Epilepsy

Those with epilepsy are just like everyone else, except we are prone to recurrent seizures. A seizure is caused by a temporary change in the way our brain cells work. (The old name for a seizure was a ‘fit’).

The brain is like a computer which consists of a vast network of nerve cells called neurons. Throughout our lives literally billions of electrical messages are fired between these cells, controlling every single thing we think, feel or do.