Books in the The Brainstorms Series series

This collection of frank narratives by people epileptics from 21 countries offers unique perspectives on the personal and social aspects of the disorder. Reflecting a diverse array of cultures, they reveal many common concerns and show the ways that people around the world affected by epilepsy react to the diagnosis and cope with their condition.

This book is a collection of personal stories from friends, family members and co-workers of people with epilepsy, in which they describe their observations and feelings about witnessing seizures and about the person with epilepsy.

This book features 68 personal accounts of seizure activity from people with epilepsy that illustrates the wide range of experiences associated with seizures and living with epilepsy. Many have had epilepsy for years, and their accounts are heartfelt and realistic.

This enlightening book presents personal accounts of children with epilepsy and their parents. They vividly describe the experiences of handling the crisis of the first seizure, adjusting to their diagnosis, coping with seizures, managing medications and side effects, and dealing with clinicians, teachers, schoolmates, siblings and friends.

This book reveals the wide range of emotions, challenges and triumphs experienced by those who work with epilepsy patients and their families. It also records the profound, uplifting and often heartbreaking experiences of practitioners with seizures who have come to understand firsthand, the perspective of patients with epilepsy.

In Our Words: Personal Accounts of Living with Non-Epileptic Seizures shows those diagnosed with PNES that they are not alone, and how others have courageously managed to come to terms with their seizures. These heartfelt personal accounts will also allow family, friends, healthcare providers and researchers to gain more understanding of the condition and work to provide a better quality of life to those living with PNES.