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Raising epilepsy awareness with Tia's Treasures

… Great Yarmouth Mercury: She held a raffle and had 1,000 tickets. We told her it’d raise £100 each for her charities, … but she wanted to do more. So we bought her another book of tickets, and she sold all of those too and raised £200 for …

Seizures won't stop me going to gigs: Abbie's story

… For Christmas I bought the girls Bedford and Colchester tickets and we're actually going to Bedford on Friday. I'm … Epilepsy. This was true of sisters Abbie and Holli who had tickets for Olly’s Colchester (Castle Park) show on 29 …

Our health editors

… editors … The following health information pages have been PIF-TICK approved: … Read trusted health information … Young … and young people with epilepsy. Our health experts create PIF-TICK approved content , the UK's only independently …

Fundraising to support my brother

… the early days my mum said that it was like living with a ticking time bomb - we were constantly waiting for … I've got a training plan and I'm doing my best to stick to it.   I am super excited about the race! I've …

Anti-seizure medication

… time and at the right dose. Taking your meds properly, and sticking with them, will help keep your seizures under … This can take time to get right. But it’s important to stick with it and don’t suddenly stop or change your meds …

Nerve stimulation

… work or you get an infection  pain in your face or neck  a tickly throat or cough  headache  change of voice, for … having surgery. Instead, TNS involves placing small stick-on patches, which are connected to a device (about the …

Lights, Camera, Misconception

… … How movies usually portray seizures  Most films stick to one version: a sudden collapse, violent shaking, …