FORUM
On our Instagram we have been allowing people to share their questions with the Epilepsy Positivity community, to gain answers from people with lived experience.
Building upon this, this page aims to create a more organised space for people affected by epilepsy to discuss their experiences and ask each other questions. We asked Instagram users in the Epilepsy Positivity community the broad topics they would like to be featured and these were the top six: seizures, treatments, mental health, social life, school/education and memory.
Note: the answers posted by users are most likely from experience and guidance should still be sought from professionals when necessary.
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I am posting this mainly out of curiosity for a project that I am doing with my college at the moment. I have epilepsy myself yet personally have not experienced many problems with my memory (thankfully).
Just wondered what sorts of memory problems people are affected by because of their epilepsy (i.e. what types of information are impacted).
This knowledge would be a great help to me.
-Isla G
Hello!
There is some interesting information here - https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/how-epilepsy-can-affect-memory#.Wyqou0gvzrc
I find it is my short terms memory that is most affected by my seizures though!