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News Year's Resolutions to Improve Seizure Control
January 16, 2012Send to a Friend
Happy 2012 everyone!
The arrival of a new year usually coincides with thoughts and plans about making a commitment to new goals, projects and/or habits. If you have epilepsy, there are some potential ways that you can lessen the risk of seizures – as well as improve your health. These can be incorporated into some simple changes into your everyday routine. Below are suggestions for New Year’s resolutions from an epilepsy.com email newsletter. Be sure to include these tips for your resolutions in 2012 and beyond!
1. Keep better track of your seizures. Consider enrolling in epilepsy.com’s my seizure diary for better seizure tracking. This is free, it is simple, it can be accessed via your mobile phone, computer or tablet device. It may help to get a better sense of how frequently your seizures are happening and when sharing it with your doctor may help to improve your seizure control by showing whether you need to make a change in your medication or consider another treatment. (Note, a BC Epilepsy Society blog post covers additional online methods to record seizures)
2. Consider asking your doctor what new treatments are available. Sometimes one needs to remind your physician, particularly if you continue to have seizures, that you are interested in getting better seizure control. Don’t be afraid and ask your doctors what’s new out there. If the doctor doesn’t seem to know then look it up on epilepsy.com or other web sites that might be able to help answer that question.
3. Resolve to take better care of yourself. Not eating, lack of sleep, drinking alcohol can all have bad impact on seizure control. By doing simple things such as exercising, getting sleep, finding new ways to lessen your stress, one may find that their seizure control will improve over time.
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