BRANDON  

Diagnosed: 8 years old

Seizure Type:Generalized Tonic Clonic, Simple Partial, & Complex Partial

How would you describe your seizures?

Sometimes I don't know I am not listening, or I get a pain in my belly and feel like I need to puke, or I get a migraine, or fell like I am going to pass out, sometimes I can't hear and stuff is fuzzy so I can't see right and sometimes my face turns white and my lips turn blue and my mom makes me sit down.

Is there anything that triggers your seizures? If so, what?

When we are in the car and it is sunny then darker then sunnory or just cause.

What if anything does epilepsy prevent or limit you from doing?

Nothing

What medications do you take? Does the medication control your seizures? How many seizures do you current have a month?

Brandon's Mom: Topamax is the current medication. Seizure activity varies and he has different types of seizures so some are more often than others.

Do you find it hard to fit in with others? How do other people respond when they hear you have epilepsy?

No. People don't care.

What would you like people to know about epilepsy?

I don't always pass out sometimes I just feel funny and then I am okay.

What would you like people to know about you? 

I like to train dogs, I have a girlfriend and I love wrestling on TV.

What is the hardest thing about living with epilepsy? 

The migraines hurt a lot and after a seizure I have migraines some of the time.

Do your seizures affect your memory, learning, etc. If so how?

No

Where do you see yourself in the future? 

I want to be a pro. wrestler.

Is there anything you would like to say to other people who are newly diagnosed? 

I still have the same friends so it is okay.