How epilepsy changed my life

Check out this video of Derrick sharing his experiences of living with epilepsy
Share this video to help start a conversation around epilepsy this #purpleday.

[TheOfficialJayWhy]

I've literally just gotten home from hospital after 9 seizures. Just knowing I'm not alone helps so much! I hope life is going well for you now man!

[prod.droopyjohn]

I’ve been seizure free for a couple years. Traumatized me. Ruined my life for a while man. I have panic attacks from it now where I think it’s gonna happen and then it’s just anxiety. This video is amazing 💪 thanks for spreading awareness

[DuvalssFinestt]

Also just want to let you know you're not alone. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 16 and things have never been the same. I've been fighting this battle ever since.. I'm tired. I'm lost. I'm paying for better days for us all.

[europeanshaman]

What you said about the anxiety and wondering if it’s the mind playing tricks on us or is the seizure gonna happen….you really never get used to it…but we stay strong my brother. We are the turtle, not the shell. But we pretected by god ❤️

[ONLYOUSSEMA]

The year Covid attacked earth was the year my life changed, after getting diagnosed with Covid the next day i had a seizure, the most painful thing i've ever witnessed in my life. During that month i lost around 10kg because I couldn't eat, everytime i eat anything i vomit it like minutes later, so i had to keep gettins serums. How it changed my life? I was living happy with my family, playing video games, watching movies, first of my class always... And now? No more video games, my grades went downhill, my family is afraid everytime i get a seizure because of the way i react. I'd give anything to comeback to my normal life. I hold my tears every night.

[popalberta]

It is like a death: shock, loss, denial & finally acceptance.
I don't want to sit around thinking my life is through.
Sometimes I do though.

[mathisalonzo]

From my experience with epilepsy, it feels like doors are being closed on me in life.

[shmave_]

i was diagnosed with epilepsy a little over a year ago, and had my first seizure about two years ago. i am watching this video because i started feeling my aura and needed to try to calm me down, this video was amazing and made me feel so valid and seen. thank you so much. 💜

[omiithahomie]

I've had seizures since I was 10 or 11, just turned 24, I remember waking up in a ambulance and wondering why I was in there. Things really changed in my life. I had to stop playing sports or other hobbies, my friends and family started to treat me differently (not in a bad way). I try to continue life, be positive, don't let my seizures hold me back from my dreams in life.

[caolanleneghan]

Thanks for sharing. I got my first seizure at 25 years old. I was shocked and mad. Why me, why now, what have I done. The first stuff I started to learn and hear sounded like walls or things stopping my life. That changed with time and so did my feeling. It's been 3 years and I've gotten alot better. I have seizures in my sleep only but I'm still always nervous about it. We're in this together guys 💪

[SLOWRNG]

Bro, this is the best video I've seen about epilepsy! I'm 47 yo and started having seizures about 6 years ago! Ive experienced everything you've said and now I know I'm not alone in this fight! Keep focusing on your talent! God bless you my brother, you and I will be healed! 🙏🙏🙏

[stanfordwinters]

Look bro I'm 44 years old and I've had epilepsy ever since I was seven months old and what you just said really made me feel good I appreciate the fact that it is someone who knows how I feel and how life treats me everyday and yes when I was working it was very hard to keep a job because people did not want to understand that every week or every other day you may not be able to work or work to your fullest but I know deep down inside many people have told me I am a wonderful person so keep up the good work God is with us all thank you🎉

[mikepepper]

I've had epilepsy for over 24 years.
Those first few years were very anxiety inducing.
You've done a great job explaining the emotional and physical aspects.

[nikeetamchutchison]

Thank you so much for this video. Makes me feel like I'm not alone, I actually sobbed watching because I could relate so much. I have a brain cavernoma which was diagnosed back in SEPT 2017 after a week of right hand twitches which became more frequent then spread to my right leg the night I had my one and only (known) tonic clonic seizure. My world turned upside down in the months after, the unpredictability of this condition, the side effects I experienced from all the different meds they trialled me on, being a mother and trying to hold down a job to help support my family along with my husband. My condition is pretty well controlled these days but recently I had a panic attack in my training classroom for a new job as I'd felt the symptoms of a seizure coming and therefore elevated the symptoms of a panic attack which in turn mimicked a seizure 😔 it's debilitating. Thank you again and for making me feel less alone 👏

[draytonmassengale]

“That’s the scary thing is that you never get used to it” that hit HARD 😢

[kelley]

Thank you for sharing this! It's a very scary thing to go through, and not enough information is out there for people to understand the point of view of the people who suffer and struggle. I truly am thankful for this message! Thank you! ❤️

[cesarg_]

Bruh this relatable af, should have more views. all love from the states 🙏🏽💯

[Blizzard]

It's important to have a good support network of people who you can trust like friends and family cos it really does make a huge difference.

[claudiaperez]

So sorry about your experience. I personally got diagnosed with epilepsy 10 years ago. One thing that gets me through it all (everything u described ) is believing that maybe the Man up above (God)chose me and many others so that when we do drop (convulse) in public or anywhere for that matter we give people the realization of life and how they need to be thankful and great full for every day they wake up to a new day. And that any day could be our last.

[Patrick-irmb]

You just described the last 7 years of my life and it hit like lightning… it came on out of nowhere at work… scalloped tongue and VEEG study’s. So I thank you my guy please keep doing what you are doing for all of us that have that fear or are new to all the info and opinions from us!!! The terrible meds and broken bones and scared family… you motivate the bond we got and that’s rough