throw their way.
View all postsNational Epilepsy Awareness Month
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Since 1969, the Epilepsy Foundation has celebrated November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. In this blog, I’m going to be talking about my journey with epilepsy.
I’ve struggled with epilepsy ever since I was little. I have two different types of seizures: epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, or pseudo seizures for short. What makes them different from the other is pseudo seizures are typically caused by stress or trauma and they mimic epileptic seizures.
If I have an epileptic seizure, I usually feel more tired and out of it versus when I have a pseudo seizure, I might feel a little weak but I’m usually aware of what’s going on around me, despite being in a seizure. For example, if people are talking, I can hear them.
Pseudo seizures can be controlled with antidepressants or SSRIs and therapy, which now that I see a therapist and I’m on the right medication, I don’t have seizures that often.
Since seizures are unpredictable, it’s still something I have to watch out for, even if I go awhile without having a seizure.
In closing, I hope you enjoyed this blog, and I was able to provide you with some insight with what it’s like to live with epilepsy. See you in the next blog!
Teresa Cardona
