Living with epilepsy: Teachers would say 'she's such a good student, but she daydreams a lot'. In fact, I was having seizures

"Alina Diniz had been having seizures since the age of 12, but wasn't diagnosed with epilepsy until her mother filmed her during an episode. This proved a turning point and helped her find the right treatment and medication. She shares her story on International Epilepsy Day Think of epilepsy and you likely envision someone lying on the ground having a full-on convulsive seizure."

"Over 45,000 people in Ireland have epilepsy, a neurological disorder that affects the brain, and results in repeated seizures, yet most know little about it. In fact there are four types of epilepsy and a total of 21 different types of seizures. With temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common type of focal epilepsy, those with the condition can have several different types of seizures."

Alina Diniz experienced seizures beginning at age 12 and received an epilepsy diagnosis only after her mother filmed an episode, which enabled appropriate treatment and medication. The diagnosis marked a turning point in management and led to effective therapeutic choices. Epilepsy affects over 45,000 people in Ireland and is a neurological disorder that causes repeated seizures. Public perception often equates epilepsy with dramatic convulsive collapses, yet the condition includes multiple seizure presentations. There are four main types of epilepsy and twenty-one distinct seizure types. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common focal form and can produce several different seizure types.

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